Meet the team
Welcome to the Assistive Technology team at Leonard Cheshire.
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Spiced apple cake recipe
The kitchen at Bells Piece Day Service creates recipes for staff and residents to enjoy.
Give and Bake cake recipes
Here are some delicious recipe ideas to help make your Give and Bake party a success!
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Let's Connect
During this difficulty time half of disabled people say they feel lonely. 1 in 5 don’t have access to the internet. Will you help towards getting a disabled person online and connected with their loved ones?
Helping others get back on track
Emma is a resident at our Heatherley care home in Sussex. Following a long stay in hospital last year, Emma found herself feeling frightened of travelling by train, unsure how she would manage with her wheelchair.
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Our blog
Welcome to our blog space where we showcase all our blog content from the team!
Podcast: Non-visible disabilities and the media
In the latest episode of The Disability Download, we explore the representation of chronic illness, particularly women with chronic illnesses and non-visible disabilities, in the media. We catch up with artist and illustrator Mimi Butlin, blogger...
John’s Journey: Gaining Confidence and Independence Through Assistive Technology
How everyday devices like Alexa and an iPad opened new possibilities for connection, creativity, and control.
Podcast: The impact of assistive technology
In this episode of our The Disability Download podcast, we’re talking all things assistive tech. Listen to our Director of Assistive Technology, Steve Tyler, tell us about the latest developments in technology, while tech blogger Glen Turner chats...
Language matters. Why words hurt
Our Chief Executive Ruth Owen addresses some of the responses we've received in reaction to our Words Hurt campaign.
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#ISeePurple
On 3 December, International Day of People with Disabilities, we are showing our best purple. So that we can help connect a disabled person to their loved ones this Christmas.
Employee Privacy Notice
This document outlines our recruitment process. “Leonard Cheshire collects and processes personal data relating to its workforce to manage the employment contract and relationship. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use...
Podcast: From retail to record label
When Grace Capaldi realised that mainstream employment wasn’t for her, she came up with a radical solution: to run a record label full time and found a recording studio. Here she tells us about that journey to being her own boss, and why the unusual...
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Assistive Technology at Leonard Cheshire
Assistive technology is technology used by individuals with disabilities to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. We're bringing such life changing technology to the people we support in our care settings and empowering...
Podcast: Countdown to the Paralympics
It's officially a year to go until Tokyo 2020. To mark the countdown, we chat to our Ambassador and Paralympian Olivia Breen at the Superhero Series Triathlon in Windsor, and also Paralympian Judoko Christopher Skelley, and Cecilia Kumar, the Head of...
Podcast: Fantasy Fiction with Ennis Rook Bashe
In this episode, Gwenyth Withers chats to disabled, neuroqueer author Ennis Rooke Bashe. We talk to them all about their debut novel and look at disabled experience of media creation and consumption.