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News below includes Our 110th Birthday, Prestige Events, Getting on with our Lives?, 109th Annual General Meeting, Cash for your Old Mobile.

Our 110th Birthday

In June this year Disabled Living are proud to celebrate our 110th Birthday and we are looking forward to our 12th decade, spanning 3 Centuries, of providing help and guidance to the Community.

Prestige Events

Marie Hendry, Chief Executive of Disabled Living, is happy to receive a cheque for £3588.22 on Friday 21st December from Nick and Charlie of 'Prestige Events' from an event they held earlier in 2007 that raised thousands of pounds for our charity.

Marie said at the time, "I'm delighted to have received on behalf of our charity such a wonderful gift from Charlie and Nick so close to Christmas!"

Launch, Service Users Open Day

From Left to right Marie Hendry the Director of Disabled Living invites guests Wendy Blinston and Dilkush Bibi from the Stalybridge Resource centre to cut our 110th Birthday cake.

Marie Hendry, Director of Disabled Living said “Service users are our first priority so it was pleasing that such a wide range of visitors came to our Open Day, the first event of our 110th Birthday year celebrations To Celebrate our anniversary we are holding a number of events throughout our ‘Birthday Year’ and would love you to join us:-  ”

8th August — Retailers Evening

September — Give a Day, Give an Hour
Please click here for more details

19th October — AGM, Guest Speaker Ivan Lewis MP

15th November — Kidz Up North, Bolton (press release)

29th November — Birthday Ball Hosted by Rory Bremner (press release)

21st February 2008 — Business Lunch, guest speaker
Dame Tanni Grey Thompson MBE

March — May 2008 — to be announced

19th June 2008 — Kidz South, Reading

July 2008 — Closing event to be announced

For more information watch this space or contact:-  

Disabled Living,Redbank House,4 St Chad’s Street
Cheetham, Manchester, M8 8QA
Tel: 0161-214-5962 or 0161-214-5952

Email: info@disabledliving.co.uk

Getting on with our Lives?

Despite the Government’s efforts to improve services for disabled people, a hard-hitting report published today (26 October) shows that many people are still left without relatively in-expensive equipment that could transform their lives. For the full press release please click here. The report, which costs £12, is available from Disabled Living, Redbank House, 4 St Chad ’s Street, Cheetham, Manchester.

“Ivan Lewis Minister MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary Department of Health, pictured with Maggie Winchcombe (Report Author), Chris Smith (Head of Community & Campaigns the Co-operative Group), Marie Hendry (Director, Disabled Living) and Stephen Brookes MBE, (Disability Research Journalist, Chair – NUJ Disabled Members Council) and Chair for the Day. The report was launched at Local Government House, London, to a wide ranging audience drawn from the voluntary and statutory sector. The Minister, in his keynote speech welcomed the publication and concluded by inviting those present to send him their top 3 priorities for the improvement in care services.”

109th Annual General Meeting

Stephen White, Chairman of Disabled Living welcomed our new President, Gerry Yeung OBE. Mr Yeung who hosted the event said he was proud to be associated with Manchester’s oldest disability charity, and whilst he was the ‘new kid on the block’ he looked forward to becoming closely involved with the work of the charity, including improving links with the Chinese community. A copy of the Annual Report in pdf format is available here to download.

From left to right:- Guest Speaker Tony Lloyd MP for Central Manchester pictured with Marie Hendry, Director of Disabled Living, Stephen White, Chairman and Gerry Yeung OBE.

Cash for your Old Mobile

Disabled Living and Envirofone are running a scheme to help the environment by recycling old mobile phones. Whenever you use the service at www.disabledlivingrecycles.com , you will receive cash and help contribute to the running of costs of Disabled Living.