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10 disabled entrepreneurs

Each year, we team up with the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation to run a competition for disabled entrepreneurs to win funding for their businesses from easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. In 2019, 10 entrepreneurs won prizes ranging from £5...

Podcast: The impact of assistive technology

In this episode of our The Disability Download podcast, we’re talking all things assistive tech. Listen to our Director of Assistive Technology, Steve Tyler, tell us about the latest developments in technology, while tech blogger Glen Turner chats...

Five amazing fundraisers

We've had a brilliant 2019! To celebrate here are just five of our favourite fundraising moments.

Why I dread using trains

Hannah is disabled and uses a powerchair. She tells us about her experience of using trains and why having to pre-book assistance and having to manoeuvre her powerchair into a wheelchair space can make travelling by train so stressful.

A lot at stake: what the next government must do

The nation goes to the polls on Thursday 12 December 2019 to choose a new government. Whatever the result, the millions of disabled people who live in the UK have a lot at stake.