You're Welcome - WA Access Initiative

The You’re Welcome WA Access Initiative - City of Perth provides people with disabilities with clear access information about a wide range of facilities in the Perth central city area including hotels, restaurants, car parks, cinemas, theatres, gyms and shopping areas.

This exciting project has been developed through a partnership of the Disability Services Commission and the City of Perth. It will help meet the needs of the 20% of people in WA with a disability as well as providing the opportunity for business to develop new markets.

Businesses and community organisations are encouraged to become involved in the project. Access Information for Businesses and Community Organisations contains practical information on improving access to places such as shops, restaurants, banks, churches and accommodation. If you would like your business to be considered for inclusion on this web site, please email the City of Perth at info.city@cityofperth.wa.gov.au

Feedback from consumers is also important to help keep the information up to date. Whilst the information in the following clusters (below) is correct to the best of our knowledge, levels of access can change or vary according to individual needs. Click the link at the end of every review to provide feedback. Please be aware that no guarantees of accessibility are given or implied.

For access information, choose a topic from the following list or click on the location on the map below :
Barrack Square
Forrest Place
The Malls
The West End
The East End
The Cultural Centre
Accessible Toilet Facilities
Accessible Accomodation (36 hotels and hostels across the City of Perth)
Access Information for Businesses and Community Organisations

About the Project

People with disabilities currently report that they face many barriers accessing community facilities. However businesses can expand their markets by providing services that are accessible for the 20% of people in Western Australia who have a disability.

The You’re Welcome WA Access Initiative provides people with disabilities with clear access information about a wide range of facilities in the central city area and this will be further expanded as the project develops. Approximately 100 facilities in five geographic clusters of the central city have been audited. More recently, a project summarising the accessibility of hotels and hostels across the City, Northbridge, West Perth and East Perth has added over 36 hotels to the original list.

The project also aims to provide practical information to assist businesses make their services accessible to customers of all ages and abilities. A number of information sheets and access checklists have been developed as part of the project. Go to the front page to access this information.

A partnership of the Disability Services Commission and the City of Perth has developed this exciting project. The Project Steering Team is comprised of representatives of the Disability Services Commission, the City of Perth, Tourism WA, The Western Australian Local Government Association, ACROD, the Ministerial Advisory Council on Disability Services and People with Disabilities (Inc).

For more information about the project contact:

The You’re Welcome WA Access Initiative Coordinator at either:
Community Access and Information Branch
Disability Services Commission
PO Box 441
West Perth WA 6872
Phone - 9426 9200
TTY - 9426 9315

or

Strategy Unit
City of Perth
C120 GPO Box
Perth WA 6839
Phone 9461 3333
Email: info.city@cityofperth.wa.gov.au