Disability Talk

This Petition request was created by Paula McGowan – Deadline 7th December 2018 .. All Petitons run for 6 months My son Oliver was only 18 when he died in hospital on 11th November 2016. …

Atos & Capita must improve the delivery of Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) or face losing their contracts, MP Frank Field has said. Frank Field, MP The government says it is looking at extending the firms’ contracts by …

This website has often repeated that the purple pound is worth over £250 billion to the UK economy every year. So a cynical voice asks why are manufactures and retailers not appealing and selling to …

Disability Rights UK is looking for runners for the Great North Run. It takes place on the 9th September 2018 and it’s officially the world’s biggest half marathon! Disability Rights UK is now recruiting runners …

Nicki Donnelly (born November 1982) served as a West Midlands Police Officer for nearly ten years after her 18th birthday. She was training within the Specialised Firearms Department when she was involved in a road …

Jurys Inn, the hotel group, has announced a two year partnership with SCOPE charity to change attitudes towards disability in the workplace. As well as holding fundraising events at all of its hotels, the hotel group is …

“A very traditional play doesn’t suit everyone.” Josh Hepple is a law graduate with severe cerebral palsy who acts a disability campaigner at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “But then how do you make someone care …

Kate Jennings I turned to blogging at the tender age of 35 after my kidneys went into failure and my job as an event officer was no longer manageable. After a a sufficient amount of …

An appeal from ‘Hyndburn Parents and Carers Group’ Play is an important part of any child’s childhood, so when we learned that there was currently a group of young people that were denied the opportunity …

After a near-death car accident last December, blind cook Penny Melville-Brown has emerged after weeks in a coma, months in intensive care and more time in specialist rehabilitation to walk, talk and think clearly enough …