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 »
London Marathon competitor, Tom Dixon, 36, is celebrating after completing the 2016 event in a personal best time whilst raising vital funds for disability charities Mobility Choice and Scope. Tom from Amersham, South Bucks, finished the race in 2 hours 58 minutes – his fastest time yet by 12 mins and under the elusive three hours he has been seeking ... Read More »
Emily Davison, visually impaired writer, journalist, campaigner, YouTuber and Masters Degree Student, has been nominated as Disability Role Model in the National Diversity Awards. 21 year old Emily was diagnosed with a rare congenital condition known as Septo Optic Dysplasia, leaving her severely sight impaired and with a complex endocrine illness. For the past 4 years Emily has been working on her blog, journalist ... Read More »
Major UK retailer Marks & Spencer have created much excitement within the special needs community with their launch of clothing for children with special needs. This exciting development to the M&S children’s clothing range comes after customer requests for such ranges to be available to buy at affordable prices. They have become the first mainstream retailer to launch a clothing ... Read More »
I published a book so others can walk this road with me. . . Disability charity Scope have shared through social media a story of mum, Rachel, who has a son with severe cerebral palsy. Rachel writes a blog and has now published a book called “The Skies I’m Under”, aimed at helping parents who have children with disabilities. Rachel ... Read More »
As part of their End the Awkward campaign, Scope have been producing an A – Z of sex and disability. Each letter has been designed into a naughty icon and clicking on these letters will reveal real-life experiences of love and sex with a disability. It has been a great way to dispel myths and address sexual issues openly and frankly ... 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 »
Watch Adam Hills – star of Channel 4’s The Last Leg – go to heroic lengths to support disability charity Scope’s latest appeal asking for donations to its charity shops around England and Wales. In this film, a hilarious spoof of the classic Cadbury’s Milk Tray television adverts, Adam must infiltrate a heavily guarded country manor to deliver his calling ... Read More »
If you live long enough, everyone ends up disabled – that’s the message from a Stockport charity chief as Scope launch their campaign to change attitudes towards disabilities. Scope’s Kiss the awkward Goodbye campaign uses tongue-in-cheek Valentine’s Day cards to highlight that there is no need to be awkward around someone just because they have a disability. Research published by ... Read More »
Disabled people are speaking up ahead of Valentine’s Day about the awkwardness they go through when dating. To coincide with the most romantic day of the year, 14 February, the disability charity Scope has launched a new campaign called Kiss Awkward Goodbye. The charity has found that eight out of 10 people in Britain have never invited a disabled person ... 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 »
Three out of five disabled people believe that public attitudes to disability have improved in the past two decades but a significant proportion still say that they experience discrimination, according to research by Scope. The charity compared contemporary responses with those from 1994 to mark 20 years since it changed its name from The Spastics Society and found that, while ... Read More »
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