{"id":97481,"date":"2018-11-13T09:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T09:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6f15846187577cc2c68faef25387f56e"},"modified":"2018-11-13T09:30:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T09:30:01","slug":"news-story-purple-tuesday-is-the-uks-first-accessible-shopping-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=97481","title":{"rendered":"News story: &#8216;Purple Tuesday&#8217; is the UK&#8217;s first accessible shopping day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>\u2018Purple Tuesday\u2019 is supported by the Office for Disability Issues (<abbr title=\"Office for Disability Issues\">ODI<\/abbr>) and Sarah Newton, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work.<\/p>\n<p>With the spending power of disabled people and their families estimated at \u00a3249 billion, \u2018Purple Tuesday\u2019 highlights the business benefits of welcoming the \u2018Purple Pound\u2019 into inclusive and accessible shops, restaurants, pubs and clubs. It is an opportunity for retailers to improve customer service for disabled people today and going forwards.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Newton, Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, says:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Ensuring that disabled people are able to access shops, restaurants and clubs isn\u2019t just the right thing to do &#8211; it makes business sense too. By failing to cater to their disabled customers, many businesses are missing out on the spending power of disabled people and are denying them the opportunity to enjoy something which many people take for granted. There is still time to get involved in this important initiative and I encourage businesses across the country to do just that &#8211; and reap the rewards.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The minister\u2019s retail sector champion, Samantha Sen, and the Retail Forum are all supporting \u2018Purple Tuesday\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the retailers taking part include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Argos<\/li>\n<li>Asda<\/li>\n<li>Sainsbury\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Barclays<\/li>\n<li>the British Retail Consortium<\/li>\n<li>Contacta<\/li>\n<li>Marks &amp; Spencer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Owners of shopping destinations are also taking part, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Crown Estate<\/li>\n<li>Landsec (Bluewater)<\/li>\n<li>Revo and Hammerson (Birmingham Bullring)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parliament\u2019s catering and retail teams in both the House of Commons and House of Lords will also be participating in \u2018Purple Tuesday\u2019. New areas of priority accessible seating have been identified in catering venues, and the accessible retail offer will be showcased in the historic Westminster Hall. With the support of ParliAble, Parliament\u2019s Workplace Equality Network for people with disabilities, a new non-visible disability sign has been designed and will be installed across the estate.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting \u2018Purple Tuesday\u2019 fits well with <abbr title=\"Office for Disability Issues\">ODI<\/abbr>\u2019s work to create a society that works for everyone, where all can participate fully by tackling barriers faced by disabled people. It builds on the work of sector champions who are raising awareness of the needs of disabled consumers and driving improvements across sectors from transport to broadcasting, and from arts to tourism so that disabled people enjoy the same consumer experience as non-disabled people.<\/p>\n<p>Further information about Purple Tuesday, and resources to support retailers can be found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>on the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/purpletuesday.org.uk\/\">dedicated website<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>on the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/purpletuesdayuk\">Twitter channel<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>or by using the hashtag #PurpleTuesday on social media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today launches \u2018Purple Tuesday\u2019, the UK\u2019s first accessible shopping day, organised by the disability organisation \u2018Purple\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}