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Case study: Smashing boundaries, one creative class at time
Inspirational, creative and inclusive leader, Leanne Evans, founder of FTM Dance, overcomes early struggles to create leading Midlands performing arts service for children and adults with a range…
Online therapy and psychotherapy subscription
Mental Health Awareness Week (10-16 May), therapy platform UK Therapy Guide launches a monthly therapy subscription service, offering private mental…
Free activity resources now available to support people with complex disabilities
The national disability charity, Sense, has launched a new, online platform offering a range of free art, sport and wellbeing activities developed to support people with complex disabilities.…
Elizabeth Muchechetere shares her in-depth insight on Strokes and recovery
“My personal view on stroke is that it is a challenging, complex and difficult condition to treat and manage, and it requires both the healthcare and public to play a part in preventing, treating…
World’s first LEGO Braille Bricks event at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre
LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre, part of MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS, Europe’s number one and the world’s second-largest visitor attraction operator, is supporting children who are blind or have low vision…
Children’s charity launches accessible cookbook
The Children's Trust has produced a special ‘easy to follow’ accessible cookbook, developed by children and rehabilitation therapists, for the whole family to enjoy and have fun in the kitchen.…
Man steps up to raise funds for his learning disability charity service
A man with learning disabilities from Bradford has walked 240,000 steps in a month to raise over £600 towards new sports equipment and other resources for the charity which supports him.
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Over 2,000 affordable motoring options with the Motability Scheme this summer
The new summer Motability Scheme price list has been released, with a range of over 2,000 cars available and many vehicle models on offer with no Advance Payment. The Scheme provides worry-free…
Young Voices and Place2Be team up to support children’s mental health
Young Voices, the world’s largest school choir organisation, and children’s mental health charity Place2Be will work in partnership to raise awareness and funding for children’s mental health.…
Royal National College for the Blind revamps leadership
The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC), the UK’s leading post-16 specialist college for young people with visual impairments, is revamping its…
Support worker Denise Mumford celebrates 30 years at learning disability charity
A 67-year-old senior support worker, Denise Mumford, has been supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible at national charity Hft for the last 30 years.
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Key workers launch befriending service to combat isolation
Key workers at UK Power Networks have partnered with charities to launch a telephone befriending service aimed at tackling social isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Moto rolls out fuel service app for drivers with disabilities
Moto has become the first motorway service area operator in Britain to roll out a mobile phone app specifically aimed at helping drivers with disabilities across all 48 of its sites.
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£22 million awarded to life-saving health charities during virus outbreak
- Health and care charities awarded funding to continue providing life-changing support services
- £22 million in cash grants awarded to mental health, ambulance and other public health…
CHAS and Checkatrade announce new partnership
CHAS, the Health & Safety accreditation specialist, has signed an agreement with Checkatrade that will see the two organisations work together in a new partnership to help their trade members…
Avon Riding Centre RDA launches emergency appeal to care for horses
Avon Riding Centre for the Disabled, an independent charity and one of the largest of the Riding for the Disabled Association's (RDA)'s centres in the UK, is launching an emergency funding appeal…
Over 65s staying fit and active, even during lockdown
Older people in the UK staying fit and active, especially during lockdown, according to Audley Villages. Before lockdown in the UK, over 65s at Audley Villages were keeping fit with daily walks…
Manchester-based Insync Bikes and part-time inventor get backing of global manufacturer for special needs trike
A part-time inventor whose design for a trike for special needs children caught public attention has received the backing of a second global business to help bring his work to market.
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Disabled teen teaching thousands of Brits sign language during lockdown
A 15-year-old from Birmingham is being heralded for getting thousands of people across the country learning British Sign Language (BSL) during the pandemic lockdown, helping to tackle loneliness…