by Ruby Watson | Mar 4, 2024 3:22PM | Campaign - Disabilities, News
After being inspired by his sister’s struggle with cerebral palsy, a man has decided to fundraise for Scope by running the Sheffield Half Marathon in April. The charity works to challenge disability inequality by providing practical and emotional support for disabled...
by Holly Phillips | Mar 4, 2024 3:12PM | Campaign - Disabilities, Long Reads, News
Niamh Ingram a DJ, who regularly appears at The Boiler Room and Wire in Leeds, as well as a weekend editor at the the world’s biggest dance music and clubbing magazine, Mixmag, speaks out about what it’s like to live with a long-term, chronic illness....
by Chloe Boden | Feb 19, 2024 1:35PM | Campaign - Disabilities
A Team GB para ice hockey player from Sheffield is raising money to fund his place at the World Championships in Norway this year. Damien Barker, 34, who plays for the Sheffield Steelkings underwent a lower leg amputation last year after breaking his ankle in a...
by Ciara Healy | Nov 24, 2023 1:06PM | Campaign - Disabilities, News
Jyneen Haughie, 37, from Barnsley, is coordinating a charity skydive of 19 people, to raise money for the epilepsy society and to commemorate her sister who died suddenly aged 22. Clareese Haughie had suffered from epilepsy from a young age – among other...
by Alexandra Carter | May 24, 2023 2:20PM | Campaign - Disabilities
Trams A number of clients and staff members at Burton Street Foundation, Sheffield, have expressed their concerns that using trams is problematic for wheelchair users. They explain the accessible doorway of the tram is not level with the platform, so it often causes...
by Alexandra Carter | May 24, 2023 1:52PM | Campaign - Disabilities, Uncategorized
A wheelchair-bound woman speaks out about the alienation of being a less able-bodied person, after being dismissed by a transport company. Dee Smith who attempted to order a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), three hours before she needed it, with City Taxis...
