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Watching sports and cheering on your team is one of our key tra of legislations, guides and British Standards introduced to facilita people in Britain to participate can pose a challenge. An indepe solution suggests Steven Mifsud, Director of D


All stadia have obligations under the Equality Act 2010 to remove barriers to access. Reference can be made to various guides such as the Accessible Stadia guide (2003), Access to Sport Stadia by Guide Dogs for the Blind (2007), CEN/TR 15913:2009 Spectator Facilities layout criteria for viewing area for spectators with special needs to name a few. It is crucial that the most appropriate and up to date guidance is used which in most cases will be British Standard BS 8300.


BS 8300 was updated this year and


renamed as BS 8300:2018 Design of an accessible and inclusive built environment. The former BS 8300:2009 guidance has become BS 8300-2 concerning internal aspects of buildings while BS 8300-1 covers everything that is external which is new guidance. It becomes the new benchmark setting out for the first time detailed guidance on strategic approaches to access similar to how the infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games was


Steven Mifsud, Director of Direct Access.


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