Page 26 - City Life Magazine - Spring 2023 Edition

26 Issue 62 • March 2023

HEALTH & ACCESSIBILITY

Worcester is open to all

Planning a trip to Worcester has never been easier with an
ever-expanding number of shops, cafés and businesses

being added to the city’s accessibility guide.

AccessAble is a free service which with visual or hearing impairments,
offers detailed information about autism, dementia, learning disabilities
the accessibility of a whole host of and mental health issues.
places across the city including leisure
centres, shops, restaurants and ASSESSED IN PERSON and Crowngate as well as AccessAble’s
tourist attractions – and major events. More than 320 Worcester places national partners such as Marks &
have access guides published on Spencer, Tesco and Odeon.
Every place included has details AccessAble’s app and website,
of parking, entrances and toilets, and each one has been visited and Coming soon – look out for window
along with measurements and assessed in person. stickers with QR codes in city venues.
photographs. The AccessAble guide Download the AccessAble app to your
isn’t just about physical access, it The guides available include Worcester smartphone or find out more at www.
also covers details useful for those University, Worcestershire Acute NHS accessable.co.uk/worcester-city-council

SAVING LIVES
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) can save the life of someone experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest and Worcester
City Centre now has more than 20 of the devices at various locations. With clear step-by-step instructions, anyone can use
them, from a bystander to a trained professional. Find out more about how to use at AED at www.sja.org.uk

AED Defibrillator Locations in Worcester City Centre

1. Cathedral Square
2. Fitness for Less, Cathedral
3. Guildhall, High Street
4. Marks & Spencer, High Street
5. Heart of Worcestershire College, Deansway 14
6. Crowngate Shopping Centre, Chapel Walk 16
7. Crowngate Shopping Centre, Friary Walk
8. Citizen’s Advice, The Hopmarket
9. Museum and Art Gallery, Foregate Street
10. The Hive, The Butts
11. Bottles, New Street 13
12. Benedicto’s, Sidbury
13. Tramps, Angel Place
14. Tonic
15. Browns at the Quay 11
16. Worcester Rowing Club, Grandstand Road
17. Sons of Rest, Cripplegate Park 15
18. St Johns Leisure Centre
19. St Johns Church TYBRIDGE STREET
17
20. Baldwins
21. Bromyard Road Methodist Church Cripplegate Park
20 19
BROMYARD ROAD 18 12
21
BROMWICH ROAD
ST JOHNS

Remember, always call 999 in an emergency
To find your nearest defibrillator, visit www.defibfinder.uk

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