There will be a spectator stand of 50 seats for persons with a mobility disability and a viewing platform to accommodate wheelchair users. Anyone wishing to avail themselves of this service must be blue badge holders.
Persons wanting a space at the wheelchair viewing platform or the stand for persons with a mobility disability will be able to obtain tickets on a first come served basis by contacting the Gibraltar Cultural Services directly on telephone 20067236 before the 28th August 2015, to register and pick up their ticket. Ticket holders may be accompanied by one other person. Blue badge to be presented on collection of tickets. No tickets will be available on the 10th September.
The Society has written the following to Government: Thank you for the information. Please note however that the stipulation of only one family member accompanying the disabled individual on the viewing platform is unfair to many families. If the disabled individual is a child with siblings they will once again be asked to spend time segregated from the rest of their family if they choose to use the platform. The same applies to a disabled individual who wishes to attend with both parents. This is a situation that has arisen on previous national days and still has not be addressed by the organisers.
The Clock to Rock boys finally made it back to Gibraltar on Saturday afternoon. An absolutely amazing fundraising event finished in Casemates to a wonderful welcome. The guys cycled from the frontier accompanied by many local cyclists and were given an escort along Line Wall Road and up Main Street by police cyclists. Donations are still coming in so we will hopefully update everyone soon on how much Simon Morgan has raised for the Disability Society. Congratulations to the cyclists Simon Morgan, Mark Cooper, Graham Dyer and to their support driver Mervyn Padmore.
