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Following Contact’s campaign win on the Carer’s Allowance earnings limit they’re hoping to double their impact with release of their Counting the Costs findings next month. They will be launching the findings in Parliament alongside their Lifeline Appeal with the Big Give – an initiative which means every pound donated to Contact is doubled between 3-10 December.

On Boxing Day 2022, in Rome with his Italian partner Isabella, Hanif Kureishi felt dizzy while sitting at the table. He fainted, landing on his neck and becoming tetraplegic as a result.

When Sacha Bowman and Jayden Kenyon started playing the game as youngsters neither thought representing their country would ever be possible. But Jayden, who’s 22 and from Salford and 24-year-old Sacha from Lancaster will do just that at the upcoming Men’s Cerebral Palsy and Women’s Amputee football World Cups.

The House of Lords Public Services Committee has published the report “Think Work First: the transition from education to work for young disabled people.” This report follows an inquiry that was held last year which explored the barriers young Disabled people face when transitioning from education to employment.

June Lush, 78, who has been deaf since early childhood, initially felt overwhelmed and in pain when she was involved in a crash on the A6 in Derbyshire. Fortunately, one of the first responders was firefighter Ben Middleton, who was quickly called over to interpret, utilising his newly-acquired British Sign Language (BSL) skills to take care of her.