UK's Biggest Access Survey Now Open
Last year the UK’s biggest Access Survey found that eight in 10 people had a trip out ruined by poor access.
Euan’s Guide now wants to hear if disabled people still feel the same.
Disabled people, their families, friends and carers are being urged to take part in the 12th Euan’s Guide Access Survey.
Supported by the Motability Scheme, the survey asks people what getting out and about is really like: where venues are still failing disabled visitors, and which ones are getting it right.
The Access Survey can be found at EuansGuide.com/AccessSurvey.
More than 4,000 people took part last year, and Euan’s Guide wants to hear from even more people in 2026 to hear what they have to say about disabled access.
Last year’s results showed that missing or unclear access information is one of the biggest barriers faced by disabled people. Nearly eight in 10 respondents said a trip out had been ruined by poor access, often not because a place was inaccessible, but because they couldn’t find out what the access was like until they’d already arrived.
● 77% had skipped a trip because they couldn’t find out if there was an accessible toilet;
● 65% lost more than an hour every week to the hidden ‘accessibility time tax’ of researching and planning trips, days out and everyday tasks.
The Access Survey provides disabled people with a platform to share their stories and experiences of how poor access and a lack of access information affect them every day.
Euan’s Guide uses those experiences to raise awareness and provide essential feedback to venues, businesses and policymakers to influence change.
Every response adds to more than a decade of evidence that Euan’s Guide takes to venues, businesses and policymakers.
The survey has also shaped the charity’s Safer Toilets campaign, which has made more than 200,000 accessible toilets safer across the UK.
Results from the 2026 survey will be published in the new year.
“Twelve years on, the Access Survey gives us over a decade of insight into what disabled access is really like, straight from the people who know best, because they experience it every day,” said Kiki MacDonald OBE, who founded the award-winning disabled access Euan’s Guide charity in 2013 with her brother Euan MacDonald MBE, after he was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease.
“Every year, we want to dig deeper into how disabled people really feel about accessibility in the UK.
“We need as many people as possible to take the Access Survey so we can keep making disabled people’s voices heard.
“If you’re affected by disabled access - whether you’re a disabled person, family member or carer - please take part in the 2026 Access Survey to help make a difference.”
The 2026 Euan’s Guide Access Survey is open now until December and can be found online at www.EuansGuide.com/AccessSurvey
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