Milton Keynes City Centre will once again light up purple today to celebrate Purple Tuesday.
The global movement that highlights the importance of improving the customer experience for disabled people.
The illuminations, co-ordinated by MyMiltonKeynes BID, are part of the award-winning ‘Our Purple City’ project – the city’s collective effort to become the UK’s first truly “Purple City”, where accessibility and inclusion are built into every visitor experience.
This year, the focus is on listening to lived experiences and turning feedback into action.
Across the city centre, partners are embracing accessibility as a shared goal.
As MKFM reported last week, centre:mk has become the first UK shopping centre to deliver Unseen Aware training to 100% of its staff and retailers – a milestone in supporting people with unseen disabilities such as hearing loss, autism or mental health conditions.
And MK Theatre continues to expand its accessible programming, delivering 16 accessible performances in the past year – including BSL-interpreted, audio-described, captioned and relaxed shows – while partnering with influencers to promote accessible theatre experiences.
“Our Purple City is a journey we’re all on together. Our role as the BID is to co-ordinate the great work already taking place by City Centre businesses and bring together a cohesive plan and roadmap for how to achieve our shared ambition,” said Jill Farnsworth, chief executive of MyMiltonKeynes BID.
“The progress we make along this journey is just as important as reaching the end destination. We look forward to seeing the results of our new survey and working together on what else is achievable for Milton Keynes.”
> MyMiltonKeynes has launched a new accessibility survey, inviting residents, visitors and workers to share their views on how accessible Milton Keynes City Centre feels today and what improvements they would like to see. The survey can be completed online https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/OurPurpleCity
