So, here we go again. Wednesday’s budget brought to light that more cuts were on the horizon for disabled people. An estimated £1.3bn is going to be cut, affecting about 640,000 people across the country. The Guardian has reported that 200,000 people will be removed from the Personal Independence Payments (PIP) system altogether and further 400,000 will have their benefits ... Read More »
Channel 4 has commissioned Princess Productions, part of the Endemol Shine Group, to produce The Superhumans Show – a brand new magazine show, covering all things Paralympics. The Superhumans Show comes to Channel 4 as the ParalympicsGB team prepares to take on the world at Rio 2016. This series will help build on the success of London 2012 as well ... Read More »
The British Paralympic Association today urged the British public to help ‘Supercharge ParalympicsGB’ and show their support for our athletes over the course of 2016 and beyond. Supercharge ParalympicsGB is the first time that the British Paralympic Association (BPA) has launched such a major public facing campaign to generate support and raise funds for ParalympicsGB. The ParalympicsGB team will face ... Read More »
Channel 4, in partnership with Scope, has commissioned a brand new advertiser funded Shorts series What Not To Do starring Alex Brooker, the disability charity’s ambassador and star of Channel 4 show The Last Leg. The six, three 3 minute short form series launches exclusively on All 4 for Channel 4’s digital Shorts platform and will be available to view in early ... Read More »
TV comedians Alex Brooker and Francesca Martinez will open and close Naidex National, the UK’s largest disability, homecare and rehabilitation event, on 29 and 1 May at the NEC, Birmingham. Read More »
Alex Brooker, one of the three presenters of Channel 4’s The Last Leg, speaks to Ouch. Before becoming a presenter on the disability comedy chat show, Brooker was a sports journalist. While covering a Paralympic try-out event, he Read More »
Presenter Alex Brooker, 28, helped make history with Paralympics comedy show The Last Leg. A new series starts tonight. What’s the new series about? It’s the stories people might have seen during the week and me, Adam Hills and Josh Widdicombe give our take on them. We also follow my journey to compete in the Rio Paralympics. Read More »
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