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Learning disability charity recognises frontline impact made by interns during lockdown
Transition to employment charity, DFN Project SEARCH, is supporting this year’s Learning Disability Week by recognising the impact its interns and…
New Child and Adult Protection Committees Chair
Aberdeenshire Council has appointed a new independent Chair of its Child and Adult Support Protection Committees.
Susan Maclaren…
Dudley Town FC launches new first team strip in support of social care workers
Dudley Town FC have launched a new first team football kit for the 2020/21 season to mark the club's support for frontline social care workers.…
Social care cuts for people with learning disability leave families stuck in lockdown
Seven in ten (69%) people with a learning disability had social care cuts when they needed it most, leaving many stuck in lockdown according to a…
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Funmi Lawal was born in England and had a stroke soon after childbirth at the age of 35. She experienced first-hand how reduced mobility can rob…
Hidden Disability: The Celebrities Who Are Eligible for the Motability Scheme
he concept and definition of disability has evolved quite radically over the last century. Today, hidden disabilities are recognised as biomedical…
Eden Futures is back on track with new developments and job creation
Eden Futures revealed solid plans for new developments at the start of 2020, building on 2019 when it opened seven more supported living services…
Youth work: From a distance
Aberdeenshire Council’s Work With Young People team is finding new ways and means to continue to support around 120 young people across…
Announcement for second phase of acoustic monitoring installation
CLB announces its second phase of installation with Treloar’s School…
Here East reveals second cohort of 'East London Innovators'
Here East, London's technology and innovation campus, announced its second cohort of East London Innovators. The campaign identifies individuals…
The Geberit AquaClean Mera Care: Designed for Independent living
Bathroom adaptations play a vital role in helping people of all ages with a long-term limiting illness or disability to remain in their own homes…
Vulnerable people able to see families for first time in months thanks to iPad donations
A 90-year-old care home resident from Cumbria has told of her joy after being able to see her husband again after over a month thanks to iPad…
Disability charity receives incredible response to Katie Price documentary
National disability charity, Sense, says that it has had a huge response to the BBC documentary, ‘ Katie Price: Harvey and me’, that was broadcast…
Midlands automotive firm driving mobility forward with HSBC support
Sirus Automotive, the UK’s leading provider of Upfront Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (WAVs), is supporting its customers (some of the most…
Oliver Voysey overcomes seizures to raise £178,000 for outdoor education charity that changed his life
A profoundly disabled teenager celebrated his thirteenth birthday this weekend, having raised a remarkable £178,000 for the outdoor education…
Urban village fete is back, but this year the event's coming to you!
Mark it in your diaries; this year’s Urban Virtual Fete, is being brought direct to you, wherever you are!
Greenwich Peninsula will…
Mencap calls for people with learning disabilities to be prioritised for vaccination
London medics say they are beginning to run out of patients in the government’s top four priority cohorts to vaccinate and fear that lives will be…