A guide, reviewed on 12 November 2026
Going to business events with access needs
Start with the listing: it says what the venue has and who told us. For anything it does not say, ask the organiser before you book.
On every listing, who says so
- Checked against the venue’s own page
- The organiser says
- Not stated
What a listing tells you
The access lines an event page can carry. Each one says who told us: the venue’s own page, checked; the organiser; or nobody yet.
- Step-free way in
- From the street to the room without steps, and which door.
- Accessible toilet
- Where the venue says it is.
- Hearing loop
- Worth asking if speakers will use the microphone.
- Parking
- Blue badge spaces, and how far the nearest station or bus stop is.
- Quiet room
- We show one only when the organiser says there is one. Ask.
What to ask the organiser
The organiser knows the room on the day. Who runs it is on every event page.
- 1Is there a step-free way from the street to the room, and which door is it?
- 2Will speakers use a microphone, and is there a hearing loop?
- 3Where is the nearest accessible toilet?
- 4Is there parking near the door, with blue badge spaces?
- 5Is there somewhere quieter I can step out to?
- 6Can someone come with me, and do they need a ticket?
Hello,
I would like to come to your event on the date I have picked. Before I book, could you tell me how to get from the street to the room without steps, whether there is a hearing loop and a microphone, where the nearest accessible toilet is, and whether there is parking near the door?
Is there somewhere quieter to step out to, and can someone come with me?
Thank you.
What we can and cannot tell you
We can
- Show what venues and organisers tell us, with who said it and when.
- Say plainly when something is not stated.
- Pass on a problem with an organiser’s booking page.
We cannot
- Visit every venue. Facts come from the venue’s and the organiser’s own pages.
- Promise a room is set up the same way on the day.
- Guess access from a photograph or the kind of venue.
Coming up, step-free
Not listed yet, and here is why.
Too few venues have checked access to list them honestly.
Until there are more, every listing says what it knows and who said so. Ask the organiser for the rest.
And this site?
What hampshire.events does to be easy to use, what does not work well yet, and how to get an event’s details another way are in our accessibility statement.
Read the accessibility statementThe week ahead, every Monday.
Every event in the county for the next seven days, posted first thing on Monday on LinkedIn and Facebook.