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Monday 20th Aug 12
DG Writer Jasmine Kluge considers the recent findings that show mental health can affect how long you live.
A recent study has revealed that people who have symptoms of anxiety and depression have a... more
Monday 20th Aug 12
People with mental health problems experience lower life expectancy according to research findings published this month in the British Medical Journal.
In this large scale demographic study,... more
Monday 20th Aug 12
The major disability charity, Scope has commissioned a series of polls being undertaken by ComRes in order to assess the views of people with disabilities.
The recent findings reveal a marked... more
Friday 17th Aug 12
The Innovation Labs grants programme, a collaborative project between Comic Relief, Nominet Trust and Right-Here has pledged £600,000 toward the development of eight digital products to aid young... more
Wednesday 15th Aug 12
ECDP (an Essex based organisation for disabled people) has announced a ground-breaking training programme designed to offer unemployed disabled people the opportunity to participate in meaningful... more
Wednesday 15th Aug 12
Just weeks away from the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has confirmed that a record 2.1 million... more
Monday 13th Aug 12
Dancing Giraffe contributor Teresa Alvarez recently got the chance to visit the Olympic Village in Stratford, London
Teresa Alvarez’s Mum (Stella) was the winner of a Waltham Forest News competition... more
Monday 13th Aug 12
DG Writer Teresa Carroll’s thoughts on new proposals from Parliament
New government proposals for carers’ rights, is a positive step forward, but promises are meaningless until put into practice. In... more
Monday 13th Aug 12
Teresa Alvarez explores the world of footwear and asks, are manufacturers really offering what we want?
Last Christmas my wish list to Santa contained just one thing; a pair of just-below-the-knee... more
Thursday 09th Aug 12
Strolling upright along the High Street of a small, out-skirted Essex town, head high, with her vibrant cheeked, sparkle eyed broad smile, Vera nods to all the locals she can now recognise. Warm... more
Thursday 09th Aug 12
With over 20 years’ experience dedicated to providing affordable canal boat holidays for disabled people with their families, friends or community groups, CanalAbility has gone from strength to... more
Monday 30th Jul 12
Head of Troubled Families Policy, Louise Casey CB, has published a report conducted on behalf of the government which assesses families sourced from six Local Authority and family intervention... more
Monday 30th Jul 12
Blind and partially sighted people are being invited to contribute to the five-year plan of the RNIB group of charities by offering their views over the coming months.
Every day around 100 people in... more
Friday 27th Jul 12
A report by three national charities (Citizens Advice, The Children's Society and Disability Rights UK) has warned that tens of thousands of
disabled people will lose out when new benefit changes... more
Thursday 26th Jul 12
A recent study has shown that only 52 percent of young people would feel comfortable talking to their GP about their mental wellbeing. As a 20-year-old who suffers from anxiety and depression, I have... more
