Call for disabled volunteers - Fieldfare Trust

A new project, Inclusive Networks, has just been launched by the Fieldfare Trust and disabled people who enjoy getting out onto the many paths across the Scottish Countryside are being asked to help.

Building on a pilot in East Fife and covering Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and west and central Fife the Inclusive Networks Project will aim to make the core path networks of the area more inclusive and capable of providing better outdoor access opportunities for all disabled people.

The Fieldfare Trust is looking for disabled people to help it to identify which paths are important to them, survey those paths and provide information to other disabled visitors on levels of accessibility. This will mean disabled people be able to decide for themselves which paths they can and want to use. Anyone interested in getting out into the countryside and helping the project should contact Alison Rae, Project Officer, on 01334 657708.

The project is supported by the four local councils of Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and  Fife and is also receiving funding from the Scottish Government and the European Community LEADER Programmes (2007-2013) in Fife and Forth Valley & Lomond,  Scottish Natural Heritage and the LloydsTSB Foundation for Scotland.