What happens when a service that’s meant to keep you safe in your home massively let’s you down in ways that leaves you feeling scared to enter your own home! I have so many emotions to process anger, disappointment, frustrated, violated, lied too, scared my list is endless and I don’t know how to stopContinue reading “A service that has massively failed me.”
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My secret toilet campaign with Tesco supermarket!!
The day has finally arrived where I can share with the world, shout it from the roof tops… YES it’s true I’ve been keeping a big secret since June 2018, As much as it was going to kill me to keep this secret I knew I had to, it was far to important to riskContinue reading “My secret toilet campaign with Tesco supermarket!!”
Guest collaboration for Scope – The Importance of Changing Places | World Toilet Day 2018.
The following piece was written for Scope has been written by myself Lady Kerry Thompson, disability and lifestyle blogger and Changing Places Campaign, Fi Anderson, disability Mummy blogger and Transport Ambassador for MDUK, and Emma Muldoon, accessible travel blogger and Mobiloo Ambassador from Scotland. We’re a group of friends who fight a very similar battle for accessibleContinue reading “Guest collaboration for Scope – The Importance of Changing Places | World Toilet Day 2018.”
Nature is calling | World Toilet Day
What is World Toilet Day? World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19th November, is about taking action to ensure that everyone has a safe toilet by 2030. I seem to talk toilets ALL; well so my hubby tells me!! So here’s me talking about toilets once again but surely it’s acceptable as today is world toiletContinue reading “Nature is calling | World Toilet Day”
The hard sell – A salesman’s pitch to the elderly & vulnerable!
Elderly and vulnerable people are being duped into handing over thousands of pounds for overpriced mobility aids. – Quote by BBC Rogue Traders Trying before you buy – wouldn’t we all love to do this with everything we wanted to buy; This is just what some companies offer the vulnerable, staying in the comfort of yourContinue reading “The hard sell – A salesman’s pitch to the elderly & vulnerable!”
Changing Places Toilets Campaign – And House of commons
On Wednesday 24th June was a massive stepping stone was made for the changing places toilets campaign a new bill has PASSED the 1st round in the house of Commons. How did this happen. A Ten Minute Rule Bill on changing places toilets was introduced by Paula Sherriff MP who did an amazing speech aboutContinue reading “Changing Places Toilets Campaign – And House of commons”
Housing crisis
As you would have seen in the news reports over the last week it’s suddenly dawned on the able-bodied world that there is a massive shortage in suitable housing for disabled people. Unfortunately this isn’t as much of a surprise to us that are disabled we have known this for years. It’s been called theContinue reading “Housing crisis”
New found heroine – The Disabled Suffragette.
As this year marks a 100 years since women won the right to vote as I was reading about the suffragette I found a story about Rosa May Billinghurst the disabled suffragette and women’s rights activist she was known as the ‘cripple suffragette’ I found myself wanting to know more about Rosa may Billinghurst andContinue reading “New found heroine – The Disabled Suffragette.”
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