The Government has announced disabled access to several beaches for this summer season. Beaches now accessible include Eastern Beach, Catalan Bay, Camp Bay and Western Beach. This is very welcome to all those in our community with limited mobility. As members maybe aware the Eastern Beach project for the disabled was initiated in 2009 by a very generous and anonymous donation given to the Gibraltar Disability Society. This donation was given specifically for use toward a project to allow access to Eastern beach for people with disabilities. This was a new concept in Gibraltar and there were teething problems, as with all new projects, to try and find the right equipment and location on the beach. It became apparent after a couple of summer seasons that there were issues that needed to be addressed. It was then that the Society wrote to the Care Agency with the suggestion that a project at Camp Bay for those with wheelchairs may allow more independence with its concreted areas. If that was not possible then perhaps an area could be improved at Eastern Beach. This season, however, it is with great pleasure that the Society welcomed the expansion, by the Government, of the beach accessibility project to all the main beaches in Gibraltar. Congratulations to all those involved in the planning and carrying out of the works in time for this summer season.
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