This is the 8th year that we and our partners have organised a national, inclusive festival where everyone can have fun together disabled and able-bodied, and where participants can try experiences that they would otherwise not have, or only very rarely. What are they? For example, driving a car as a blind person, riding a motorbike in a wheelchair, or even dragon boating…
The organization of this year’s festival started today, with a pleasant, friendly, barrier-free excursion. Thanks to this, not only the festival’s organising committee and some of its volunteers, but also the stakeholders who took part in the excursion were invited to support our work with their valuable ideas and contributions. It was great to work together and organise this year’s Barrier-free Tourism Day festival!
This year’s date is 7. September, which is not new for many regular participants. In order to be able to plan ahead, we hold the event on the first Saturday of September each year.
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone from all over the country and even from abroad, as in the past years!
Follow this year’s festival on the People First Association Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/PeopleFirstHun/), or on the Barrier-free Tourism Day Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/turizmus.akadalymentes)
There is a great online newspaper, Mecseki Müzli, which summarises the most important news of our region every week. And its podcasts cover interesting local or even more far-reaching topics. Veronika Pataki, the president of the association, and Hilda Kerekes, a member of the board, were happy to attend such a good-mood podcast discussion.
The main topic was our Barrier-free Pécs Database as our aim is to be identified with our association. But we also discussed the accessibility of the Mecseki Müzli. 🙂
Listen to us, we want to know how you liked it!
And follow, use, share the Barrier-free Pécs Database, because it’s GOOD FOR EVERYONE!
Click here for the podcast:
https://www.mecsekimuzli.com/people-first-egyesulet-pataki-veronika-kerekes-hilda-akadalymentes-pecs/
Barrier-free tourism will be a key issue in the near future, that much is already certain. More and more elderly people are travelling, more and more people with disabilities are travelling – hopefully as independently as possible.
There has been an airport in Pécs for a long time, but until now it has not been possible to fly from our city for holidays or business, or only for a short time. Now, however, the opportunity has been opened up and there is a huge interest in both holidays and flights to Munich, which also offers business and family visit opportunities.
Read about the accessibility of Pécs-Pogány Airport and our cooperation in its development in our Barrier-free Pécs Database!
Pécs-Pogány Airport – People First
Az Universal Air repülője látható a kifutópályán. Hosszú, vékony, kecses repülőgép, két hatalmas motorturbinával az oldalán.
We are involved in a project with a special theme and a very topical subject, in an unusually large international partnership.
It is increasingly important that people with disabilities are able to access financial services and banking products without barriers, and that they have a thorough knowledge of this sector, of security and of the difficulties that may arise.
This is the subject of our latest international project, CODE – theCcessibility Of financial services for persons withDisabilitiEs.
This is another big step towards social inclusion.
We will be working with Italian, Spanish, Belgian, Greek, French partners, experts and of course people with disabilities themselves.
Read more about this exciting new project on our website under the Projects menu here: https://peoplefirst.hu/en/blog-post/code-erasmus-international-project/?fbclid=IwAR2VbW1r1sqQkeO-sCYL5equrCJjQrVAvU6DCzSFEzrd07KHLE8rEiLWDbA_aem_AZyrIauUVDWkCMRAfaPUmSg6iCN92Lfl0WJah6NtPHCjhKa9Lm6tK3LZ9QXSr2A8yA4qj0hHwpdowJWaEtRZn__W
It is a great pleasure when NGOs in Pécs ask the city government for something and it is implemented within a short time. This happened last year, when several civil society organisations at the Civil Forum asked for city funding to be made available through tenders. The reason for this is that many NGOs work for the people of Pécs, for those in need, often carrying out activities that the state or the municipality cannot or cannot adequately provide. A number of exemplary initiatives have been/are being implemented in Pécs by NGOs.
Last year’s Pécs City Civic Framework will continue this year, with a little more money available for applicants. It is a great achievement that – also at the request of Pécs civic activists – the call for applications was launched at the beginning of the year. The application method has also been improved, with the House of Civic Communities playing a major role as coordinator.
Listen to the PécsTV news report about this, in which, to our great delight, People First is featured prominently. Thank you PécsTV!
“I never used to care about what was going on behind my back, but while sitting in a wheelchair it has become the most important thing”
“Somehow it never occurred to me that you not only have to go up a ramp, but also down. And it’s scary in a wheelchair”
“I will look at the world in a completely different way after trying the white cane”
A large international team is taking home these experiences by trying our Hidden City Tor-Tour once again. (https://peoplefirst.hu/blog-post/rejtett-varos-tor-tour-a/)
Once again, they will pass on to many people those useful experiences that are not enough to say, they must be lived!
The team, coming from several countries, participated in a conference entitled “Disabilities and abilities framed by context” in the framework of the EDUC project of the University of Pécs. At this conference Veronika Pataki, president of our association, presented our Accessible Pécs Database (https://peoplefirst.hu/akadalymentes-pecs/) to the international audience. The additional programme of the conference (MICE) was the Hidden City Tor-Tour in the evening, led by our vice-president Gergő Berkes in his usual uplifting mood.
On the next day of the conference, we launched a series of discussions with the faculty of the University of Pécs and three invited NGOs, including People First, in the framework of the EDUC programme. The topic of this discussion was the cooperation of several international universities in the development of their services, with a special focus on inclusion.
We look forward to continuing this!
Was 2023 a good year? Then let 2024 be so good again!
Hasn’t your year gone too well? Then change now!
Come with us in 2024, join us and let’s work together for an even better year in 2024. 
(The Hungarian inscription on the picture in English:
Happy New Year! May all your accessible dreams come true.)
Serious things can also be spent in a good mood, and even enjoyed. Perhaps we can admit to ourselves that we are doing it right. 🙂
On a sunny Saturday afternoon on December 16. 2023, we gathered in our BeFogadó/InnClusive community space to hold our annual General Meeting. We met earlier because we wanted to establish good cheer with a little Christmas, gift-giving, and food and drink. Managed.
The main body of our association, the General Assembly, then heard the financial and professional report of the Presidency. Lively interest, accompanied by comments and questions, they accepted them.
Then a constructive, useful discussion developed about the association’s plans for 2024. Great ideas have been received, and implementation teams have already been created. Encouraging activity for 2024! 🙂
This year, the Presidency also gave a small gift to those present at the General Assembly. This came straight from America thanks to our board member. The lovely little Christmas tree ornament will bring smiles to faces in many People First homes this year.
At the end, we boosted the year-end-get-together at the Quiz Night organized by our partner organizations. Some of us stayed at the BeFogadó/InnClusive with our team, which of course was called People the First. We weren’t very productive, but we had a lot of fun laughing at ourselves to tears.
Click here if you think Valentine’s Day is also a great opportunity to enjoy a delicious meal together in a restaurant, without any barriers:
Click here for a coffee on a soft pink cloud with a cookie:
It’s so much fun to talk during a walk or a hike, click here if you’re planning to do so on 14 February:
But a movie, theatre or other experience is also a real experience for two. Here are some barrier-free ideas:
You know what? Even shopping together isn’t a bad Valentine’s Day activity. Here are some ideas:
