Chamber and committees

I have a final question. Is there any one template that would encompass all the requirements of all the disability groups? Has any exercise been done to put such a thing together?

I direct my first question to Adam Stachura, particularly as he is looking after my interests as a septuagenarian. Are there any good examples in Scotland, the UK or internationally of towns making the necessary changes to become more accessible and disabled friendly?

It would certainly be helpful to know of any places that have succeeded in that.

Ian Buchanan, I will ask you a slightly different question. Obviously, around the country, town centres in general have a way to go towards becoming disability friendly. What sort of support might be needed, financial or otherwise—for example, through a council providing a resource to give advice—to make that change and move the situation over the line?

Why is that?

Would that be desirable?

I want to put the same question to Nicoletta Primo. Do you have any examples of a town being changed to become more accessible and disabled friendly, particularly for people with sight difficulties?

Generally, from the point of view of sustainability, are you talking mostly about a one-off, perhaps structural, change that would not have a significant on-going cost?

All of that needs money in the first place to prime it. What you say might be the case once a community enterprise—whatever it is—is generating income, but that usually happens a little bit down the line. When a community enterprise goes into operation, it usually takes two, three or maybe more years to start generating the kind of revenue that would enable sustainability into the future.

Yes. Money is always difficult.

Let me ask about another aspect of that.