Supporters of disability projects across the UK win Halifax Giving Extra Awards
More than 10% of this year’s 67 Halifax Giving Extra Awards winners support disability projects or help people with disabilities in their communities. Stockton on…
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Exceptional Leonard Cheshire campaigners scoop first ever Queen’s Young Leader Awards
Three disabled campaigners are some of the first ever to receive a prestigious Queen’s Young Leader Award. Ashwini Angadi, Leroy Phillips and Mohammad Yaaseen Edoo are part of Leonard…
Young blind and partially sighted campaigners meet with MPs
A group of young blind and partially sighted people travelled to the Houses of Parliament to meet MPs as part of the launch of a…
Disabled campaigners get chance to meet top politicians
Three disabled people have been selected to attend the autumn party conferences of the UK’s three major political parties for a scheme run by the…
Deepening Cuts
We’ve now passed the midway point with our current government, but what impact has the coalition had on the lives of disabled people? We find…
Thousands struggling to eat, wash or leave their homes
Take action to free the 100,000 disabled people imprisoned in their own homes New research exposes scale of Government’s social care crisis for disabled people:…
Disability Minister Esther McVey meets Mencap youngsters
Two young Liverpudlians with a learning disability went to the House of Commons to meet the Disability Minister Esther McVey yesterday, to talk about how more…
Leading disability charity calls for better quality, choice and value for money
“There should be no take it or leave it mentality in providing care for disabled people,” says CEO Leonard Cheshire Disability has submitted evidence to the…
Disabled people taking a stand against hate crime
A Leeds-based charity will be discussing practical ways of preventing hate crime against disabled people at its conference on Thursday 6 December. CHANGE, based at…
‘Put disabled people at heart of international development’, campaigners urge PM
Leading disability charities are calling on the Prime Minister to put disabled people at the heart of international development. Currently, the one billion disabled people…