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Airlines told to improve support for Disabled flyers The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has ordered airports to set out by next week how they will improve services and support for Disabled people following high-profile recent …

From the ‘Alzheimer’s Society LGBTQ+: Living with dementia If you are LGBTQ+ and have dementia, these pages are for you. They have information and advice about how to live well with dementia. You are here: LGBTQ+: Living with …

“Hiking, it’s in the blood” As an avid hiker, Steve has led walking groups for the last twenty years and climbed the highest peaks in forty countries. However, in February 2021 Steve was diagnosed with chronic …

On 22 June 2022, we are expecting more than 90,000 schoolchildren from over 600 schools to take part in one of our biggest events yet! Sign up today to access all you need to make it …

Unpaid carers increasingly worried about health and finances amid rise in hours Unpaid carers are taking on “significantly more” hours and becoming increasingly worried about their physical and mental health and how they will cope …

From ‘Winton’s Wish’ For children and young people whose dad has died, Father’s Day can be a difficult day. As with other special days, it can be a time when their grief is brought to …

The UK Government are proposing to ban the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. While this is good for the environment, there has been little investigation of the potential impacts on …

IMAGE SOURCE, FRANK GARDNER – The BBC’s Frank Gardner was left on a plane after everyone else had disembarked while he waited for his wheelchair If you use Twitter you may have seen Frank Gardner …

IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Patients with long Covid are facing a postcode lottery across the UK when it comes to getting care, nurses say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said treatment varied hugely with …

The theme for last year’s Carers Week was to ‘Make Caring Visible and Valued’. A simple sentiment but one that belies the huge amount of work done on a daily basis by unpaid carers across …