Press releases

Leonard Cheshire has answered Rishi Sunak’s call for creative thinking by saying the government should introduce ‘Purple Passports’ and extend furlough to avoid a winter jobs crisis for disabled people.

Leonard Cheshire has been selected for a Silver Award by The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) for their Can Do programme with The Zoological Society of London.

Leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire has recruited fifteen young disabled people to train as reporters and raise awareness of disability issues that affect young people across the UK, as the world marks the UN International Day of Charity (5...

Leonard Cheshire ambassador Amar Latif will participate in a cooking fundraiser for the leading disability charity, broadcast on MOB Kitchen IGTV, on Saturday 29 August.

Disabled residents at four care homes run by charity Leonard Cheshire are celebrating after finishing their massive 2,500 miles virtual cycle across the USA on Friday (31 July).

Bill Moran, a familiar face in the Dumfries town centre for his weekly fundraising collections for disability charity Leonard Cheshire, died on Friday on Friday 10 July at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.

Tiziana Oliva, Executive Director, Global Influencing and Impact responds to the International Development Committee’s (IDC) recent report, which demonstrates the importance of retaining the Department for International Development’s (DFID) expertise...

Residents, staff and volunteers at a Leonard Cheshire care home in Godalming have been determined to go the distance for their annual ‘Hydon Hobble’ fundraiser and are taking the event online this year instead.

Disabled people have been among those groups hit hardest by Covid-19. A new campaign by international disability charity Leonard Cheshire is shining a spotlight on the challenges disabled people face gaining employment, which could be heightened...

A Cheltenham woman who leads an inclusive cycling project for disabled people is riding high after she won a major accolade on Saturday from the Women’s Festival of Cycling.