On 11 December residents at the Edensor nursing and dementia care home in Clacton on Sea enjoyed a Polish Christmas feast of Ryba Po Grecku and wished each other Wesołych Świąt. Christmas came early for the fifty Edensor care home residents and the on-site team of carers, when the award winning home in Orwell Road…
Herne Bay based Ruben Harris is being supported in his quest to become a wheelchair tennis Paralympian by philanthropists working with Kent Community Foundation. Ruben Harris, who was born with congenital talipes equinovarus which is more commonly known as clubfeet and had both feet removed, is determined to reach the top in wheelchair tennis. Ruben’s…
On Monday 4 September entrepreneurs Cristian Brownlee and Matt Walker launched the Adapto all-terrain powered wheelchair in the UK and Ireland. Following their success gaining investment in BBC’s Dragon’s Den, the award winning team behind Adapt Ability’s Omeo are launching a second mobility device the Adapto. Using the latest mobility technology, the Adapto will enable…
Tia McConnell, 20, from Salisbury was shocked and surprised when BBC Presenter Steve Brown told her that she had won a hands free Omeo. Last week, Tia McConnell travelled to Middlesex, with her Mum Denise, her brother Jude and her girlfriend Abby, believing she was going to meet one of her Mum’s ex work colleagues…
On 18 May, Cristian Brownlee, was awarded a Stelios Disabled Entrepreneur Award at an awards ceremony in central London. The Stelios Disabled Entrepeneur award, was presented to Cristian Brownlee by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation and the Leanord Cheshire charity, at a ceremony in Thurloe Square, South Kensington on on 18 May. The award was made…