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Greenhill grenadiers reach boccia finals

The Greenhill Grenadiers Boccia team, all of which are residents at the Leonard Cheshire home in Timsbury, Somerset, have reached The National League and Super League Finals in Nottingham on 13 July.

Accessibility at airports

Our chief executive Neil Heslop responds to Civil Aviation Authority’s report of airport accessibility.

Race against time to preserve history of disability and war hero

Leading charity Leonard Cheshire is in race against time to preserve its fascinating but fragile historic sound recordings of its founder, war hero and global humanitarian, Leonard Cheshire. These, along with experiences of disabled people from...

Response to latest ADASS report

Our Policy and Research Manager discusses the latest ADASS report on the impact the social care crisis is having on thousands of older and disabled people

Overhaul of sick pay

Our Director of Global Influencing and Research Ola Abu Al-Ghaib reacts to the government’s announcement on an overhaul of sick pay, part of a package of measures announced by Theresa May last night.

Technology is key to close disability employment gap

Greater access to life changing technology must be prioritised if the Government is to reach its target of getting one million more disabled people into employment by 2027, says leading pan-disability charity Leonard Cheshire.

Disabled people building a better wales

Disabled people from across Wales came together with politicians, including deputy Welsh leader of the Labour Party Carolyn Harris MP and Welsh Government Finance Minister Rebecca Evans AM, to discuss how to make Wales more disability-friendly at a...