Propose the 2025 accessibility act

16.1.2026 News Welfare and health Accessibility Participation Awards

Two women in a cafe talking at a table. — Photo: Jenniina Nummela

The Riihimäki Disability Council is looking for an accessibility act of 2025. Have you come across a service or activity in Riihimäki where you think accessibility has been implemented particularly well? Please notify the person who implemented it by February 10, 2026.

Make your suggestion for Riihimäki's accessibility act using this form (survey.zef.fi).

An accessibility act can be a single implementation or an operating model or method in continuous use. The person performing the accessibility act must be a resident of Riihimäki or an actor, private individual, association, community, group or company operating in Riihimäki who, through their activities or actions, promotes accessibility in the city.

An accessible act is about taking into account the diversity of people. Barrier-free environments together with accessible services, usable tools and comprehensible information enable the realization of equal inclusion.

"Accessibility is not just about freedom of movement, but also takes into account issues related to things like seeing, hearing, understanding and communication," says Marjo-Kaisa Konttinen, contact person and well-being coordinator at the Finnish Council for the Disabled.

“Accessibility is equality and it enables smooth participation in, for example, work, hobbies, culture and studies,” Konttinen continues.

The form asks for a proposal for the Riihimäki Accessibility Award, as well as justifications for why the proposer believes the action is worthy of the Accessibility Award.

You can also propose an accessibility measure using a paper form at the library and the Antoni House meeting place in Riksula starting Tuesday, January 20, 2026.

By choosing the Accessibility Act, the Disability Council wants to draw attention to accessibility and its implementation, and to everyone's opportunity to act in a way that promotes accessibility in their own sphere of influence. The Disability Council has awarded the Accessibility Certificate of Honour five times (in 2020–2024). Previously, the Accessibility Certificate of Honour has been awarded to: