Blue Badge Access Awards
Nominations for 23'24 are now closed. The Winners and why can be seen here. The Design Competition is still open for entries until spring 2024
Award Categories 2023/24
- Best Bar, Anon Drinks
- Best Restaurant, Conran and Partners
- Best Boutique Hotel, Bespoke Hotels
- Best Luxury Hotel, HEWI
- Best Venue in a Listed/Historic Building, Historic England
- Ludicrous Loo
- Best Spa, Guarantee Laundries
- Best Accessible Bathroom/Toilet, Bespoke Hotels
- Above and Beyond, Institute of Hospitality
- Access Champion of the Year, Blue Badge Style
- Best International Venue, in partnership with Sleeper and AHEAD
- Ridiculous Ramp
Awards Timetable
Competition launch 25th April 2023
Deadline for submission of nominations and design competition entries. 18th Sept
Judging 19th to 25th Sept 2023
Selection of short-listed entries 25th Sept 2023
Announcement of Award winner(s) & Ceremony 26th Oct 2023 At Great Scotland Yard Hotel, London
For 2023/24 Awards Entries please use the form below.
“The needs of disabled people should be celebrated by designers (some of whom have disabilities), rather than seen as merely satisfying building regulations. We need to imagine what a more joyful experience for disabled people could look like and articulate it in better architecture, product design and service design.”
Lord Rogers of Riverside, April 2016
“As I have travelled the world, I have had experience of how poor design standards in some hotels can affect how you feel – not only about staying but also about the whole experience. The Bespoke Access Awards are a chance to let the imagination run free and to conceive how a more inclusive design experience can help not just disabled people but every guest. The industry needs to do better but it can never just be about technical standards. Great architecture is about spaces that make you feel better and which make you want to return.”
Paralympic gold medalist, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, April 2016