Amanda Gavin, Head of HR at Lifeworks said “Our renewal of the award is great acknowledgement of our ongoing work to promote equality, diversity, inclusion, and equity. We’re extremely proud to be recognised as a Disability Confident Leader for another three years. We will continue to work towards Lifeworks being a place where people feel proud to work , everyone has a sense of belonging and...
Dir: Tod Browning Running time: 120 mins Cert: 12A
Freaks ruined the career of its director, Tod Browning, known today for the infamous Dracula (1931), starring Bela Lugosi. Banned in the UK for 30 years, audiences were unable to cope with its frank portrayal of disability. Freaks is one of the most human films you will ever watch.
Johnny Mains, author of Freaks (Midnight Movie Monographs 2017) will give a talk after the film screening.
Three-year-old Evie Murphy, from Wembury near Plymouth, is half a pound in weight away from being too big for her regulation car seat. However, she has severe developmental delay so she can’t use a booster; an expensive special-needs car seat is her only option.
This equipment will cost £1,500 – and with no funding available locally, the family have turned to children’s disability...
Are you a talented swimmer with a disability? Or perhaps you know a keen swimmer who might like to get involved in disability swimming?
British Swimming is running talent identification sessions with an event taking place at Plymouth Life Centre (Mayflower Drive, Plymouth, PL2 3DG) on Saturday 2 November 2013. Why not come along to the session held between 10.30am and midday and take the first steps to your own competitive success in the future.
To be eligible you need to be able to swim at least...
Are you a talented swimmer with a disability? Or perhaps you know a keen swimmer who might like to get involved in disability swimming?
British Swimming is running talent identification sessions with an event taking place at Plymouth Life Centre (Mayflower Drive, Plymouth, PL2 3DG) on Saturday 2 November 2013. Why not come along to the session held between 10.30am and midday and take...
Plymouth City Council is calling on the government to rethink its proposed changes to rules on disability benefits.
Cabinet member for Co-operatives and Community Development, Councillor Chris Penberthy has backed the Disability Benefits Consortium’s campaign to prevent the introduction of the 20 metre rule.
Until now the mobility test for a disabled person to qualify for the...
Employees with disabilities are twice as likely to be attacked at work and experience much higher rates of insults, ridicule and intimidation, a new study has found.
Research from the universities of Plymouth and Cardiff found people with physical or psychological disabilities or long-term illness reported higher rates...
