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Blackwood Design Awards 2023-24, Application Deadline Extension

The Blackwood Design Awards are open to anyone, who has produced a great idea that supports people with disabilities,…See More
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Blackwood Design Awards 2023-24 - Deadline Extension, 27th October 2023

The Blackwood Design Awards are open to anyone, who has produced a great idea that supports people with disabilities,…See More
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Entries for the Blackwood Design Awards 2023/24 are now open!

The Blackwood Design Awards (BDA) is celebrating a decade of excellence and innovation by welcoming entrants to participate in the 2023/24 competition. An international awards programme that seeks to find innovative and life-changing inventions and…See More
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Recover Wheelchair Cushion

Does anyone have any suggestions on where a member can get their wheelchair cushion recovered?See More
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Recover Wheelchair Cushion

Does anyone have any suggestions on where a member can get their wheelchair cushion recovered?See More
Mar 14
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Sep 21, 2022
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Future 50 Podcast - Designing & Building Homes for Independent Living

A Blackwood house meant gaining back an independence that had been taken away from me.’ Powerful words from Anne Walker, a…See More
Aug 2, 2022

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Blackwood Design Awards 2023-24 - Deadline Extension, 27th October 2023

Posted by bespoken Team on August 31, 2023 at 10:45 0 Comments



The Blackwood Design Awards are open to anyone, who has produced a great idea that supports people with disabilities, regardless of their background or level of experience.  

The competition is looking for inventions, designs, and concepts that can enable people with disabilities to live their life to the full.

There…

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Robotics + Care Mashup, 16th to 20th October 2023

Posted by bespoken Team on August 23, 2023 at 8:00 0 Comments

Organised by the …

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Training through the Pandemic - with Paralympic hopeful, Gary Smith

Posted by Ryan MacDonald on March 24, 2021 at 9:03 2 Comments

For Gary Smith, retiring from a career in wheelchair Basketball due to a long-term shoulder injury was not an easy decision. He had played wheelchair basketball for as long as he could remember and made many lifelong friends through the…

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Nothing is impossible!

Posted by Ryan MacDonald on January 28, 2021 at 12:04 0 Comments

When the first snowflake fell this year, it made me think about the amazing  Amanda Lees (pictured right). To me, I see snow as something that makes it really difficult to get around in my wheelchair. To Amanda, snow is an opportunity to travel, meet with friends and hit the slopes! We asked her to write a guest blog telling us all about her ski adventures........and she didn't disappoint. Here it is......

"As I zoom down the mountain, making…

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Maura Horton has launched her own company with an idea she first came up with to help her husband who has Parkinsons. Thanks to her invention he can dress himself in seconds.

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Tom and Laura were just neighbours who liked to walk their dogs together. A brilliant idea has made them co-designers of a life changing invention to help blind people.

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