Without Walls Celebrates Groundbreaking Outdoor Arts By Disabled Artists
Without Walls is the UK’s largest commissioner of outdoor art shows, taking inspiring new work all over the country and beyond. Continuing its commi…
Events
Amputees celebrate as garden they teamed up with top landscape gardener to create takes prize
The UK’s longest surviving quad amputee and amputee charity campaigner Ray Edwards MBE is celebrating today as the garden he joined forces with landsca…
Reliable and affordable driving is a summer breeze with the Motability Scheme
The new summer price list for the Motability Car Scheme has been unveiled, offering disabled people a range of over 2,000 affordable makes and models, …
Able Magazine is announced official senior media partner of first global award honouring women with disabilities
Nominations for Her Abilities, the first global award celebrating the achievements of women with disabilities, will be open for nominations from 2nd Ju…
The National Diversity Awards Shortlist Revealed!
A total of 24,584 people nominated this year alone and the results are finally in for the National Diversity Awards, with an astonishing 124 nominees b…
Interview: Able Magazine talks to Accessibility co-ordinator at Boomtown Fair about this year’s show
Able Magazine was lucky enough to talk to Accessibility co-ordinator, Amy Kirkman who is organising the accessibility at this year's Boomtown Fair, tak…
Ray of Inspiration: Amputees team up with landscape gardener to create Hampton Court flower show garden entry
The UK’s longest surviving quad amputee and amputee charity campaigner Ray Edwards MBE has joined forces with landscape designer Edward Mairis to creat…
Naidex 44 Review: Able Magazine, Naidex Best in Show Award Top Picks 2018
This year’s Naidex event was a wellspring of innovations designed to help disabled people with every aspect of their lives. Here is a selection of the …
Directors Jules Leahy and Toria Chan celebrate a win at the Barclays Yorkshire Women in Business Awards 2018.
STEPS Rehabilitation Directors, Jules Leahy, and Toria Chan are delighted to have won an award at the prestigious Barclays Yorkshire Women in Business …
This Is Not For You: Epic outdoor performance paying moving tribute to Britain’s wounded war veterans
A group of injured veterans are preparing to take part in a series of epic outdoor performances this Summer to mark the centenary of the end of WWI. …
M-Enabling Forum Europe at REHACARE 2018 in Düsseldorf
The first M-Enabling Forum Europe will take place on September 27, 2018, parallel to REHACARE in Düsseldorf and the G3ict (the Global Initiative for In…
The Big Lunch brings community spirit back to East Belfast streets
This summer for The Big Lunch 2018, people all over Northern Ireland are coming out of their houses and into the streets, gardens back alleys and parks…
Accessible walks to take place across England for Deafblind Awareness Week
Hundreds of people across England will take to the streets next week, to raise awareness of the needs of the people with complex disabilities. The walk…
Able Magazine is proud to be the official Disability Media Partner of the Remap Awards 2018
Able Magazine is proud to be the official Disability Media Partner of the Remap Awards 2018! We are also looking forward to presenting The Able Magazin…
Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle taster experiences are coming to The Big Event in Birmingham
New for 2018, disabled visitors to the Motability Scheme’s flagship event, The Big Event can experience what it’s like to travel in a Wheelchair Access…
Power2inspire announces its Third Festival of Inclusive Golf
Power2inspire is thrilled to announce its Third Festival of Inclusive Golf at the lovely 9 hole par 3 Cambridge Lakes Golf Course. Taking place on a Fr…
Exoskeleton technology showcased at a leading industry event
A state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility in Sheffield hosted an exclusive industry event on 13th June that showcased the very latest in exoskeleton t…
Yorkshire Dance explores impact of dance for people living with dementia in care homes around Leeds
Yorkshire Dance has announced a major new project, called In Mature Company, taking dance and live music into care homes around Leeds. The Leeds-bas…
Tanni Grey-Thompson hails ‘amazing’ Panathlon showpiece final
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson was a rapt spectator as 200 disabled children from across the capital took part in Panathlon's showpiece London Multisport…
Derby theatre company celebrates successful first year of training course for Learning Disabled actors
A Derby-based theatre company which works with learning disabled actors is celebrating the first year of its pioneering training course with a special …
UK’s largest all-inclusive mass participation event comes to Scotland for the first time
The UK’s largest all-inclusive mass participation fun run will take place in Scotland for the first time on 2 September 2018 as Glasgow’s George Square…
ERSA Employability Award Winners Announced
The winners of the 2018 ERSA Employability Awards were announced last night (14 June) at a special evening ceremony in London attended by the Minister …
Month-Long Festival Celebrates National Health Service’s 7Oth Birthday With Events All Over Wales
National Theatre Wales will celebrate the National Health Service’s 70th birthday in July 2018 with a month-long, multi-artform NHS70 Festival, inspire…
The William Merritt Centre announce new addition to their AccessAbility Exhibition
Following the success of The William Merritt Centre’s AccessAbility Exhibition in 2017, it is excited to announce its plans to make 2018 bigger and bet…
The Big Event arrives at the NEC, Birmingham for 2018
The NEC, Birmingham hosts the UK’s largest display of vehicles for disabled people. This summer, The Big Event arrives in Birmingham for the first t…