Resources Guidance Notes Sensory Viewing Rooms To support football stadiums, clubs and national associations in providing a fully accessible and inclusive matchday experience, CAFE has published a guidance note on installing sensory viewing rooms at sports venues. The document, which considers the advantages of installing sensory viewing rooms and some of the typical features of such a room, also includes suggestions on who may benefit from watching live football matches from a sensory viewing room. A case study of the sensory viewing room at English Premier League club Watford is also included. Watford opened their sensory viewing room in January 2017, and the facility has been fully booked for every single match since. Over 60 families, including some away fans, have made use of the room and 5 children have been able to transition into using general access areas of the stadium as a result of using the room. In addition to opening the sensory viewing room, Watford have also ensured that all staff working in and around the facility have received disability inclusion and etiquette training. This training helps staff to communicate in an inclusive and respectful manner with differently disabled people. To download the CAFE guidance note (PDF), please click here. CAFE would like to thank Dave and Watford FC for sharing their case study. We also wish to thank The Shippey Campaign and Heather Wildsmith from Open Up To Autism for their support in creating this guidance note. For further information, please feel free to contact CAFE at [email protected] or call +44 (0)208 065 5108. Manage Cookie Preferences