Wokingham

WAAG is a Berkshire based community group who want to improve accessibility to shops and services and public attractions in the Wokingham Borough area, to every one.

WAAG is made up of a small group of private individuals who, because of their own needs or circumstances, have a common interest in improving access to local shops and services in the wokingham borough area.that includes Twyford, Remenham, Woodley, Earley, Shinfield, Swallowfield, Arborfield, Finhampstead, Crowthorne and all the small villages in the borough of wokingham. Plus if other councils would like to join us even better.

We ask the local Wokingham community to help us find these shops offices etc by asking them nominate a shop in the wokingham area they think is doing a good job in helping people access there goods or services,in return we place each individuals nomination form in to the hat, and the nomination that is drawn out first will win £25.00.

Each shop that is nominated will be inspected and then given our award detailing what access they have please go to www.waag.co.uk to see how this is done, waag then gives these shops free advertising and window stickers showing they are accessible by the symbols shown on the window sticker. Waag also campaign on behalf of disabled people and young families with buggies etc, at the moment we are campaigning against, A Boards and other obstructions that clutter our towns and high streets ,which makes it difficult for people, in wheel chairs or on crutches or young mums pushing buggies to negotiate around them in safety, plus its even worse for the blind, as they can not see them and often fall over them, or crash into them, we have challenged the councillors from wokingham council and wokingham borough council to walk the high street with one of our members but so far only one councillor has come forward. We need more members so if you would like to join us.

Please contact me at www.waag.co.uk or E Mail Chairman@waag.co.uk.or write to the old social club,elms road wokingham, rg40-2aa or leave a message on 0118 977 0749

David Gaskin
Chairman
Wokingham Area Access Group