Useful Information over the festive period
Please follow the link here to see helpful signposting advice of organisations that will be available and open this Christmas and festive period to provide support to residents of Hammersmith & Fulham. Action on Disability will be closed from Friday 23rd December and will re open on Tuesday 3rd January 2023. We wish you a […]
Community Research Training
Imperial College NHS Healthcare
https://youtu.be/oN9irH4yy1E Imperial College NHS Healthcare Looking for 6 Deaf BSL signers using one or more of their five hospitals in West London Action on Disability (AoD) works with Deaf Unity to find and recruit no more than 6 Deaf BSL signers living in the West London area – using one or more of the […]
AoD Update
Charlie Taggart joined Action on Disability Youth Service in early 2003 aged 11 years old. She came to us with great enthusiasm and a broad smile. It was obvious from the start of her time with us, that Charlie was one of those people who wanted to help. She was always reaching out with a […]
Action on Disability celebrates after receiving £337,851 in National Lottery funding
Action on Disability is celebrating today after being awarded £337,851.00 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Action on Disability will use their funding to create ‘Our Place’ – a 3-year funded community space for disabled people in Hammersmith and Fulham This new National Lottery funding […]
Supported Interns celebrate International Day of Disabled People
Supported Interns celebrate International Day of Disabled People This month, Action on Disability celebrated Disability History Month and International Day of Disabled People on 3rd December 2021. Taheem one of AoD’s Employment Supported Interns celebrated the event at 245 Hammersmith. Taheem hosted a Q&A session where people could drop in to find out more about […]
Disability History Month
Watch AoD’s Disability History Month talk! The zoom event was held on 26th November 2021 and discusses: Disabled people can be good parents: addressing the barriers. In discussion was The Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Sabina Iqbal, Caroline Bathurst and David Buxton.
Disability History Month
Join us in celebrating Disability History Month 2021! Join Action on Disability in celebrating Disability History Month! AoD is hosting a series of events to celebrate Disabled peoples’ lives and achievements as part of UK Disability History Month. Each event will be chaired by AoD with a panel of inspiring speakers so join us and […]
October 2 – E-newsletter 2021
Annual General Meeting 2021 Everyone is welcome to attend AoD online Members’ Annual General Meeting (AGM)Due to these uncertain times, we are hosting our second virtual AGM on Monday 15th November 2021 at 6pm via Zoom. We’ve made the decision to host this remotely in the likely event there is a Winter surge in relation to […]
August E-Newsletter
August 2021 E-Newsletter Welfare Benefits Service Update Over the last quarter the Welfare Benefits have been doing fantastic work. During the period of 1st April – 30th June, the Welfare Benefit Service dealt with 93 new cases. The backdated lump sum payments for clients were £61,265.90. The team were able to increase weekly payments for […]