The difference we make
We have received the Disability Confident Leader accreditation
As a Disability Confident Leader, we support local businesses by working with them to ensure they can accommodate people with physical and mental needs and best recognise how to support their employees
Our newsletters…
Read all our latest newsletters and emails full of events, news and all the ways we help disabled people and carers every week of the year…
Susan & Terry have got themselves new jobs
We help disabled people to gain confidence and prepare them for work. Read how Susan and Terry secured new jobs after attending our courses.
Supporting carers and families in Luton
We run Carers Central with a dedicated team working hard to ensure that people with dependents with any condition, of any age, can identify as a ‘carer’. We help with 1-2-1 support, regular meet-ups with other carers and more.
We help thousands of people every month
Over 12,500 people contacted us with an enquiry related to a disability or health condition and two thirds asked about more than one topic. We supported over 2,000 disabled people to directly employ their own carers and more.
Mrs W is losing her sight
Mrs W is managing to live independently in most ways but she was finding it increasingly difficult to set her gas oven temperature correctly. We helped her find a solution with the charity REMAP, who came up with an ingenious design to fix safer controls to her oven.
Our partnerships are creating success
Our health and wellbeing partnerships have led to some remarkable achievements. One of our clients in Luton ‘has lost over 3 stone and is now out of the chair in the gym doing sit ups’.
Helping people claim £1,000,000 in benefits
We have helped people claim over £1,000,000 in benefits in 2016/17. Our service covers Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Luton.
Our Community Champions: Where are they now?
Our CEO, Melanie Hawman, talked to our Community Champions to find out about their progress since they joined our popular training programmes three years ago…
Help with benefits
We can always help with general benefits advice for people with disabilities. For more specific advice just make an appointment with the benefits advisors who can help with benefits checks and form filling.
Success stories
Read how we helped Anna filling in forms, Peter to employ a personal assistant, Mrs Bartool to care for her daughter and more. These personal stories will give you an idea of how we can help you.
See us on Facebook and Twitter
We are always posting lots of useful videos, stories, links, jobs, tips, campaigns, advice and photos to our Facebook and Twitter pages. Come and join our many fans and followers.