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World Champion Kadeena Cox Signs-Up to Experian Support Hub

World and Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox will highlight the benefits of a service that makes essential services more accessible for...

Wheelchair Equality Tops New Group’s Agenda

A new group aims to improve wheelchair provision for users across England. The Special Innovation Group, set up by the Wheelchair...

An Unlimited Celebration of Disabled Artists

The South Bank Centre has announced the stellar line-up of performers and companies for Unlimited, the biennial celebration of disabled...

Currys Expands Accessibility Trial to London Stores

London-based Currys customers can benefit from a new tool designed to make shopping easier for customers with disabilities. The...

Student Paralysed by Fall Graduates as Doctor

Despite being paralysed from the waist down after falling from a tree, Xander Van der Poll (pictured above) was not about to give up on...

Charity Challenge to Quadruple Fund Raising Target

A Berkshire disability charity has announced it has been chosen to take part in the Greenham Trust’s ‘Escalator Project’ in a bid to...

Guide Dogs Lap Up a Good Story

Guide Dogs has announced a new initiative encouraging all children to read to dogs, including children with vision impairment. The...

Three-Wheel Support from Top Tricycle Manufacturer

Tricycle manufacturer Jorvik Tricycles has donated two non-electric tricycles for use at an assisted living facility. The tricycles will...

Highlander USA Bound for Adaptive CrossFit Games

A mum of two from Drumnadrochit in the Scottish Highlands has qualified for the 2024 Adaptive CrossFit Games. Rachel Hives, who has...

Charity’s Centenary Channel Swim

A charity supporting people with a Spinal Cord Injury is celebrating its 100th relay swim across the English Channel in August. ...

We Are Undefeatable

Comedian Bill Bailey has teamed up with the national We Are Undefeatable campaign to support and inspire people with long-term health...

ParalympicsGB Announces Wheelchair Tennis Squad for Paris 2024

With less than 40 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games get underway, ParalympicsGB has announced the six players selected to...

Wunderbar Revival of Classic Stage Musical

It takes a brave theatre director to ask an actor to cross the line from the safety of another television take to getting it right first...

Student Triumphs in Education Against the Odds

The Princess Royal has congratulated a university student for overcoming blindness and paralysis to pursue a degree. In a message to...

Relax with Ryan Gosling’s Fall Guy

A Relaxed and Audio Described screening of the all-action blockbuster ‘The Fall Guy’ (12A) will take place at the Barbican Centre on...

Captioned Complicite Adds to the Drama

Sometimes, captioned performances can detract and distract from the on-stage performance as you try to assimilate multiple channels of...

Paraplegic Man Completes Record Breaking Wheelchair Challenge

Paraplegic Peter Smorthit has broken a Guiness World Record by becoming the first person to push an everyday wheelchair from Lands’ End...

Wheelchair Alliance Launches Free Membership Initiative

Wheelchair users, their families and primary carers can sign-up to become a member of the Wheelchair Alliance for free. The organisation,...

Fashion Graduate Inspired to Launch Adaptive Clothing Brand

A broken ankle, temporary use of a wheelchair and frustration at a lack of accessible clothing options has inspired Ellie Brown (pictured...

Hayley’s Up Hill and Down Dale Fundraiser

A school wellbeing practitioner has walked from Osmotherly to Ravenscar in North Yorkshire to raise money towards a new accessible...