Purpl & Disability News

A guide to the Get Britain Working White paper and how it affects disabled people in the UK.

The Disability Price Tag is £1010 a month, Purpl can guide you in how to offset and bridge that monthly gap

For disabled people, lack of accessible toilets continues to limit opportunities for full participation in daily life.

What is Purple Tuesday and Why It Matters? Purple Tuesday is an annual initiative dedicated to improving the customer experience for disabled people by encouraging businesses and organisations to become more inclusive and accessible. The day emphasises the importance of recognising and addressing the challenges faced by disabled customers and highlights how inclusive practices benefit […]

This week is Talk Money week, and as the Chancellor’s 2024 budget was shared last week, we wanted to go through and look at the messages that affect disabled people the most. With thanks to Disability Rights UK, The Big Issue, York Disability Rights Forum and charities around the UK, we have pulled together the key areas that may affect […]

Disability Rights UK is the UK’s leading organisation led by, run by, and working for Disabled people. The social model of disability underpins all our work, with an understanding that it is society that disables us, not our impairments. It is with this framework that we advocate for an eradication of the barriers people experience […]

We’re excited to announce our new partnership with Purple Sock Day to celebrate The International Day of Disabled People on 03 December, our simple aim is to engage the nation with one, effortless, single act of united solidarity – to buy & wear a pair of BAM’s purple socks! If you are disabled you can […]

October is Dwarfism Awareness Month and today we wanted to share our top five organisations and people with dwarfism to follow that support, educate, advocate and celebrate dwarfism in the UK. Little People UK The big charity for Little people, with patron Warwick Davis at the helm, Little People UK is an invaluable resource to the […]