There will be the Barrier-free Tourism Day festival in Orfu again this year, even if the organization has been delayed.

The basic informations:

📌On September 2, between 10:00 and 16:00, we organize the VII. Barrier-free Tourism Day
📌Locations this year are only the Island and Medvehagyma House. The Sports Camp is only available for motorcycling.
📌Of course, there will be experiences! Namely:
sailing, motorboating
fishing
motorcycling
driving
horse riding, horse-drawn carriage rides
dragonboating

📌Organizers: Municipality of Orfu, Gyeregyalog.hu Association, People First Public Benefit Association – Pécs, Dragon Nest Foundation and Orfu Tourism Association

Details can be found continuously on the event’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/turizmus.akadalymentes

Google Maps stores information about the accessibility of more than 40 million locations worldwide, including public transportation, landmarks, and restaurants.
Based on this vast amount of information, this new feature can help people with reduced mobility plan their trips by checking if the location they are visiting has an accessible entrance. This can be useful for parents with strollers or travellers carrying suitcases.
But we emphasize, THIS APPLIES ONLY TO THE ENTRANCE!

Google has made this new feature visible to everyone by default starting in May 2023 in the form of users seeing a wheelchair icon for places where there is an accessible entrance.
The same icon is crossed out where there is no accessible entrance or markup because no information has been received.

In this information Google relies on community contributions from local guide volunteers, businesses, and everyday users to make the feature work. Currently, information other than accessibility of entrances can only be filtered from individual reviews.

How can you get more useful accessibility information from specific locations?
The People First Association was the only one in Hungary to create a database that could be an even more useful tool than the new function of Google Maps for visitors to Pécs and its surroundings, as well as for locals.
In our Barrier-free Pécs database you can find truly accessible Pécs locations explored by the expert members of our association, with thorough descriptions and photos. The on-site inspection of our disabled and able-bodied members covers restaurants, cafes, hotels, tourist attractions, shops, cultural and sports objects, churches, public institutions, public toilets and tourist paths.
We show you not only the entrance, but also the use of the interiors, the approach, the usability of the website and much more. Explore our database in English here: https://peoplefirst.hu/en/helyszinek/

We highly recommend to your attention another opportunity that has just started to take the problems affecting you into your own hands. It can even be used in accessibility announcements!

A civil initiative that has been successfully operating nationwide for a long time has also become available in Pécs.
THE PÉCS JÁRÓKELŐ (PASSERBY) HAS STARTED.
Find and report a problem!

Volunteer case managers in Pécs connect city residents with the municipality and public utility providers to solve troublesome problems in public spaces.

tHE jarokelo.hu is a solution-oriented and transparent citizen customer service that aims to enable anyone to contribute to the quality of our environment with their reports, making our homes cleaner, tidy, safer and more beautiful.

The service has been operating since 2012 and solves about 6,000 cases a year. The Power of Humanity Foundation and Járókelő operate the Pécs interface in partnership. The popularity of this public space fault reporting page for city dwellers lies in its simplicity.

Read more about all this here:https://www.emberseg.hu/…/elindult-a-pecsi-jarokelo…/
and on the Járókő page, you can even immediately report a case:https://jarokelo.hu/

Just starting out?
Or postpone it until a little later?
Are you vacationing nearby here or traveling far?

Please TELL US HOW ACCESSIBLE YOUR HOLIDAY WAS?

We will post it on the Facebook page of our association, let many people know where it is worthwhile, where it can be and where it is better not to go on an ACCESSIBLE HOLIDAY!

Send a short (but really) report and some pictures.
Here we are waiting for holiday experience reports (also in English):
info@peoplefirst.hu

It was a huge honor for our association on 17. April 2023.
U.S. Ambassador David Pressman also met with NGOs during his visit to Pécs. During the working lunch, the People First Association also had the opportunity to introduce themselves and briefly exchange views with the Ambassador about the possibilities of civic life.

We are very pleased that, after the Dutch Ambassador, the American Ambassador also visited Pécs to get to know the point of view of Hungarians living in Baranya. Mr. David Pressman has expressed his commitment to continue to travel extensively around the country in order to meet as many opinions as possible.

As the Ambassador said: “It was wonderful to spend time with a diverse array of local community organizations working hard to ensure Hungarians from all walks of life have access to opportunities.”

More information about the visit can be found here: David Pressman’s visit to Baranya

Since 2018, our association has been tirelessly exploring the truly barrier-free locations of Pécs and its immediate surroundings. We describe what we saw about the locations grouped into 12 categories, illustrate them with many photos, show them on a map where exactly they are located, provide contact details to get more information. All this in both Hungarian and English.

We have now introduced 85 locations to make it easier to find accessible venues for residents and visitors.

Our team works on the basis of methodology, continuously strengthened by professional trainings.

You can find all information about the database here on our website under the Barrier-free Pécs menu.

The Accessible Pécs Database is made available free of charge to those looking for accessible venues. It is also free of charge for each site to explore. However, all this, of course, costs us money. Thank you if you support our niche work, even through the ADOMÁNYOZOK (DONATE) button on our website, with as much as amount of money you want.

We closed our ARTcoWORKers international project with a very fun, very interactive conference on March 30, 2023!
In the People First Association’s “InnClusive” Community Space 70 guests were curious about the closing event on the relationship between art and disability.
Thank you for being with us!

The final international conference was preceded by a five-day evaluation training discussing the future in InnClusive. German, Dutch, Macedonian and Hungarian artists, people with disabilities, and artists with disabilities were engaged in conversation, sewing teddy bears, making shadow plays, brainstorming, looking at the city, and eating a lot (because that’s Hungary!), while a great team was formed.

Let’s keep in touch with artists and people with disabilities after the project on the ARTcoWORKers Facebook page, in the Facebook group and on the communication Platform that will be created soon!

We don’t like boring conferences.

Therefore, we are waiting for everyone for an unusual event on 30. March in Pécs, in the community space of our association.

Why is it going to be unconventional?
Because we don’t just talk, we show what we’ve done so far, providing ideas and experiences to connect art and disability.

There will be some interesting stage scenes (shadow play) inserts, and even a larger joint international production.

And the topic itself is unconventional, since it is a missing, but very important area for both sides!

We would also be very happy to hear their views from those present.

The conference is free, but registration is required!
Please be sure to provide feedback on participation at info@peoplefirst.hu email.

The language of the conference is English, with a Hungarian translation.

You may want to follow the posts of the event and the People First Association Facebook page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/PeopleFirstHun/

A képen az ARTCcoWORKers logója látható. Fekete artcoworkers felirat, melyből három pálca kapcsolódik egy női árnyalakhoz.

We have great news!
Based on the registration of the Court of Pécs, our association operates as a public benefit organization from now on.
Thus, our name has also been modified: People First Public Benefit Association – Pécs.
With this title, we strive to work for the community with even greater responsibility.