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The Mountain Trike Company who manufacture and produce all-terrain wheelchairs have been working with the National Trust for some time and in 2015 developed the MT Push, a buddy chair.  This was developed from the original Mountain Trike wheelchair at the behest of the Visitor and Services Manager at the National Trust Brownsea Island site.  They could see the benefit ... Read More »

New service makes it easier for deaf BSL users to contact HSBC in branch HSBC is making it easier for deaf British Sign Language (BSL) customers to carry out their day-to-day banking in its branches by providing instant access to a BSL interpreter, the bank has announced. Video Remote Interpretation will be available to both personal and business customers in ... Read More »

Zoe is an alcoholic – but she neither needs nor wants to drink. She is an alcoholic in recovery – a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. She has another illness too – chronic osteoporosis, which has left her with fractures in her spine and hips. “I spent 38 years actively drinking, and most of them alcoholically, before I put the bottle ... Read More »

Powerful Media and Shaw Trust have announced a list of the 50 most influential disabled people globally, ahead of an international disability empowerment conference starting tomorrow Edinburgh. The inaugural Global List will be launched at the 23rd Rehabilitation International World Congress (RIWC) on Tuesday 25 October, and celebrates the achievements of 50 of the most accomplished people living with disabilities ... Read More »

News of the £380,000 investment came during an awards evening to celebrate the achievements of disabled fitness instructors who have graduated through the scheme and the leisure operators that have provided work placements and employment. InstructAbility is a project designed by Aspire, the spinal injury charity and delivered in partnership with YMCAfit, to give unemployed, disabled people the training, qualifications ... Read More »

Celebrating training to support more disabled people to lead active lives  Over three years, 6,000 people have enjoyed the benefits of the Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training and, as a result, more disabled people are leading active lives. To celebrate the success, we are calling on the nation to raise awareness during Sainsbury’s Inclusive Community Training Awareness Week (24-28 October 2016). ... Read More »

By Hannah Deakin On Friday 17 June I spoke at a TEDx conference at my old school, Sir William Perkins’s School. TEDx events are local, independently organised events where people share a TED-like experience. They are events where you can be motivated and inspired by speakers. The TEDx conference was a wonderful experience, with an array of very interesting and talented ... Read More »

A unique partnership between UK employment charity Shaw Trust and international sports technology business Ottobock, is calling for greater access to sport and assistive technology to achieve independence for disabled people. Shaw Trust and Ottobock will be using the 23rd Rehabilitation International World Congress in Edinburgh this year as a platform to raise the awareness of the importance of sport ... Read More »

A Glasgow care home has given invaluable training to parishioners and Sisters of a local church to help raise further awareness of dementia. Bupa’s Craigbank Care Home, on Saracen Street, ran a training session at its dementia cafe which was attended by the Sisters of the Church of St. Teresa of Lisieux, the local community and relatives of the home’s ... Read More »

An Edinburgh housing development has unveiled its brand new, modern and stylish lift, which will boost the independence of residents as well as the accessibility of the building. Blackwood’s Laura Fergusson Court, a sheltered housing development for those living with disabilities, held a special ribbon-cutting celebration to mark the occasion, and tenant Mike Cavanagh did the honours of declaring the ... Read More »

Shoemaker Philip Taylor has been making shoes since the age of 11. Now, fifty years later he heads up one of the countries most respected orthopaedic shoemaking workshops in the UK.  His small team have helped hundreds of clients receive footwear that both aids their mobility and gives them the confidence that comes with wearing good looking shoes and boots. ... Read More »

Essex is championing employment opportunities for people who have a disability and aiming to find jobs for hundreds of residents. Essex County Council has pledged to become one of Britain’s first accredited employers under the Department for Work and Pensions’ nationwide Disability Confident campaign, and is now challenging other Essex businesses to close the disability employment gap. The local authority ... Read More »