Thursday, February 25th, 2010
You may remember that, a while ago, we published a request for readers who had experienced disability hate crime to contact Hannah Murphy from Channel 4 with a view to appearing in a film about this deeply unpleasant phenomenon.
I don’t know if any of you responded but I’ve just received this message from Hannah Murphy:
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Hello,
I [...]
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Team Anglia GB, The East Anglian Regional Amputee Football Squad, has an excellent new Website.
If you were born without a limb or have suffered an Amputation or loss of use of a limb you are able to join the Region’s Elite Squad.
Compete in the Amputee National Football League. Challenge for Honours and Trophies. Meet new [...]
Monday, February 22nd, 2010

I’ve had a message from Anna Hedenstrom who has just moved to Sweden and has had to put her much loved adapted car up for sale.
Please click on the link beneath the photographs to see a downloadable description of the car and, if you might be interested, you can then contact Anna in Sweden at [...]
Monday, February 22nd, 2010

I’ve had a message from Anna Hedenstrom who has just moved to Sweden and has had to put her much loved adapted car up for sale.
Please click on the link below the photographs to see a downloadable description of the car and, if you might be interested, you can then contact Anna in Sweden at [...]
Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Had he lived, our eponymous inspiration would have been 100 today. We acknowledge his Centenary Year and feel sure that he would be proud of the new initiatives and Events that we have in place to honour it. BADER BRAVES, launched on the 10th February is now up and running with several Events already in [...]
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

We now have a new page for BADER BRAVES!
You will find this and its sub-page/s in the left hand menu. Please keep checking the pages for new information and related Events.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you’d like more information about this exciting and worthwhile child-focused initiative  or if you’d like to become involved. [...]
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

AVIATION entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has voiced a commemorative podcast for the Royal Air Force Museum.
Richard Branson
The founder of the Virgin Group narrated this month’s podcast, Bader: Fighter Pilot, which has been commissioned to mark the centenary of Douglas Bader’s birth, on February 21.
It will form part of a series of exhibitions at the RAF [...]
Friday, February 12th, 2010

Exhibition: Sir Douglas Bader Centennial Exhibition, Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, until March 31 2010
The RAF Museum in Hendon has launched a Douglas Bader centenary exhibition, celebrating the inspirational pilot and disabled campaigner’s life with a selection of rarities from the RAF archives.
As an added bonus, Sir Richard Branson has recorded a podcast about Bader’s [...]