Wheelchair-Fencer, Dimitri Coutya took on Tough Mudder on Saturday in aid of disabled children in Africa. On Saturday 24 September, ParalympicGB fencer Dimitri Coutya, took part in the West Sussex Tough Mudder challenge. Arms, legs and wheels took on the gruelling SAS-style military course together with 10,000 others. 18-year old Dimitri returned from the Rio 2016 Paralympic games just days ... Read More »
Contact a Family is delighted to announce that they have been awarded more than £400,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to help reach communities in the North West. This means they are able to fund vital work supporting families with disabled children in the North West of England for the next three years, starting this July. With the money, Contact ... Read More »
The Leonard Cheshire Disability Research Centre is supporting the work of the United Nation’s Washington Group on Disability Statistics in rolling out the first internationally-comparable disability data collection methods. Short and long-form disability data questionnaires developed by the Washington Group have already been adopted in over 100 countries. The surveys are deployed by the UN’s Department of Social and Economic ... Read More »
On the 11 May, national Christian disability and community charities Livability and Prospects for people with learning disabilities will be joining their operations together, in an exciting new chapter. Initially joining the Livability group structure, Prospects will be a fully integrated part of Livability within 2 years. Both charities are major providers of disability services, partnering with churches and other local ... Read More »
A disability charity has started a consultation on plans to close a care home in Northampton. Scope, which runs Hampton House in Lumbertubs, wants to close the facility, which has 20 residents, because they believe it is “old-fashioned”. From today, residents and their families have 45 days to ask questions and put forward their view about the plans to close ... Read More »
A study by national disability charity Scope has found that many parents of disabled children are suffering from extreme stress and isolation. The survey of more than 1,500 parents, found that almost half (47%) have visited their GP due to anxiety, with 57% then being prescribed antidepressants. The findings paint a stark picture of the emotional toll of a lack ... Read More »
Since 1994 the Special Needs and Parents charity has been a lifeline for parents of children with learning needs and disabilities. Reporter Joe Sturdy paid them a visit. SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Stanley May smiles and shakes my hand. We are sitting on chairs in a play area with children around us at Special Needs and Parents (SNAP) in Pastoral Way, Warley. Here, ... Read More »
The excitement of the golden summer of the 2012 Games might seem a distant memory but what about the “legacy” that was talked about so much at the time? It was hoped that the Paralympics would inspire more disabled young people to get into sport, but many believe the challenges of maintaining the legacy are greater. Tim Muffett reports from ... Read More »
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