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Tracey Proudlock on May 26, 2020

`Will the ongoing pandemic crisis make you forget to build an inclusive world?’, asks Kirsten Galea, Architect & Access Consultant Trainee

I’m sure that like me you have come across a few articles about what the post-Covid world will look like or what changes we will see. So many people are trying to imagine how the world will change and how they can contribute to building this new world. The construction...

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Tracey Proudlock on April 20, 2020

Let’s make physical activity fit for all

The power of physical activity to create and unite communities is showing itself online, right now. Gyms and leisure centres are closed, most of us in are in lockdown and ‘The Body Coach’ Joe Wicks is the rising star. He is broadcasting P.E Lessons every weekday morning on YouTube for schoolchildren...

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Tracey Proudlock on September 9, 2019

ITF Wheelchair Tennis

“It’s Only A Crazy Dream Until You Do It” – Serena Williams As an inclusion consultant, I am lucky to be working with international architects at places such as Battersea Power Station, Microsoft London, Schroders and Transport for London. In these busy times, with multiple means of communication, it is...

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Tracey Proudlock on February 20, 2019

Inclusive Design and Co-production – Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall

Proudlock Associates is delighted to announce that our inclusive design work restoring Hammersmith and Fulham’s Grade 2 listed town hall, its new Town Square and four new surrounding buildings has been approved at planning committee. Continue Reading Inclusive Design and Co-production – Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall...

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Tracey Proudlock on July 21, 2017

Let’s end the ‘oh, do I HAVE to?’ view of inclusive design

Was saving a few pounds more important than protecting the residents of Grenfell Tower? Who knows what the public inquiry will decide. Use of the cheapest cladding on the block has shocked many but sadly we were not surprised by it. That’s because ‘Oh no, do I HAVE to do...

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Tracey Proudlock on April 13, 2017

Crossing the Road

Our environment should be safe and inclusive, for everyone. Anyone responsible for roadworks, or doing them, has a duty to think about the needs of disabled people and older people when they plan and carry out the work. Failure to do so is discriminatory. Continue Reading Crossing the...

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Tracey Proudlock on February 22, 2017

Discussing Disability Works on BBC Radio 5 Live

Wake up to Money When BBC Radio 5 Live’s Wake Up to Money programme invited me to be part of the Disability Works season, I was hesitant about making such an early appearance. Though entrepreneurs are supposed to thrive on early starts, I am embarrassed to reveal that I am...

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Tracey Proudlock on December 19, 2016

Inclusive design cheer after a strange year

We need a crystal ball rather than Christmas baubles to guess what impact the elections and events of 2016 will have on global economics and the world order. We’ve learnt anything can happen and, for many, that’s unsettling and alarming. So, I’ve decided to hand out the mince pies, be...

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