The T-GUIDE course and certification is the outcome of an EU funded Leonardo project to develop a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course for qualified tourist guides who want to work with visitors with learning difficulties. Its goal is to enhance guides’ skill sets to enable them to work competently and sensitively with these types of visitors. The course and certification are offered jointly by the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (FEG) and the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT).
To achieve the certificate tourist guides complete a set of online learning modules and a subsequent written assessment requiring consolidation of the knowledge gained. Then they attend a one day interactive course*. Within 6 months of the interactive course the tourist guides must set up and conduct a tour with a group of people with learning difficulties and provide a portfolio of evidence.
The intensive two full-day course involves practising the use of Easy To Understand Language (ETUL), and improving understanding of functional and social aspects of disabilities. It also informs participants about relevant national and EU legislation. Participants engage in exercises on shared understanding of learning difficulties and learn how to develop access statements and accessible/inclusive tourism through universal design. The course encourages refinements to communication techniques and tour planning skills.
The first T-GUIDES were certified in 2016. The list continues to grow. The qualified tourist guides listed below have successfully completed all four stages of the course and are certified T-GUIDES by FEG and ENAT. Please contact them directly to engage their services for conducting tours for visitors with learning difficulties. Our T-GUIDES will enhance the experience for all visitors.
Area of Qualification: Vienna, Austria
Telephone: +43 69912037550
Email: lisa.zeiler@gmx.at
Languages: German, English
Area of Qualification: Carinthia
Telephone: +43 676 6400097
Email: elke.bitzan@gmx.at
Languages: German, English, Italian
Area of Qualification: Austria
Telephone: +43 664 4173 222
Email: gerhard-berger@gmx.net
Languages: German, English
Area of Qualification: Graz, Austria
Telephone: +43 316 586720
Email: info@grazguides.at
Languages: German, English
Area of Qualification: Graz, Austria
Telephone: +43 676 4548797
Email: sigrid.alber@inode.at
Languages: German, English
Area of Qualification: Germany
Telephone: +49 175 8147 635
Email: eva.maria.lang@gmx.de
Languages: German, English
Area of Qualification: Passau/Vilshofen (Lower Bavaria) , Germany
Telephone: +49 151 17818483
Email: sabine.altehage@icloud.com
Email: info@passau-tours.com
Languages: German, English
Area of Qualification: Upper Bavaria (Chiemsee to Ammersee),especially Tegernseer Tal (Bad Wiessee, Stadt Tegernsee, Gmund, Rottach-Egern, Kreuth, Germany
Telephone: +49-(0)-80 22-66 16 55
Mobile: +49-(0)-151 14 93 35 16
Email: tegernsee@barbara-filipp.de
Web: www.barbara-filipp.de
Languages: German, English
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +30 6974098805
Email: efiguide@yahoo.gr
Web: www.touristguides-ngreece.gr /meli/kalampoukidou-efi/
Languages: Greek, English, German
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +30 6934132406
Email: MBatsioula@gmail.com
Web: www.touristguides-ngreece.gr/en/meli-en/mpatsioula-maria/
Languages: Greek, English
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +30 6944411994
Email: fotiniguide@gmail.com
Web: www.touristguides-ngreece.gr/en/meli-en /lykisa-foteini/
Languages: Greek, English
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +30 6947008635
Email: grypari_amar@yahoo.gr
Languages: Greek, English
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +30 6944905213
Email: marinelams@gmail.com
Languages: Greek, English, French
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +30 6937037337
Email: cliocrete@yahoo.gr
Languages: Greek, Spanish, Italian, English
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +306972436305
Email: katgiakoumaki@hotmail.gr
katerinagiakoumaki612@gmail.com
Languages: Greek, English, Italian
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +306932911025
Email: rspanaki@gmail.com
Languages: Greek, Italian, English
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +306974315829
Email: linad1@windowslive.com
Languages: Greek English
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +306944713650
Email: kgeorgakopoulos@yahoo.com
Languages: Greek English
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +306944754640
Email: ssouki@otenet.gr
Languages: English, German, French, Swedish
Area of Qualification: Greece
Telephone: +306947213278
Email: adbordrez@gmail.com
Web: www.guidegrec.com
Languages: Greek, French, English
Area of Qualification: Greece (residence in Athens)
Telephone: +306932655466
Email: smarot@yahoo.com
Languages: Greek, English
Area of Qualification: Palermo and Sicily
Telephone: +39 3336355173
Email: corinna@touristinginpalermo.com
Web: www.palermoguide.it/guida/corinna- scaletta/
Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish
Area of Qualification: Italy, Venice
Telephone: +39 3474351222
Email: colecchiastefania@gmail.com
Languages: English, Russian, Italian
Area of Qualification: Portugal
Telephone: +351 914 010 204
Email: mjoaomoreira73@gmail.com
Languages: English, French, Italian
Area of Qualification: Tourism and specialization in museology - Regional Tourist Guide
Email: freire.catarina08@gmail.com
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish and French
Area of Qualification: National Tourist Guide Portugal-Madeira
Telephone: +351 962419409
Email: maraolim@gmail.com
Web: www.madeiraofficialtouristguides.com /portfolio/mara-cardoso/
Languages: English, German, Portuguese
Area of Qualification: Portugal
Telephone: +351 916013494
Email: martinsousa11@gmail.com
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Area of Qualification: London Blue Badge Tourist Guide
Telephone: +44 (0) 7879045727
Email: themis.halvantzi@googlemail.com
Web: www.guidelondon.org.uk/guides/ themishalvantzistringer/
Languages: Greek, English
Area of Qualification: London Blue Badge Tourist Guide
Telephone: +44 (0) 7776 143266
Email: isabelleseddon@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.britainsbestguides.org/guides/ 3597/isabelle+seddon/
Languages: English
Area of Qualification: London Blue Badge Tourist Guide
Telephone: +44 (0) 7778 788336
Email: info@richards.london
Web: www.guidelondon.org.uk/guides/ richardcerquera/
Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese
Area of Qualification: Scotland
Telephone: +44 141 334 3170
Email: viola@ravingscotland.co.uk
Web: app.stga.co.uk/guides/search?language_id=&area_id=&interest_id=&service_id= &name=Viola+Lewis
Languages: English, German
Area of Qualification: Scotland
Telephone: +44 1569 750700
Email: guide@elma.uk.com
Web: app.stga.co.uk/guides/search? language_id=&area_id=&interest_id= &service_id=&name=Elma+McMenemy
Languages: English, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish