75% of professionals are concerned there are disabled children living without essential equipment
A new report from Newlife has painted a worrying picture that there are a growing number of disabled children being let down due to a…
RCOT backs call for all political parties to prioritise disabled children
The Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) has joined more than a 110 charities and parent groups in coming together to campaign for better support…
£60m distributed to thousands of disabled children in the first year of a new Scottish benefit
The Scottish Government has announced that almost £60 million has been distributed to thousands of families with disabled children in the first year of a…
Charity set to launch Christmas appeal to raise money to provide latest assistive tech to children
Assistive technology charity Lifelites and London Freemasons are soon to launch their latest Christmas appeal to give life-limited and disabled children access to life-changing assistive…
EXCLUSIVE: The role of therapeutic equipment in supporting disabled young people to be more physically active
Kieran Murphy, Clinical Partnerships Manager at Jiraffe In a proactive move, the UK Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) have recently issued new guidelines to support disabled…
Upcoming event to showcase transformative assistive equipment for disabled children
Supporting children with disabilities in their transition to becoming young adults and ensuring they have the right equipment and services to ease that shift will…
Consultation to gain feedback on NICE’s guidance on service delivery for disabled young people
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has launched a new consultation, which seeks the views of people and organisations that are involved…
Interactive assistive tech donated to disabled children at Oxford children’s hospice
The Shanly Foundation has supported charity Lifelites with £2,000 so it can continue to donate assistive technology for life-limited and disabled children in Oxfordshire and…
Charity donates transformative assistive tech to life-limited children at hospice
The children’s charity Lifelites has donated “life-changing” assistive technology worth thousands of pounds for life-limited and disabled children using Claire House children’s hospice services. The…
£35,000 donation helps charity donate life-changing adaptive tech to disabled children
The Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire is a long-standing supporter of the charity Lifelites and has donated £35,000 over the past few years to support…