Press releases
Our press releases cover the issues important to us as a charity and the disability sector as a whole.
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Kent legal firms support new free wills service
Solicitors in Kent are backing a new free wills service offered by leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire.
Why benefits are essential for disabled people
Our response to the latest Department for Work and Pensions' report, "Uses of Health and Disability Benefits", written by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen).
We must consult disabled people
Our response to the Official for National Statistics (ONS) survey and statistics release on coronavirus and the social impacts on disabled people in Great Britain.
Stelios Awards for Disabled Entrepreneurs inviting applications for 2022
Leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire and Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, creator and owner of the easy family of brands including easyJet, and founder and president of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation, are proud to relaunch The Stelios Awards...
Why we need tailored support for disabled claimants
Our Director of Policy Gemma Hope responds to the government’s Way to Work campaign.
Leonard Cheshire and Sport England All Active Together
Leonard Cheshire will begin a new £1.2 million, three-year project funded by Sport England, when All Active Together launches in January 2022.
We need to challenge online disability hate crimes
In response to the Law Commission's recommendations, our Director of Policy Gemma Hope looks at why we still need to see more on online disability hate crimes.
Our response to the White paper
The much anticipated social care White Paper has been released. Our Director of Policy Gemma Hope responds to the government's plans.
The potential of young disabled people is being wasted
Our Director of Policy Gemma Hope responds to House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee's report ‘Skills for every young person’.
Strictly Schools: Strictly Amazing!
Leonard Cheshire Cymru’s disability dance competition, Strictly Schools, will complete its 2021 Season with an amazing ‘evening at the Ballet,’ broadcast on BBC1 Wales at 16.20 on Sunday 21 November as part of the BBC Children in Need Appeal show.