On Wednesday 31st January, The Disability Resource Centre, along with our project partners, will be hosting a Community Central partner collaboration day at Lewsey Community Centre between 1pm and 5pm.
It has recently been announced by the government that, as of September 2025, British Sign Language (BSL) will be taught as a GCSE in England. Here at The Disability Resource Centre, we are thrilled by this news and fully support this significant step to equality.
Themed around the importance of ‘listening & responding to the needs of unpaid carers’, you will meet like-minded people & help shape the work of the network across the year.
The consultation ends on Monday 4th April 2022…
Please complete our short survey (only 6 minutes) that asks about your experiences as a carer through the pandemic and beyond…
We are always looking to improve and widen our services so we hope you’ll spare 5 minutes to answer our short survey. There are a many ways you can get involved in helping shape the future of our charity. By completing this survey you’ll be making a start and we very much appreciate your help.
Read about weekly walking football sessions in Dunstable and opportunities to get involved (or even play for) the FA’s England Para football team…
This week (1st to 5th November 2021) is Trustees Week. We give thanks to our Trustees who make such a important contribution to our charity, as the website TrusteesWeek.org says ” Trustees’ week is an annual event to showcase the great work you do and provide opportunities for everyone to get involved and make a
Melanie Hawman, CEO of The Disability Resource Centre, has this to say about the opening of the centre: “The whole team has been working extra hard as we move into our new interim site at the Mayfield Centre in Dunstable…opening soon”
Melanie Hawman, the CEO of The Disability Resource Centre says “I would like to say a massive thank you to all the volunteers who have worked tirelessly throughout the last 12 months….
We joined the Amazon Smile programme so that every time you shop at Amazon you can support our charity with a donation, contributed automatically by Amazon, at no extra cost to you.
The Disability Resource Centre has always encouraged our service users (if they are an employer using our payroll service) to forward any correspondence they receive from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to us. HMRC have changed their policy on who they contact to provide information and updates to, as they no longer write to any
Find out who can get a free flu jab and where to go to get yours.
We have received new funding from BLCF, as part of the Bedfordshire Coronavirus Emergency Fund and also some much needed funding from the National Lottery. Thank you very much.
Volunteers Week 2020 Jill Pick, the chair of our charity’s Board of Trustees said “The Disability Resource Centre is fortunate to have an amazing group of volunteers who are part of our team working both front of house and behind the scenes. On behalf of the Board of Trustees I would like to thank you