Accessibility

Our Calderstones home including The Reader Bookshop & Cafe, The Reader Café, the Calderstones Story, The Storybarn are accessible via a lift, with wheelchair access to all areas.

• A wheelchair is available on-site for free and is bookable by emailing operations@thereader.org.uk. If you’d like to book a wheelchair for a specific ticketed event, please contact tickets@thereader.org.uk
• Wheelchair access to the Theatre Room is available via the lift.
• There is a low level counter for service in The Reader Café.
• There is ramp access to the entrance at the front of the Mansion House and ground floor access via The Reader Bookshop.

• Assistance Dogs are welcome throughout the Mansion House and to all events.

Toilets and changing facilities

• Accessible toilets are available on every floor.
• Baby changing facilities are located in the ground floor accessible toilet.
• Large format print versions of our brochure or materials for Shared Reading groups are available on request

If you want to discuss, or ask any questions about, accessibility in the Mansion House then please email our operations team (operations@thereader.org.uk) or call 0151 729 2200.

At the Storybarn we’re pleased to offer the following:

• Lift
• Accessible toilet
• Story sharing will be led by a facilitator. If you are in need of bold print, please let
  us know via email.
• Flexible sessions. If your child prefers to explore our space, there is no need to sit
  for the story.
• Autism awareness trained staff
• Visual impairment trained staff

• First Aid trained staff
• The Storybarn is breastfeeding friendly
• Members of staff who speak Polish and Spanish
• We have automatic doors that allow for large wheelchairs and prams
• Adjustable tables in our craft room to allow for wheelchairs
• Accessible parking spaces
• Light is distributed evenly in the building
• Building has different textures and colours to distinguish between walls and
  floors
• Movable furniture in place to allow for more mobility if needed