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The family of a care home resident from Paisley has revealed his secret for reaching his 105th birthday – a regular dose of porridge. Former greyhound breeder and racer Neil McNeil, who has lived at Bupa’s Elderslie Care Home for three years, insists on a daily bowl of the traditional Scottish breakfast cereal, and will often request a second bowl ... Read More »
Southampton-based charity Independent Assistance Dog Agency (IADA) is raising funds to help disabled people train their dogs be be Assistance Dogs. Independent Assistance Dog Agency, also known as IADA, is a Southampton-based disability charity helping applicants to train their existing pet dogs to become their Assistance Dogs. Assistance Dogs include guiding dogs, which lead their owners around obstacles and halt ... Read More »
Parliament has asked the Boundary Commission for England, an independent and impartial public organisation, to review all the constituency boundaries in England and it needs your help. Sam Hartley, Secretary to the Commission explains: “We have to reduce the number of constituencies from 533 to 501; and make the number of electors in each more equal – that means a ... Read More »
On Monday 3 October, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, world record-holder and Paralympic gold medallist, announced the official launch of North West London’s two new NHS wheelchair services. The new services were designed with full input from wheelchair users, and they both incorporate the principles of the Wheelchair Alliance’s Wheelchair Charter. (You can read the full Charter, and find out more ... Read More »
The October/November of PosAbility Magazine is out now, read on to find out what our latest issue has to offer! Take a look inside the issue, with . . . How much has it touched you?: Our very own Mik Scarlett ponders the legacy of the Paralympic games. The ‘Token’ Disabled: Sam Renke talks about her role in a hilarious ... Read More »
The First Blue Badge Style Awards Ceremony gave eleven awards to stylish hotels, restaurants and bars, which have made an effort to attract guests with disabilities. Plus one for the most ludicrous loo. At a stylish cocktail party last night in Lutyens in Fleet Street, London, the German Gymnasium was the winner of the Blue Badge Style Best ... Read More »
Hot on the heels of Great Britain’s Paralympic success, Goalball UK are leading a campaign to get more sighted people involved in the sport at a club level, as players, coaches and officials. Throughout October and into November, clubs across the country will be hosting open sessions where anyone, sighted or visually-impaired, can attend to learn more and try Goalball ... Read More »
The retiring Chair of Scotland’s leading provider of housing, care and support services for older people has underlined the importance of people who have devoted their lives to work the in sector. Gerry O’Sullivan, Chair of Bield, said his last year in the position has been full of challenges but recognised that the hard-work of colleagues and volunteers had contributed to ... Read More »
Age proved no barrier for residents at a Barrhead care home, when they took part in a public art trail around Paisley to “bag” as many pop up lion sculptures as possible. As part of Paisley’s bid for City of Culture 2021, 27 brightly decorated lions were scattered around the town and residents from Bupa’s Norwood Care Home set out ... Read More »
Following hot on the heels of the successful Paralympics in Rio, British Blind Sport’s annual Visually Impaired (VI) Festival of Sport is taking place on Saturday 22 October at Bablake School, Coundon Rd, Coventry, CV1 4AU from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm and is FREE to all blind and partially sighted people aged 5 and over. Alaina MacGregor, CEO, said: ... Read More »
Thought independent living aids were reserved for specialist suppliers? Think again. Retail giants are working hard to make these products easily accessible and available in the mainstream – we found out more about Argos’s brilliant new range… The Argos Catalogue is as much a part of the British home as your TV set or stash of tea bags, and now, the retailer has ... Read More »
Tenants at a retirement housing development in Stirling have been keeping fit with a novel exercise programme that is making everyone sit up and take notice. The seated exercise class, at Bield’s Allan Park House, meets once a week and has been keeping tenants active and social for a year. Everyone at the development is encouraged to get involved, with ... Read More »
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