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Owen volunteers at our Fryers House care home in Romsey. He tells us about his experience of trying to find employment and why he's supporting our employment campaign.

34-year-old Miriam Wawira Njeru is a customer care executive for Safaricom. But her journey to employment hasn't always been easy. She has had to overcome stigma and discrimination around her disability.

Our Innovation to Inclusion (i2i) programme embodies the UK Government’s global leadership in disability inclusion. Two years on from the Global Disability Summit (GDS), i2i is making firm strides on the GDS commitment to economic empowerment for...

Steph Densley, Service Manager at Birnbeck and Quantock Care Homes, tells us about her career in the social care sector.

Saritha has been supported to find employment by our Access to Livelihoods programme in India.

We have over 6,500 volunteer, in roles as diverse as carers, befrienders, gardeners and campaigners. They are crucial to helping us achieve our mission of supporting disabled people to live and work as independently as they choose.

Jen Sweeney talks about how we're trying to close the disability employment gap - thanks to our new partnership with John Lewis.

For the tenth day of Christmas, our CEO Ruth Owen looks back on her first ten months at Leonard Cheshire since she joined in February 2021.

In our latest podcast episode, Jon Sim catches up with our CEO Ruth Owen OBE. In a candid interview, Ruth talks about her determination to succeed despite the yawning disability employment gap she faced as a young school leaver.

Tiziana Oliva, executive director of global influencing and impact, looks at how the Innovation to Inclusion (i2i) programme is addressing the disability employment gap in Kenya and Bangladesh.

Boke is supported by the Girls' Education Challenge Transition (GEC-T) project in Kenya. We look at the impact the Covid pandemic had on the project and how Boke is looking to inspire other young women.

Rosemary Wairimu shares her journey to employment after joining Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Kenya as an industrial chemist in September 2019.

Our new guide — ‘Talented people aren’t always where you expect to find them’ — provides employers with top tips on how to recruit disabled people and ensure they can reach their full potential.

Emma is 33 from Nottingham. She explains the impact that inaccessible trains have on her life and how she's trying to change that.

Ashwini is from a rural community in India, and was born with a visual impairment. She is a passionate campaigner for disability rights and has set up a school for disabled children in her community.

Hannah tells us about her employment journey - from the importance of disability coordinators to having to recognise her own talent and self-worth.

Our chief executive Neil Heslop talks about the importance Sustainable Development Goals and Boris Johnson's appointment as Prime Minister.

Auto Trader's Christos Tsaprounis share his experience of hosting a Change 100 intern and being a Disability Confident business.

Susan talks about the changes to everyday life during coronavirus lockdown. She also looks at how her role has been adapted so she can continue to support our Bells Piece service in Surrey.

Hannah was one of our Change 100 interns in 2022. She tells us about her experience interning at the e-commerce retail group, The Hut Group (THG).

Lissa is the speech and language therapist on the assistive technology project at Hill House in Sandbach. She tells us what her daily work involves, from customers learning how to tell jokes to getting the latest technology from the US.

Emily is a legally blind content creator from London. She tells us about her experience using transport and what accessible rail travel looks like to her.

Amy tells us about her Change 100 experience.

As the world starts to look to a post-Covid future, people with disabilities need to be a core part of the recovery, and the private sector must be ambitious in playing its part.

On this episode, we catch up with Niall, who was diagnosed with Asperger's as a teenager. Niall reflects on the impact of school, music and subcultures on his life growing up and shares his views on how he thinks big companies can help close the...

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...

Chidinma was a Change 100 intern at Skanska in 2017.

Sophia, one of our former Change 100 interns, talks about how accessibility goes beyond physical barriers. It stems to attitudes as well.

Nantamba tells us about his experience in education and the impact our work programme in Uganda is having.

Paul has been a volunteer with us since 2004. In 2013 he was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to charity.

Matthew took part in our Change 100 internship scheme in 2018, with a placement at online payments company Paysafe. He graduated from the University of Greenwich with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and is now working as a junior data analyst at...

Tilly works at Social Bean - our social enterprise coffee shop in Swansea. She tells us why the cafe is so important to her.

Jay Smith has chronic fatigue syndrome and explains a recent application for Personal Independence Payment (PIP).

Mugisa talks about his education and the impact of our employment programme in Uganda.

Through the Get On Board campaign, we’re calling for a new law to make all rail travel in Britain accessible by 2030. Here’s why we’re campaigning for #TrainsForAll.

Dan took part in the Change 100 programme in 2019, where he worked in quality assurance at BMW. He graduated from UCL with a masters in Natural Science and is now working towards a PhD in cancer research at Imperial College London.

Access to Work is the government's best-kept secret. Here are some top tips our disabled staff members who use the grant think you should know.