Hannahs celebrates new sensory room
Staff and young adults at Hannahs in Ivybridge are seeing great benefits from their state-of-the-art sensory room, created by sensory equipment specialists, Experia. The charity,…
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Government ‘billed’ by disability campaigners for planned cuts to disability benefits
Ahead of next week’s Budget, disability campaigners and organisations have presented the Government with an invoice for £1500, the amount each new claimant of Employment…
Sussex man with learning disabilities to take part in charity trek to Iceland
A Sussex man with learning disabilities is gearing up to travel to Iceland as part of a fundraising bid for Hft, a national charity supporting people…
2000 jobs milestone reached by Leonard Cheshire Livelihoods Resource Centre in Southern India
Training in skills ranging from mobile phone repair to fashion design has led to 2000 disabled people receiving paid work for the first time or…
Charities join forces to Build Carer Friendly Communities
We are all looking for someone to love, and for someone to love and care for us in return. I hope to find the…
Hundreds of tributes for global humanitarian and war hero Leonard Cheshire’s 100th birthday
Leading charity Leonard Cheshire Disability is celebrating its founder and war hero’s 100th birthday with its ‘100 for 100’ challenge launching this week. The charity is…
OkCupid finally removes discriminatory question
Dating site OkCupid refused to remove the question: ‘Would the world be a better place if people with low IQs were not allowed to reproduce?’ for almost…
National Lottery plays cupid for people with learning disabilities
A friendship and dating agency for adults with learning disabilities has an extra special reason to celebrate this Valentine’s Day thanks to National Lottery funding….
Sick children and their siblings play Cupid with range of Valentine’s Day cards
Valentine’s Day cards inspired by Shooting Star Chase supported children and their hilarious and heart-warming views on love, are now on sale to raise vital…
Money Mechanics
A project boosting the financial literacy of young deaf and blind people in London, has secured £532,000 in funding from players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Over a thousand…
Disability charity to launch free rock climbing sessions for people with sight and hearing impairments in London
The rock climbing sessions aim to get more disabled people in England into physical activity and sport The programme is being funded by Sport England…
Families with disabled children celebrated at Contact a Family’s first ever awards
Minister for Disabled People, Penny Mordaunt joined families with disabled children at Contact a Family’s inaugural award ceremony to celebrate the amazing things families do…
Age UK programme shows promise in combating loneliness
A pilot programme launched by charity Age UK has shown great promise in reducing loneliness in older people. The ‘Testing Promising Approaches to Reducing Loneliness’…
Charity launches pioneering screening programme for infant deafblindness in Kenya and Uganda
First sensory screening and early intervention programme for infants with multi-sensory impairments in East Africa 300,000 infants expected to be screened during the three year…
Robin Christopherson honoured with MBE for services to digital inclusion
National charity AbilityNet is pleased to announce that Robin Christopherson, Head of Digital Inclusion at AbilityNet has been awarded an MBE in the New Year…