Differently Enabled prize draw winners announced

Three black and white close up photos of faces. The first face is a Black man with short curly black hair, blue glasses, wearing a green jacket with a bow tie, smiling, stood against a grey background that has names written all over it. The second is a white female with long dark blonde hair. She is wearing a white V-neck jumper off the shoulder to display a Hickman Line on her chest. She is looking straight at the camera. The third is an artist wearing a hat, black spectacles and a beard, looking at his artwork

“When you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, you do good.”That’s the motto of Differently Enabled, one of our 2023 sponsors, who we collaborated with to host a Disability Power 100 finalist prize draw.Differently Enabled, who make bespoke, accessible clothing, kindly offered finalists the opportunity to win a co-created outfit, and […]

Disability Power 100 finalist wins Woman of Courage Award

An image of a woman with long blonde hair seated in a wheelchair

Deborah Lawson, named as one of the UK’s most influential disabled people by the 2023 Disability Power 100, was honoured with the ‘Woman of Courage Award’ from the Global She Inspires Awards in November and also achieved her second ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ in November from the National Advocacy Awards. Recognised as the youngest recipient of […]

Theme Park Super Fan Launches Access Card Ambassador Team

Three people, two men in wheelchairs, and a woman with tinted glasses and headphones, stood against a brightly colours theme park map, smiling

Eighteen-year-old Iona Wilkinson, a self-confessed theme parks superfan, has become the first disabled person to be officially recognised as an ambassador for the Access Card scheme.College student Iona, who lives near Sheffield, has visual and mobility impairments and also lives with autism and dyspraxia which means that she needs an essential companion on a day […]