Microsoft’s new “disability data hub” will help inform future policy and legislative conversations
Aiming to help the 15 percent of people globally who have a disability, Microsoft has teamed up with the World Bank to launch an online…
New Active Travel and Research Grant programmes to help fill gaps in existing transport services for disabled people
The Motability charity is launching six new grant programmes, committing £50 million in funding over the next three financial years to organisations across the UK…
Highest level of clearances for new PIP claims since records began, figures show
210,000 new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims have received clearance, which is the highest level since records began. This is according to the Department for…
Health leaders welcome important health and social care data strategy
Following the publication of the important Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) data strategy – which encourages more integrated use of data, digitisation across…
Design awards partnership hosted by Dundee landmark aims to improve independent living
Sup Spoon, previous award winner. A design competition uncovering independent living inventions of the future has secured a partnership with Scotland's design museum, V&A Dundee,…
£25m for rapid digitisation of social care unveiled in important data strategy
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid An important new data strategy is prioritising technology in a set of ambitious reforms for the health and…
Video: Alder Hey launches children’s “hospital of the future” with hybrid digital health platform
Creating a "hospital without walls", Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has launched a ground-breaking digital platform that aims to revolutionise the way in which…
Consultation launches on implementation of act for disabled people to easily request adaptations
The UK Government has launched a 10-week consultation to gather views from councils, disabled people, and landlords to inform regulations and guidance about disabled people…
Free webinar to explore the power of assistive tech to change lives
ATscale, WHO, UNICEF and GDI Hub are co-hosting a free Zoom session next week that explores the power of assistive technology to change lives. Entitled…
9-year-old from Yorkshire to descend into the UK’s largest cave to raise donations for new bionic arms
Mobility equipment supplier Recare is set to help Luke Mortimer, 9 from Yorkshire, to raise donations for new bionic arms, as he descends into the…