360-degree VR tour creator, Ocean 3D Ltd, has announced it will participate in Purple Tuesday 2019, taking place on 12 November. Purple Tuesday promotes the £2.25 trillion* global spending power of disabled people and their families and calls on all organisations to make changes to improve the customer experience for disabled people.
Ocean 3D™ is one of the leading 3D Virtual Reality (VR) photography scanning businesses in the UK and was the first business in the world without a physical premises to be awarded the National Autistic Society ‘Autism Friendly’ award.
Based in Penzance, Ocean3D.co.uk have grown rapidly with a UK and international client base including the NHS. Winners of the New Civil Engineers Future of Airports competition, Ocean 3Ds’ VR accessibility technology have featured in a number of International Airline magazines E.g. Airport Industry review.
Why Purple Tuesday?
Purple Tuesday has been developed by disability organisation Purple; which works with businesses to improve the customer experience for disabled people.
Last year, the first ever Purple Tuesday was a huge success – with over 1,500 pledges to make concrete changes and improve the customer experience for disabled people. This included commitments such as: staff training, digital audits, better signage and training of frontline staff in basic British sign language. Purple Tuesday gathered support from over 750 businesses.
Comment from Mike Adams, Purple CEO:
“I am delighted Ocean 3D Ltd is involved in Purple Tuesday. It underlines their public commitment to improve the customer experience for disabled people. “Meeting the needs of disabled customers makes commercial sense for businesses and I am hopeful others will follow Company name’s lead. Together we can and commit to change the customer experience for disabled people for good.”
If you would like to participate in Purple Tuesday or would like some more information, please email info@purpletuesday.org.uk or visit the website – www.purpletuesday.org.uk .
About Purple Tuesday:
Purple Tuesday 2019 is an international call to action focused on changing the customer experience for disabled people. It calls on organisations from all sectors and sizes, to take decisive practical actions to meet the needs of disabled customers. Purple Tuesday is part of Purple’s vision for organisations to see disability as an opportunity – both in terms of existing and potential employees and customers – and to be part of addressing the inequality that exists for disabled people through increasing the accessibility of everything they do.
• In its first year, Purple Tuesday was launched specifically for the retail sector; becoming known as ‘the UK’s first accessible shopping day’. Due to popular demand from other sectors, this year, Purple Tuesday will be rolled out across all sectors.
• This year, Purple Tuesday is confirmed to be an international event with commitments from other countries including Australia.
• To participate with Purple Tuesday, organisations must:
o Make a lasting commitment to change in their organisation to better the customer experience for their disabled customers.
o Take part in promoting Purple Tuesday on 12 November 2019 to their wider network; customers, colleagues etc.
* The Purple Pound – the consumer spending power of disabled people and their families – is worth £2.25 trillion globally. The World Bank