What we do

We are an independent charity which aims to promote improved access to services and facilities for disabled people and encourage councils, developers and businesses to subscribe to the social model of disability and the principles of inclusive design so that everyone, including disabled people, can enjoy the same facilities equally.

Although we receive generous support from Pembrokeshire County Council, we are an autonomous Group with our own agenda.

Our Plan Monitors look at all planning applications in the county to encourage and advise architects, planners, developers and the Council to produce more inclusive schemes. We have also introduced many initiatives into Pembrokeshire including the beach wheelchairs and the Pembrokeshire Passport.

The Group is often consulted by the Council on policy and is used as a sounding board for issues such as the Disability Equality Scheme and the Single Equality Scheme. We also monitor the council website and publications to ensure that they are accessible to everyone including disabled people.

The Access Officer at the Council is Alan Hunt. If you need advice or information on any matters concerning the Disability Discrimination Act, the Social Model of disability or Inclusive Environments please contact Alan at County Hall, Haverfordwest. His direct line telephone number is 01437 775148 and his e-mail is alan.hunt@pembrokeshire.gov.uk >>
Alan would also welcome your call if you would like to contact or join the Group.

Member Profiles

Listed below are short profiles of some of our members.

Henry Langen
I am 57 years old and I come from Narberth; the town I was born in.
I have been a member of PAG for the past eight years and now serve as chairman.
In Narberth I have served on the Town Council for the last nine years and have had the privilege of being Mayor in 2005-6.
I am also a trustee of the Narberth Museum and sit on its management committee.
For the last six years I have served on the board of directors of Disability Wales the umbrella
group for all disability organisations in Wales, and at present am its vice chair.
I am an avid disability rights campaigner.

Martin Bell
Former Planning Officer with particular interests in the natural and built environment.
A previous Secretary of the Access Group.
Trustee of PAVS and Board Member of Pembrokeshire Housing.

Alan Tinuche
I attended as a visitor to the Access Group Meeting on the 11th September 2008 and became
a full time member of the group in October 2008.
I was nominated as a Plan Monitor for North Pembrokeshire at the AGM in July this year.
I am also a committee member at the H.O.P.E. (Hyperbaric Oxygen Pembrokeshire Experience)
Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre since October 2008.
There are also meetings held at the centre for Motor Neurone and Parkinsons sufferers.

Martin Goodall
I am congenitally visually impaired and have been a disability services and rights campaigner for over twenty years. During this time I have been campaigning for pan disability sport facilities and disability rights. I have taken ‘Train the Trainer’ and Disability Awareness training. I started with the Pembrokeshire Access Group as a visually impaired mystery shopper for the first Access Officer Trevor Owens judging for the PAG town award schemes of Pembroke, Narberth and Tenby. I soon became a full member of the Group and began assisting the current Access Officer Alan Hunt with full Access Audits on buildings’ Countywide. Following a two day Access course I now able to do ‘walk and talk’ audits. I also have become a plan monitor able to look at planning applications and plans and conclude from the drawings what access problems exist. I am a disabled member of the Pembrokeshire Local Access Forum for a second concurrent term.

Stephen Butler - Pembrokeshire County Council Equalities Officer
The main function of this job is to assist and enable Pembrokeshire County Council to fulfil its obligations, under equal opportunities legislation, to ensure and promote equality in service delivery and employment.
One of the fundamental responsibilities is to develop relationships and networking opportunities with local community groups. Underpinning this is the importance of raising awareness in the community that the Council has an Equalities Officer.
The Equalities Officer will respond to the concerns of individuals, organisations and local community groups by resolving appropriate enquiries about equalities issues at the first point of contact. Where this is not possible customers will be signposted to other appropriate agencies or to experts within the Authority who will be able to take ownership of the issue.

Alan Hunt - Access Officer
My main duties are:
to promote improved access to services and facilities across all sectors including all Council directorates, external organisations and businesses, private individuals, NHS, the police etc etc.
to promote best practice in inclusive design and inclusive environments.
to advise on all aspects of the Disability Discrimination Act.

I am a registered Inclusive Environment Consultant with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).