"Being a photographer who is practically blind, it’s going to hurt people’s brains" "As a photographer who is deafblind, I challenge stereotypes every day" says professional shooter Ian Treherne Digital Camera World · Jul 2, 2023
Sensory tennis proves a big hit in helping disabled people get active Sport England’s funding means national disability charity Sense can expand its programme. The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2023
Woman tells of 'crying at night' as she highlights loneliness of disabled people Gina Patel, 28, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy, has told how people with disabilities often feel like "no one cares" about them as they struggle with loneliness Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2023
Meet the cash-strapped Brits who face choosing between heating and BREATHING Sulaiman has so far had just £150 help from the Government – despite charities estimating disabled people are paying £12,000 a year in extra costs Daily Mirror · May 18, 2023
‘It proves he is capable’: the extreme sports offering release for disabled people From boxing to climbing to sensory tennis, a Sport England grant scheme is transforming the lives of people with complex disabilities The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023
‘I do what’s needed’: extraordinary UK volunteers doing the extraordinary Despite 1.6 million fewer people in volunteering than five years ago, there are everyday individuals making a difference The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023
Disabled people 'struggle to find work due to lack of support at Jobcentres' A lack of adequate assistive technology and poor training of Jobcentre Plus staff means people with complex disabilities struggle to use the services, according to a leading charity Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023
Academic coaches help students finish community college Two-year community colleges, which serve many of the students who need the most support, have the lowest completion rates of any kind of university or college The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2023
Usher syndrome symptoms as Emmerdale's Laura Norton shares children's rare diagnosis The Kerry Wyatt star shares two children with her former co-star, Mark Jordon Liverpool Echo · Mar 1, 2023
Incredible girl, 8, is carer for her two disabled siblings - and wants to help others Ivy had won Sense's Young Sibling of the Year award for her advocating for carers' support and next planned to campaign for the government to tackle the issues facing the NHS Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023
Mum whose son's disability means he needs room heated to 21C can't afford Christmas Five years ago Charlie, who Anna described as being a “funny, incredible” man, was diagnosed with a “life limiting” degenerative brain condition called SPG11 Daily Mirror · Dec 9, 2022
Irish mum cancels Christmas due to financial pressures of caring for daughter 'Things have been tough' Irish Mirror · Dec 9, 2022
Co Antrim mum cancels Christmas due to financial pressures of caring for daughter “We are currently sitting with no heating, so the house is freezing and we are living out of food banks” Belfast Live · Dec 9, 2022
Mum of disabled girl needing home heated to 21C due to health condition 'terrified' about rising energy bills Lincolnshire girl Honey-bea lives with a rare condition called Goltz Syndrome, which means she has severely impaired sight and thin skin and needs a high level of care Daily Mirror · Oct 20, 2022
Daily Mirror · Oct 11, 2022 Mum unable to pay energy bills forced to consider putting disabled daughter in care Yvette Clements is full-timer carer to her daughter Rosey, a young woman living with athetoid cerebral palsy; a movement disorder caused by damage to the developing brain
Bristol Post · Oct 9, 2022 The Bristol mum taking on adventures as her sight deteriorates Tracey's friends didn't know she was visually-impaired until she started fundraising
Manchester Evening News · Sep 8, 2022 Businesses and charities react to Liz Truss' energy price guarantee Liz Truss announced a new scheme to help ease the cost-of-living crisis
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2022 Disability benefits for millions ‘to be rendered worthless’ by soaring energy bills Exclusive: Charities warn disabled households are among hardest hit by energy crisis, which could see 91% of their benefits eaten by cost of bills
Daily Record · Aug 25, 2022 Seven energy bill bombshell warnings about how rise will impact you today Ofgem will enforce a new price cap from October 1, with gas and electric bills set to hit £3,500 annually.
The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022 ‘Solidarity tax’ of 1% for all earners needed to raise more energy bill support, says think tank Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak must ‘think the unthinkable’ and consider tax rise, says Resolution Foundation
Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022 7 bombshell warnings TODAY about how energy bills rise will hit you It's now 24 hours until Ofgem announces the energy bills price cap from 1 October 2022 - and annual gas and electricity bills are set to soar beyond £3,500 a year
The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2022 72% of disabled households plunged into debt by cost-of-living crisis – poll 83% of families with a disabled loved one believe the Government is not doing enough to support them, according to a new poll.
Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022 Buddying scheme provides 'lifeline' to parents with disabled children A buddying scheme run by charity Sense has been a lifeline for many families and their disabled children who have been socially isolated
Daily Mirror · Jun 26, 2022 Disabled woman now housebound as cost of living crisis means she can't charge wheelchair Jade Cotton, who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and scoliosis, is struggling to cope with soaring electric bills and has been forced to stop charging her electric wheelchair overnight
Bristol Post · Jun 22, 2022 Bristol dad and carer says cost of living is a 'constant worry' despite £150 payment "But the worry pales into insignificance when the alternative is your child dying"