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ADAPT hopes other companies will follow Railtrack's lead
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Press release
Railtrack plc
ADAPT hopes other companies will follow Railtrack's lead
ADAPT has, since 1989, been the only charity in the UK dedicated to improving access for disabled and older people at arts and heritage venues. ADAPT was closely involved in ensuring that effective access became, and remains, a key criterion of National Lottery grants. Since 1989, ADAPT has awarded challenge grants and awards to around 170 venues in Britain, thus acting as a catalyst for over £3m of access improvements. Two successful grant schemes are Capital Access and Sightline, run in conjunction with the London Arts Board and the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association respectively.
Most of ADAPT's Trustees and Advisers are disabled, and staff have awareness of disability within their families, friends and colleagues. ADAPT has good working relationships with other relevant groups such as RADAR, RNIB and Guide Dogs for the Blind Association.
The fact that Railtrack has selected disability as the theme of its 1997 charitable donations is an example of corporate social responsibility which ADAPT hopes other companies will follow.
"We are deeply grateful for this recognition of both our track record and our potential to assist and encourage venues to achieve best practice," said Ann Packard, ADAPT's first full-time director. "We have become increasingly busy across the whole of Britian. There is a crying need for cost-effective and skilled organisations such as ADAPT to advise arts and heritage venues. We are particularly pleased that over fifty per cent of our Railtrack funding will take the form of grants to venues to improve access. Amongst other things, Railtrack's grant will also allow us to train some additional assessors, to make two awards for best practice and to hold a seminar or lecture on best practice for architects and project managers."
"We also value the positive encouragement which Railtrack is giving its staff to involve themselves in ADAPT's activities," she continued.
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