Friends of the Elderly receive £500,000 from ACT Foundation
The ACT Foundation has chosen Friends of the Elderly to receive a £500,000 donation towards its grants service. Starting from April, The ACT Foundation is…
Marathon effort for donated wheelchair
The British Red Cross Mobility Aids service has lent out a wheelchair to a girl with congenital talipes on agreement for a donation on its…
Unmet disabled children’s needs must be prioritised say organisations following new data
After new figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed it had been using significantly out-of-date data regarding the number of disabled children…
Funding initiative aims to provide all UK neonatal units with personalised video
Personalised video specialists, vCreate, announces a new funding initiative aimed at ensuring that all 200 UK neonatal networks are equipped with personalised video by 2018. According…
British Polio remaps approach to Post Polio Syndrome at OT Show
The British Polio Fellowship is attending the Occupational Therapy (OT) Show on the 23-24 November at Birmingham’s NEC. From stand I61, the national charity will be directly targeting healthcare professionals as…
PromoCon becomes Bladder and Bowel UK
Charitable service, PromoCon, has changed its name to Bladder and Bowel UK as part of a major brand overhaul and investment in its corporate…
Housing & Care provider utilises innovative ‘Sure Call’ technology
Leading housing and care provider Bield are taking full advantage of advances in technology to create services that enable service-users to lead fuller, more flexible…
SeeAbility nominated in two categories for the Association of Optometrists Awards 2016
National sight loss and disability charity SeeAbility has been shortlisted for two prestigious national awards. The charity has been announced as one of three finalists…
£70,000 up for grabs as 2016 Stelios Award announced
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Leonard Cheshire Disability have announced the 2016 Stelios Award for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK. Now in its tenth year, new…
New requirements to make information clearer for disabled people and carers
People with disabilities will benefit from improved health and care after new requirements have been released, ensuring they receive easily accessible information and support. The…