L.o 1- [2] Solutions To Barriers

Question 1

How can a company/facility provide solutions to barriers of participation?

Answer 1

By changing their means of access, provision or promotion

Question 2

What access solutions can be made?

Answer 2

• Access to facilities (via transport or ramps)
• Sensible pricing (eg price reductions for the unemployed or free sessions for under 5yr olds)
• access to equipment (eg hoists for swimming pools or shorter nets for badminton)

Question 3

What provision solutions can be made?

Answer 3

• programming tailored sessions for different user groups (eg wheelchair sessions for he disabled)
• providing appropriate activities for different user groups (eg different aged people might want to do different activities like yoga/Pilates)
• planning times for different user groups (eg non-working parents have mid morning sessions and. School kids in the evening)

Question 4

What promotional solutions can be made?

Answer 4

• targeted promotion schemes (eg ads in high schools for teens)
• Different role models to inspire people
• initiatives aimed at specific user groups (eg special offers on sessions for under 16’s or over 50’s)