Hengelo Toegankelijk

Hengelo Toegankelijk is a community organisation based in Hengelo, Netherlands working on disability, human rights.

Hengelo Toegankelijk, formerly the Gehandicaptenraad Hengelo, is a politically independent advisory foundation in Hengelo, Netherlands. It represents the interests of people with physical or intellectual disabilities and chronic illness within the municipality. It takes part in municipal consultation structures such as the WMO client council and integrated accessibility consultations, and seeks to influence local policy through experiential experts. Its activities include advice on housing adaptation subsidies, a banking information point, awareness work with schoolchildren, and publications on local inclusion and accessibility. The organisation is run by volunteers and governed by a board.