Entries from Northumberland communities - Bedlington tagged with 'Disability'
Bedlington dad in charity performance
Doting dad Edward Lennie will be fighting back tears tomorrow when he performs at a plush ball on Tyneside. He will be performing the self-penned Just Like An Angel at the Mistletoe Ball at the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead -...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Hexham tagged with 'Disability'
Hexham social entrepreneur shortlisted for awards
The manager of a Hexham business has been shortlisted for the region's Voluntary Sector Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Liz Prudhoe, the general manager of local voluntary organisation ADAPT, will be among those celebrated at the event at Northumbria University...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Newbiggin tagged with 'Disability'
Newbiggin archer wins community award
Archery enthusiast Steve Richardson has hit the target by winning a top community award. Richardson, of the Newbiggin-by-the-Sea-based Green Lane Disabled and Able Bodied Archers Club, has received national recognition for his exceptional support to young volunteers. He won the...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Morpeth tagged with 'Disability'
Nature site plan for Tranwell
PLANS for a new nature reserve in Northumberland - the region's first to be designed exclusively for disabled people - will go out for public consultation in December. Castle Morpeth Council's proposed Tranwell reserve near Morpeth aims to revitalise an...
Equestrian centre looks to get go-ahead
PLANS for a flagship, £1.2m equestrian centre for disabled people look set to get the go-ahead next week. Councillors are expected to grant their own authority planning permission to develop the Pegasus Centre for Excellence in Disabled Riding at the...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Cramlington tagged with 'Disability'
Cramlington cafe creates jobs
A Cramlington cafe is cooking up jobs as well as food for people with disabilities. Café Azure -- which has just recently opened its doors off Station Road -- has already created three jobs for disabled people, with plans for...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Rothbury tagged with 'Disability'
Fontburn Reservoir hosts angling day
Northumberland County Blind Association's Annual Angling competition was held recently at Fontburn Reservoir, Rothbury, and despite high water levels several 12-fish bags were landed. In its seventh year, the competition attracted keen anglers from across the North East, raising almost...
Entries from Coventry Telegraph - CV3 tagged with 'Disability'
Police in bid to crack down on hate crimes
By Emma Stone CRIME REPORTER HATE CRIMES in Coventry are taking place every day - but almost all of them are going unreported to the police. Officers in the city are trying to encourage more victims to come forward and...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Morpeth tagged with 'Disability'
Funding in place to build disabled riding centre
A funding package is in place to allow a £1.2m riding centre for the disabled to be built in the heart of Northumberland. The Pegasus Centre for Excellence in Disabled Riding, planned for the woodland hamlet of Tranwell near Morpeth,...
Photographer's focus makes light of his disability
An inspirational photographer who refuses to allow profound disability to frustrate his creative talents is about to stage the biggest exhibition of his work. Former art teacher Gordon Thompson, 62, has been paralysed and confined to a wheelchair since breaking...
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