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Study by disabled people’s charity reveals need for small changes from all to create lasting difference With memories of the most successful Paralympic Games of all time still fresh in everyone’s mind, a quiz designed to engage non-disabled people in a light-hearted conversation about respect for disabled people revealed that a majority of non-disabled people had no problem using facilities ... Read More »

Majority of football clubs fail to meet guidelines that have been in existence for over a decade. Following the shock findings of last year’s investigation of accessibility at Premiership clubs, national disabled people’s charity Revitalise has today published an Accessibility League Table of Championship clubs, revealing that many are missing the mark when meeting the accessibility requirements of disabled supporters ... Read More »

FOI requests reveal disabled people and carers actually worse off since the launch of the Care Act.   National disabled people’s charity Revitalise has responded to a new study on the first anniversary of the Care Act, published today by Carers Trust. In its own study, Revitalise found that, one year on from its launch, the long-awaited Care Act, billed ... Read More »

Revitalise is in the happiness business. The charity is the largest provider of respite holidays for disabled people and carers in the UK, but this only tells half the story. Each year Revitalise welcomes thousands of people who need the reassurance of 24-hour on-call nurse-led care in order to have a respite holiday, but it is what the charity provides ... Read More »

Findings released to mark National Volunteers Week  (1-12 June) highlight numerous benefits of volunteering for individuals and society. With the EU Referendum fast approaching and the issue of diversity a major topic of debate, a survey released by national disability charity Revitalise to mark National Volunteers Week has found that 93% of the charity’s volunteers said their volunteering experience had ... Read More »

FOI requests reveal disabled people and carers actually worse off since the launch of the Care Act.   One year on from its launch, the long-awaited Care Act, billed as the most significant reform of social care law in over 60 years and promising to safeguard the well-being of disabled people and carers, has failed in its first year, a ... Read More »

Revitalise study finds women are unfairly bearing the brunt of caring As Mothers are recognised and celebrated on Mother’s Day across the UK, a study by national disabled people’s charity Revitalise has highlighted the pressure felt by women to assume caring roles ahead of men. 58% of the UK’s 6.5 million unpaid carers are women and many will not have ... Read More »

8 out of 10 disabled people and careers concerned about the future, new Christmas survey finds. Revitalise’s Dickens-inspired study reveals disabled people and carer’s outlook for the future is more Bleak House than Great Expectations. National disabled people’s charity Revitalise has unveiled the results of its new survey, entitled ‘A Revitalise Christmas Carol’. Echoing the timeless story of Scrooge in ... Read More »

 National disabled people’s charity Revitalise has responded to the Inclusive and Accessible Stadia Report, published yesterday by the DWP and DCMS, and welcomes the Premier League’s pledge after years of inaction. Revitalise’s own study, released to coincide with the start of the Premiership season, revealed a picture of poor match-day experiences, insufficient information and feelings of exclusion from the world’s ... Read More »