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Partnership is bringing DPOs together to seek out funding
Disabled people's organisations (DPOs) across London are building a new partnership that will allow them to bid jointly for funds to deliver their own employment support. The consortium will be…
Cable given food for thought on disabled entrepreneurs
Business secretary Vince Cable is to consider what action the government can take to boost the number of disabled entrepreneurs. Cable was speaking during a visit to a university laboratory…
Britain’s Paralympians announce their base for 2016
Britain's Paralympic squad will prepare for the 2016 Rio Paralympics from a base in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. The British Paralympic Association (BPA) made the announcement in the…
Queen’s birthday honours: MBE ‘offers hope of brighter future for disabled children’
A disabled entrepreneur recognised in the Queen's birthday honours is hoping that the honour could help to persuade disabled children that there is an "exciting and thrilling" future ahead of…
Queen’s birthday honours: MBEs ‘will provide fuel for campaigns’
Two former government advisors have spoken of how they hope their new MBEs will boost their work campaigning for disabled people's rights. Both Clenton Farquharson and Miro Griffiths are former…
Queen’s birthday honours: OBEs mark couple’s 40 years of volunteering
A disabled couple who have spent four decades campaigning to persuade the public to be more accepting of difference have both been recognised with OBEs in the Queen's birthday honours.…
Two Ticks set for reform, as researchers call it ‘an empty shell’
The government's "Two Ticks" scheme to recognise companies that encourage disabled people to apply for job vacancies is nothing more than an "empty shell" used as a public relations tool,…
Testing time as tenants help research high-tech independent living
Disabled and older people are taking part in a trial to find out whether using robotic vacuum cleaners, wireless light switches and online shopping apps could make everyday independent living…
Project will bring hidden history into the light
A new project aims to highlight some of England's most significant disability history, charting disabled people's lives from the middle ages to the late 20th century. The Accentuate History of…
‘Tireless’ campaigners praised after mayor sets out Crossrail access plans
Disabled campaigners have welcomed the mayor of London's decision to publish plans for providing step-free access to seven inaccessible stations on the capital's Crossrail project. The mayor, Boris Johnson, had…
