Ability Promotions

People who have been paralysed following life-changing spinal cord injuries due to cancer are reporting lack of care and feeling abandoned after their cancer treatment. According to national charity Spinal Injuries Association (SIA), someone sustains a spinal cord injury in the UK every two hours. While a spinal cord injury may be caused by trauma, such as a road traffic acciden...

Ahead of UK Disability History Month (November 19 to December 19), Canine Partners is shining a light on its Financial Assistance Fund to highlight the disproportionate impact rising living costs are having on disabled people across the UK. Formed in 1990, the national charity breeds, trains and supports expert assistance dogs, partnering them with physically disabled people. Th...

If you can avoid the wind and rain Kew Wakehurst invites families to join the accessible Fantastic Fungi Trail this October half-term. Inspired by the adventures of Wallace & Gromit and the villainous penguin, Feathers McGraw, children are tasked with helping foil McGraw’s most recent plot by uncovering the 'tricks and treats’ of fungi found across the Sussex landscape. Coin...

Charities, care providers, and MPs have issued a stark warning to the government to implement a Cool Homes Plan for social care, or risk avoidable loss of life next summer. With 45 per cent of all heat-related excess deaths occurring in care homes last year, campaigners warn that extreme heat is a medical emergency for vulnerable people. The Epilepsy Society has joined forces wi...

Three remarkable aviators are to come together at London’s Royal Geographical Society in support of the charity Aerobility. The ‘Adventure of Flight’ will bring together John McFall, former Paralympian, Astronaut Reserve and disabled pilot, Jon Hunt, former BBC reporter and host of the popular YouTube channel The Flying Reporter, and John Romain MBE, aircraft restorer, air displ...