Leonard Cheshire receives £3m boost to support disabled people develop new skills
Ruth Owen, Chief Executive of pan-disability charity Leonard Cheshire. Leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire…
Driving Mobility awarded £50k grant from Motability to get disabled people motoring
Motability has awarded Driving Mobility grant funding of £50,000 to pilot a new Driving Assessment…
Government announces £30m funding for more Changing Places toilets in England
More than 250,000 disabled people in the country will benefit from greater access to life-enhancing…
BRC welcomes extension of key business funding schemes announced in Budget 2021
Following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget 2021 announcement, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has stated that…
Leonard Cheshire funding crisis prompts emergency Covid appeal
An emergency appeal has been launched by leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire after it revealed…
ADASS makes urgent call for more cash and new recruits to support social care sector
Social care needs an immediate cash injection and new recruits to support its exhausted workforce…
Shopmobility store faces possible closure due to lack of funds and lockdown pressures
Bracknell Shopmobility, which provides mobility scooters to elderly and disabled people to help them get…
NHS to invest £10m into specialist centres to help rehabilitate sufferers of ‘long COVID’
The NHS has confirmed that an additional £10 million will be invested this year to…
£95 million funding programmes to “breathe new life” into 68 historic English high streets
68 high streets across England are set to benefit from millions in government funding in…
Major trade bodies call on government to fund up to 50% retail rents and service charges
Five leading trade bodies from across the UK are calling on the government to fund…