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Actionnaires Club Coordinators win top award
Two Actionnaires Club Coordinators have won a top regional award for setting up Scarborough Actionnaires. Sue and Brian Vasey and their four sons were voted the North East’s Outstanding Family of the Year 2008 by top-selling women’s magazine Candis.
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Actionnaires Club Coordinators win top award - 26 August 2008
Two Actionnaires Club Coordinators have won a top regional award for setting up Scarborough Actionnaires. Sue and Brian Vasey and their four sons were voted the North East’s Outstanding Family of the...
Disability Living Allowance Campaign - we need your help - 7 August 2008
We may be in the final stages of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) campaign and need your help. As you know, we have been working closely with Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Ministers and...
No one Written Off: Reforming Welfare to Reward Responsibility - 7 August 2008
‘No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility’, published 21 July 2008, is a wide ranging consultation on the future of welfare. The Green Paper sets out plans for improving support...
Are you a Summer Sunshine prize draw winner? - 1 August 2008
Action for Blind People’s Summer Sunshine Prize Draw took place on 1st August. There were three main prizes - including a wonderful first prize of £10,000 or a new Vauxhall Corsa - and ten runners up...
No Limits for Leeds Children - 7 July 2008
Blind and partially sighted children from the Leeds area attended Actions for Blind People's ‘have a go’ sports day at John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds.
New figures show disability hate crimes are still going unreported - 20 May 2008
Action for Blind People recently carried out a survey on physical and verbal abuse towards blind and partially sighted people.
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