More disabled children are being offered parity of access to music-making in Whole Class music lessons following The OHMI Trust’s successful application for Arts Council England funding.    The £48,137 grant will enable the charity to bring the OHMI Music-Makers Whole Class programme to a further three areas of England schools via the Derby & Derbyshire Music Service, the Entrust Music Service in Staffordshire and Hounslow Music Service.   The funding also secures the deliver

Thumbs up to the London Borough of Ealing for announcing a range of accessibility support that will be available on polling day for the local council election. Designed to help residents in the borough vote independently and maintain their secrecy, measures for May 7 include wheelchair accessible polling stations, low level booths, privacy area for photo ID checks and specialist support for the visually impaired and deaf voters. Audio descriptions of ballot papers, for each o

The national inclusive sports event Parallel Windsor will take place on July 5 this year.   Entries are now open to run, walk, wander, push or pull along Windsor Great Park’s stunning Long Mile, and organisers have announced that there will be free accessible shuttles to get there from local train stations.   Designed for people to start together but finish whenever, Parallel’s flagship event aims  to challenge everyone to get moving by taking part in a range of multiple runn

The Academy of Medical Sciences has awarded funding from a £6.7 million pot to an up-and-coming researcher from Bangor University who is investigating why people stutter.    Dr Charlie Wiltshire’s pioneering neuroscience research, which combines advanced brain imaging with detailed behavioural analysis, aims to better understand the causes of stuttering and inform future treatment options.   Though developmental stuttering affects millions worldwide, its biological basis rema

Running legends Jagjit Singh (pictured right) and Arnie ‘the Turbanator’ Parmar will complete a milestone race for disability charity Leonard Cheshire at the iconic London Marathon.   Jagjit, 66, will reach a staggering 600 marathons on April 26, running alongside his good friend and fellow marathon veteran Arnie. The pair will raise funds for disability charity Leonard Cheshire and its care home Symonds House, which supports up to 20 disabled adults in Hertfordshire.   Jagji

Primark has launched the high street’s first adaptive swimwear.   The launch marks a major milestone for adaptive fashion on the high street and is the latest update to the retailer’s adaptive clothing collection.   Developed in partnership with award-winning adaptive fashion designer Victoria Jenkins (pictured above), the clothing is designed to make dressing easier and more comfortable for those with a wide range of needs.   The new collection includes a women’s black tanki

Wales Rugby League Wheelchair Squad needs to raise thousands of pounds to ensure selected players can compete at the World Cup in Australia later this year. Players and staff are currently being asked to self-fund their places at a cost of around £250 each. Without urgent financial backing, some of the nation's top athletes could be forced to miss out simply because they cannot afford to play. "It's incredibly tough to ask athletes to pay to represent their country," said tea

Dame Vera Lynn Children’s Charity (DVLCC) has received a £70,000 grant to support its work providing life-changing, bespoke support for children under five with cerebral palsy, chromosome abnormalities and rare genetic disorders.    The charity, located in East Sussex, was awarded the grant from media and entertainment group Global.   Thanks to generous donations from the UK public and partners to Global’s Make Some Noise charity, the grant to DVLCC will fund a senior paediat

Kidz to Adultz South returns in less than a month to Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre in Hampshire .   The event will showcase the latest products, equipment, and services designed to support independence, improve everyday life, and help young people with disabilities and additional needs on their journey to adulthood. Bringing together families, young people, and professionals from across the UK, the free to enter show on May 12, will also be celebra

Live to Your Living Room welcomes ‘the world’s smallest big band’, Banter (pictured above), to the stage on April 16.   Fresh from their performance at  Warwick Folk festival  last year, Banter plays lively music that you can nod your head and tap your feet to.   Enjoy vibrant renditions of folk classics, stunning original songs, and a few ‘folked up’ versions of classic pop favourites from Simon Care  (melodeon and concertina),  Nina Zella  (keyboards and vocals),  Tim Walk

The Wheelchair Football Association (WFA) has announced a new three-year partnership with one of the UK’s leading providers of personalised mobility solutions.   The partnership with AJM Choice will support the delivery and development of the WFA Academy, established to support the long-term development of players and leaders within Powerchair Football.   One of the first programmes to be delivered through the Academy is the Sporting Excellence Programme (SEP), supporting pla

An inclusive dating and friendship app specifically designed for disabled people and those on the autism spectrum has been launched in the UK. With a decade of success in the Netherlands and Belgium, Capido is a community where personality comes first and barriers to love are removed. The platform is fully accessible, featuring unique tools such as text-to-speech support and a user-friendly interface tailored for neurodivergent individuals. After years of facing rejection on

Specialist dementia nursing charity, Dementia UK, has announced a new service to support people from the d/Deaf and hard of hearing community who are living with dementia.   The new service is operated in partnership with Sign Solutions and offers free Virtual clinics with a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter and specialist dementia Admiral Nurse.   The charity’s free Helpline will also have a BSL interpreter available.    People from the d/Deaf and hard of hearing commu

A team from Jorvik Tricycles has successfully completed the National Three Peaks challenge. Poppy, Sam and founder of Jorvik Tricycles, James Walker, successfully summited Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, and Yr Wyddfa (also known as Snowdon) within 24 hours in aid of Parkinson's UK. James was inspired to create his first tricycle in 2014 to support his father, who could no longer ride a traditional bike due to Parkinson’s, and the Jorvik Tricycles team undertook the challenge to rai

A rotating crew of 70 wounded, injured and sick (WIS) veterans and serving personnel are to complete a 2,000-mile voyage around the UK on two traditionally rigged tall ships,  Spirit of Falmouth  and  Pellew . The Full Circle Expedition is coordinated by veteran sailing charity Turn to Starboard and delivered in partnership with Invictus Games Birmingham 2027. Founded by Prince Harry in 2014, the Invictus Games is an international adaptive sporting event that uses competitive

Blind and partially sighted people gathered at Westminster recently to tell the Government it’s time to end the postcode lottery of support for people with sight loss.   A group of blind and partially sighted people using white canes took part in a ‘cane walk’ from Parliament Square to the office of the Department of Health and Social Care, where they handed in a petition signed by more than 48,000 people.   They were there to push for improvements in vision rehabilitation, a

A UK charity supporting disabled and neurodivergent children has partnered with an online educational publisher to produce a collection of free resources to support children's emotional wellbeing.   Caudwell Children, which provides practical and emotional support for disabled and neurodivergent children and their families, has teamed up with Twinkl to produce an innovative resource pack.   Aimed at children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and their fam

Nominations are now open for the National Diversity Awards.   The National Diversity Awards will be held on September 18 at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, highlighting role models and community organisations across the UK for their selfless devotion to equality, diversity and inclusion.     A record breaking 90,000 people were nominated last year and with the ever-increasing need for cohesion between communities from all walks of life, this year’s ceremony is sure to deliv

Arts and cultural organisations across England can now subscribe to All In Essentials, getting access to the UK and Ireland’s first Accessibility Standards for creativity and culture. All In   is set to roll out across the rest of the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2026 and 2027. For the first time, theatres, museums, galleries, libraries, festivals and more will have access to a range of groundbreaking features - from quick wins to long term improvements - designed to increas

Children with vision impairment gathered at the British Library in London to take part in a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-themed sensory reading workshop to celebrate World Book Day®.   The children, aged between six and 12, took part in a hands-on workshop led by bestselling children’s author Sibéal Pounder (pictured above), whose latest book  ‘Chaos at the Chocolate Factory’  - inspired by Roald Dahl’s classic tale, ‘ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’  - takes children