Empowering Experiences: Crowdfunding Campaign
Together, let’s make accessibility and inclusion the standard in tourism
How We Can Help You
Every day, millions of people with disability and other access needs are excluded from travel experiences—not because they can’t travel, but because the tourism industry wasn’t designed with them in mind. Empowering Experiences is changing that.
We are a social enterprise and B2B Accessibility & Inclusion Consultancy on a mission to transform the tourism industry. We empower tourism businesses to embed accessibility into their operations—so inclusion becomes the norm, not the exception.
We’re raising $100,000+ to scale our impact across Australia. With your support, we’ll deliver training, build tools, and launch campaigns that ensure all travellers can explore the world with confidence, dignity, and joy.
Why We're Raising $100,000+
With your help, we will:
Accessibility Audit
Tool Kit
Develop a practical, scalable Accessibility Audit Toolkit that tourism operators can use to self-assess and improve the accessibility of their physical spaces, digital presence, and service delivery.
It will include checklists, templates, videos, and examples to help businesses take real steps toward greater inclusion.
Inclusive Tourism Training Program
Scale our comprehensive Inclusive Tourism Training Program to cover accessibility, inclusive customer service, and disability awareness.
Embed inclusive practices across the sector to help tourism businesses confidently welcome all visitors and make accessibility a core industry standard.
Awareness Campaign to Shift Industry Mindsets
Implement a powerful campaign to raise awareness of the value and necessity of inclusive tourism.
We aim to challenge assumptions, showcase inclusive success stories, and position accessibility as a competitive advantage.
Expand Regional Outreach
Deliver targeted outreach to regional and remote tourism areas that lack access to inclusion resources.
This includes subsidised training, accessibility audits, and ongoing support, helping small and regional operators unlock economic opportunities while making their destinations inclusive for all travellers.
National Tourism Knowledge Hub
Create an online platform that centralises best practices, case studies, training materials, and resources for accessible tourism.
This hub will empower tourism professionals to learn, collaborate, and lead inclusive change, becoming a go-to destination for knowledge-sharing in accessible travel.
Social Enterprise Certification
Complete our Social Enterprise Certification and develop a comprehensive impact measurement framework.
This will strengthen our transparency, attract ethical investment, and allow us to track and report on key outcomes, including how many businesses and travelers are positively impacted.
Our Vision
We imagine a world where every tourism experience is accessible, inclusive, and welcoming—because it was built that way from the start. Together, we can lead a movement that redefines how tourism serves people with disabilities, older travellers, and anyone with access needs.
Contribution Tiers
- $50 – Access Ally: Distribute inclusive tourism guides to 5 businesses
- $100 – Inclusion Champion: Support toolkit development for use by operators
- $250 – Empowerment Partner: Fund a 1-hour training session for a local tourism business (recipient nominations welcome)
- $500 – Impact Advocate: Subsidise accessibility audit for a regional or small operator (recipient nominations welcome)
- $1,000+ – Barrier-Breaker Circle: Public recognition on our site and program materials, plus 200 company shares per $1,000
- $5,000+ – Systems Shifter: Sponsor regional rollout, inclusion in national awareness efforts, public recognition on our site and program materials, plus 1000 company shares per $5,000