2019 New Year’s Resolutions
As we wave goodbye to 2018, some familiar faces from the year gone by share their hopes and goals for 2019 – the team at Enable HQ got involved, too.
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What Jon Snow did next – watch Game of Thrones star Kit Harington struggle to land his next big role as a Mencap ambassador
Kit Harington has a cousin with a learning disability and features alongside people with a learning disability in video to raise awareness of the disability….
Heather Mills
Model, activist, entrepreneur, award-winning Alpine ski racer and amputee Heather Mills tells Enable about her most recent challenge – Channel 4’s The Jump You’ve just…
Christopher Biggins visits learning disability service in Bristol
Popular actor and television presenter, Christopher Biggins, has paid a visit to Bristol to find out more about the work of Hft, a national charity…
Launch of the first Disability Power List
First there was the Paralympics 2012 which mesmerized over a billion TV viewers. Then came the Invictus Games, Prince Harry’s successful international multi-sports event to…
John Barrowman goes deaf for the day
Approximately 1 in 6 people in the UK suffer with hearing loss. Entertainer John Barrowman, recently awarded an MBE for his charity work, went deaf…
The Queen, Patron of Leonard Cheshire Disability, hosts royal reception at St James’s Palace
More than 180 guests joined Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh at the Palace, including Professor Stephen Hawking, Fiona Phillips, Esther Rantzen,…
Jimmy Doherty announced as Papworth Trust Ambassador
TV presenter and farmer Jimmy Doherty has been announced as an Ambassador of disability charity Papworth Trust, which supports disabled people of all ages. The…
Frankie says… it’s #TimetoTalk
The Saturdays singer Frankie Sandford is wearing her heart on her sleeve today (Thursday 15 August) and fronting a new campaign for Time to Change,…
Celebrity gala raises over £100,000 for autism charities
A unique charity fundraising gala featuring Jude Law, Chris Martin, Helen Mirren and Matt Smith raised over £100,000 for Ambitious about Autism and The National…
Mum, MS and me
You might know him better for his on-air antics at BBC Radio 1, but presenter Scott Mills saw his life turned upside down when mum…