The Six Steps Promise |
There are almost two million blind and partially sighted people in the United Kingdom as well as many others who experience other kinds of print disability. Like everyone else, they need their library and information services, and public libraries have a duty to provide accessible services for every member of their local community.
Since 2010, The Society of Chief Librarians, Share the Vision and the Scottish Library and Information Council have worked in partnership to support the Six Steps Promise. Many library services are providing excellent services, and the Six Steps promise is intended to provide the framework charter which every library can support.
The Six Steps Promise offers a low-cost but significant contribution to making public library services accessible to people with sight loss and print disability.
Over the last few months, the Promise has been reviewed and simplified and we would like now to ask each library service to re-commit to the Promise prior to our National re-launch during Make a Noise in Libraries Fortnight in June 2016.
In 2010 over 180 services signed up with full commitment from Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Please sign up so that we can show our support to people who experience sight loss and for whom reading is so important.
Since 2010, The Society of Chief Librarians, Share the Vision and the Scottish Library and Information Council have worked in partnership to support the Six Steps Promise. Many library services are providing excellent services, and the Six Steps promise is intended to provide the framework charter which every library can support.
The Six Steps Promise offers a low-cost but significant contribution to making public library services accessible to people with sight loss and print disability.
Over the last few months, the Promise has been reviewed and simplified and we would like now to ask each library service to re-commit to the Promise prior to our National re-launch during Make a Noise in Libraries Fortnight in June 2016.
In 2010 over 180 services signed up with full commitment from Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. Please sign up so that we can show our support to people who experience sight loss and for whom reading is so important.