No place like home – accessible housing
Independent living might sound like a dream, but finding housing that suits your individual needs can be a challenge. It can seem like an endless…
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Promise of £3 million for suicide prevention fund
The Scottish government has promised an extra £3 million in funding towards suicide prevention in the country. Mental Health Minister, Maureen Watt, has announced the…
The rise of crowdfunding
Disability can be expensive, which is why crowdfunding is on the rise.
The £30-a-week benefit cut set to hit thousands
In April, big changes are being introduced for Employment and Support Allowance, with a hefty cut coming in for all new applicants in the work-related activity group….
Family Fund: helping disabled children
Family Fund is the UK’s largest charity providing grants for low income families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people. Last year, it…
Players of People’s Postcode Lottery award Whizz-Kidz £200,000
Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery have generously awarded Whizz-Kidz £200,000 to transform the lives of disabled children and young people. This money will help…
Big Lottery Funding Fantastic News for North East
Contact a Family is delighted to announce we have been awarded more than £400,000 by the Big Lottery Fund towards our “Keeping Families Informed” project…
Arts Council England announces pioneering partnership for disability and diversity
Arts Council England is today (13 May 2015) announcing the successful applicants to the latest round of its Strategic touring programme. Thirteen organisations from across…
Merton CIL gets Big Lottery Funding to Keep Supporting the Voice of Disabled People in Merton
Local disabled people’s organisation Merton Centre for Independent Living has successfully secured three years of funding from the Big Lottery Fund’s Reaching Communities Programme starting…
Tackling the real time-bomb – how funding for social care needs to be turned on its head
By Lucy Hurst-Brown, chief executive of award-winning learning disability charity Brandon Trust and deputy chair of VODG (Voluntary Organisations Disability Group) The social care system…
Wirral Autistic Society launches AutismAbility – a trampolining and gymnastics scheme
Thanks to Wirral Autistic Society’s (WAS) comprehensive day services programme, each week hundreds of adults with autism from across Wirral take part in sports including…
Sport England invests a further £2.1 million to get more disabled people playing sport
Sport England has today provided a further boost to disability sport by awarding £2.1 million of National Lottery funding to help increase the number of…
History shines light on hidden lives of people with a learning disability in Wales
Welsh Government offers £18,000 grant to help Mencap Cymru deliver project A unique national project by Mencap Cymru, to highlight the hidden heritage of people…
Players of People’s Postcode Lottery see how their money impacts lives of disabled Scottish youngsters
Hazel Johnstone, Trusts Manager at People’s Postcode Lottery, yesterday visited a youth club in Edinburgh for disabled children, ran by national children’s charity, Whizz-Kidz, in…
Project for deaf young people in Wales receives National Lottery funding
A new project that will support deaf young people across Wales is set to start this September, thanks to funding from the National Lottery through…