Today (21 December) the Department of Work and Pensions has announced plans to recruit disability champions in to key sectors of businesses, such as retail, hospitality and sport, to improve accessibility for disabled people in the UK. Accessibility is a huge issue for people with a learning disability who can struggle to understand information when out in public. Despite rulings ... Read More »
A house showcasing a range of assistive technology that can be used to support vulnerable adults to increase their independence has opened its doors in Liverpool. The mobile, purpose built Smarthouse, created by the Hft, the national learning disabilities charity, is on display at Aintree Racecourse as part of the newly launched Peter O’Sullevan Community Hub which will be the ... Read More »
Responding to reports in the media that the government intends to allow local councils to raise council tax by 6% over two years, Leonard Cheshire Disability CEO Neil Heslop, said: “We are pleased that the government has acknowledged the severe strain that social care is under. Giving local councils more flexibility to raise revenue locally is a step in the ... Read More »
A CHARITY that helps people cope with sight loss and disability is exporting its expertise to the Middle East after being invited to become involved in a leading European Union-funded project. After initially being invited to teach vision rehabilitation at the German Jordanian University in Amman, Jordan, Andrew Miller, optometry lead at charity Focus Birmingham’s Low Vision Centre, has been ... Read More »
A leading social care charity is working with top organisations to offer young adults the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in the social care sector. Ilford based charity, Vibrance, has been working closely with Skills for Care since 2006, and has recently got involved in the graduate scheme. Skills for Care provides practical tools and support to help adult ... Read More »
The Baxter International Foundation has awarded a grant of £50,200 to Back Up, a leading spinal cord injury charity. The grant will fund a new Outreach and Support Families Co-ordinator position, and sustain it, for the next two years. This is their first post which focuses on families, and will be part of a team which also offers support to spinal ... Read More »
From school exclusion to savvy entrepreneurship: young ceramist’s business thrives through Good Story’s mentoring. Having struggled with the academic system, Katie Netley was determined not to let dyslexia curb her career. Harnessing her creative talents, the young entrepreneur now owns a thriving ceramics business and has even won a national award. Katie was a misunderstood and exuberant teen; her time ... Read More »
Hft, a national charity supporting people with learning disabilities, has presented a petition to the Government calling for an increase in funding for adult social care. More than 3,850 people have signed the petition which was launched in response to the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW), as part of Hft’s It Doesn’t Add Up campaign, to raise awareness ... Read More »
New research shows thousands of jobs could be put at risk unless additional funding is found for the social care sector. As many as 30,000 jobs in the learning disability sector could be at risk in the next four years, warns newly published research by the national learning disabilities charity, Hft. Without additional funding to meet the rising costs of ... Read More »
A unique digital radio station with listeners across the world, run by people with a range of disabilities, welcomed special guest visitors this week. Direction Radio, which celebrated its first birthday earlier this year, welcomed Tony King and Dave Ford to the studio. Based in Epsom, Surrey, Direction Radio is managed and presented by Surrey Choices customers and provides a ... Read More »
Disability charity, Enham Trust, comments following the Autumn Statement 2016. “We appreciate the difficult financial position of the chancellor and his efforts to provide an efficient National Health Service and effective social care and we recognise that however much money he finds, there will always be demands for more. However we are disappointed that this Autumn Statement offered no additional ... Read More »
Four daring staff members from a Linlithgow very sheltered housing development have taken a huge leap to raise a whopping £1,200 for charity. Kashmir Potter, Gillian Scott, Helen Dunn and James Hill from Bield’s Brae Court very sheltered housing development completed the 165ft abseil down Scotland’s iconic Forth Rail Bridge, to cap off a wonderful year of fundraising for Chest ... Read More »
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