Claudia Cockburn

Claudia Cockburn

Claudia Cockburn Flanders (11 February 1933–25 June 1998) was born in New York, USA. Her parents were Hope Hale Davis and the journalist Claud Cockburn. She married singer-songwriter Michael Flanders in 1959.

In 1987, Claudia Flanders formed Tripscope, an organisation to help disabled people with transport issues.

She created the post of adviser on disability to the National Bus Company (UK) in the 1970s and served for many years on the national Joint Committee on Mobility for Disabled People and the Department of Transport Advisory Committee on Disability in the UK. Claudia Flanders was awarded an OBE in 1981 for her services to disabled people. She died in London on 25 June, 1998.[1] Her daughters are Laura Flanders and Stephanie Flanders.

In 1999 a special award for improved accessibility for UK buses operators was started in her memory under the UK Bus awards.[2]

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