As part of our commitment to sustainability and inclusivity, we're pleased to share these tips and resources to help us build a more welcoming, inclusive, and environmentally responsible destination for our visitorsShakespeare's England are proud to have partnered with You.Smart.Thing to help visitors to understand how they can travel more sustainably to Shakespeare's England.
Promote Sustainable Travel
Visitors can use the free low carbon journey planning tool on the Shakespeare's England website to help them plan their journey to Warwickshire with personalised low carbon active travel plans, which include public transport, electric vehicle charge points and accessible parking.
This tool is completely free to use and we urge our members to help us to spread the word and encourage visitors to travel in a more sustainable way by sharing the link to our tool with guests before and when they visit.
Simply share the link to the Travel Information page on our website and your visitors can start planning their travel instantly. There is also further information on this page to public transport links via our travel partners so that visitors can understand more about the ways to travel to and around Shakespeare's England.
Encourage Sustainable Visitor Behaviour
Inspire your visitors to travel more sustainably by sharing our blog on How to Be a Sustainable Visitor in Shakespeare's England.
If your business host meetings, events and conferences you can share tips with your event organisers and delegates on how to make their event more sustainable by sharing with them our Tips for Hosting More Sustainable Events in Shakespeare's England.
Help Reduce Food Waste
One of the simplest – and most delicious – ways to travel sustainably is by saving surplus food from going to waste.
Too Good To Go is a free app that lets you rescue perfectly good food from local cafés, bakeries, hotels, restaurants, and shops that have extra at the end of the day. It’s a great way to enjoy a surprise treat at a great price – and support local businesses while helping the planet.If you're a café, deli, hotel, restaurant, or retailer in Shakespeare’s England, you can join Too Good To Go to reduce food waste, reach new customers, and turn unsold food into extra revenue. It’s quick to set up, easy to manage, and great for your sustainability credentials.
Your visitors simply download the app, check for available ‘Magic Bags’ nearby, and see how many tasty surprises you can uncover!
Join Too Good To Go as a business here.
Promote and Encourage Accessibility and Inclusivity
VisitBritain have created this FREE online resource for tourism businesses. The free toolkit is aimed at micro, small and medium-sized tourism businesses wanting to embark on, or continue, their accessibility journey and reach the £14.6bn accessible tourism market. You can access the toolkit here.
Shakespeare's England are proud to work with AccessAble who offer detailed Access Guides for destinations and businesses across the UK. If you would like to work with AccessAble on updating the accessibility information for your venue please visit their website here.
