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Disability Power 100 influencer hosts new show for Swan TV
As well as his work for Shaw Trust Accessibility Services, Lee Ellery is a dedicated disability campaigner and was recognised for this on the Disability Power 100. You can read more about Lee’s work here: https://disability100.azurewebsites.net/project/lee-ellery-2022/ Lee has recently been...
Demanding the change at Parallel Windsor!
On July 2, a team from the Shaw Trust Foundation joined forces in Windsor, at the ground-breaking Festival of Inclusivity – Parallel Windsor. The team were there to raise awareness about the Disability Power 100 and the Foundation’s disability advocacy work. We spoke to lots of festival goers...
Andrew Miller MBE named as Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 Chair
Andrew Miller MBE, chair of Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 judging panel Shaw Trust is thrilled that Andrew Miller MBE and BAFTA trustee has agreed to chair the judging for the Disability Power 100 2023. Previously recognised for his outstanding achievements within the Disability Power 100 in...
Breaking down communication barriers this Deaf Awareness Week
When the music stopped and Rose Ayling-Ellis and her dance partner continued to dance on Strictly millions of viewers were given a short, but effective, insight into Deaf Awareness by the number one winner of the Shaw Trust 2022 Disability Power 100. This work continues across the UK for Deaf...
Is flexible working here to stay?
When the world locked down in March 2020 thousands of people started working from home. This opened up new ways of working, working from home and flexible working became the new normal. For many disabled people the chance to work remotely gave them an opportunity to re-evaluate their working...
Support and inclusion – what I’ve learnt as the mother of an autistic son
Written by Dawn Holton, Social Media Officer at Shaw Trust As a mother of a child on the Autism spectrum, I have spent many hours trying to learn and understand how to be able to best support my son and help him thrive. The hardest bit along our journey has been the unknown. Will he make friends?...
