Rare disease not an obstacle for woman painter- "She has produced 150 paintings so far! The paintings which have been posted on her brother’s Twitter account under Ahmad Faiz are getting more than 30,000 retweets and 18,000 likes" buff.ly/2FCXlr5

Imagine if UK family #carers/caregivers could fly for free....some would have their first holiday in years. Carer poverty is a hidden issue. Could airlines ✈️ consider pledging to do this in time for #CarersWeek 2020 ❓ Carol McCullough 🦓 ⚡🐬🗿 Sinéad Malone Bernie Drayne Carers UK

Great article from Dan White : Disability Campaigner & Author ♿️ & it goes without saying that depression is caused also by ‘the system’ that treats parent carers like shit on a shoe

Thank you to everyone who nominated the MPS Society to win £1,000 through the Movement for Good awards recently…..we are excited to say the MPS Society has won!!! More than 7,000 charities were nominated and only 500 were selected so a huge thank you to everyone who nominated us

We had a fantastic farm experience for our forest school reward day. The students and alpacas were all amazing! Thank you for a lovely day Lucy @ThornwoodAlpaca, Coal Clough Academy jacko Donna.

Big news Microsoft UK are announcing a major new commitment to train 30,000 teachers on accessibility & tech tools to support SEND pupils in the UK. As a parent of an autistic child I couldn’t be happier we’re going to help 1 million + children thrive news.microsoft.com/en-gb/2019/06/…

This week Support & Advocacy Officer Rebecca has been called to Kent to support a benefits medical assessment. If you need help with a benefits application , you can contact our support & advocacy team on 0345 3899901 / [email protected]

We are delighted to announce our two new corporate supporters, Berkeley Rowe & Handelsbanken, High Wycombe. Both companies will be fundraising for MPS Society this year. If the company you work for would like to support MPS Society then get in touch: [email protected]

We hope you had a brilliant time at the MPS National Conference 2019 To all the families, carers, professionals, speakers, organisers, volunteers and staff we want to say a massive thank you for making it such a special weekend. Watch the highlights now! buff.ly/2SvHa3b

We are currently really busy editing all of the speaker presentations and photos from MPS National conference which we will share with you as soon as we can, please keep an 👀 out on our website and social media channels.

"The book includes the perspectives of both people with disabilities & their job coaches, offering first-hand experience of the specific issues faced by those who want to find work" Don't forget Amazon Smile so that MPS Society will get a % of the sales buff.ly/2lfPngH

Important dates for your diary and our latest fundraising campaigns in the July e-news: mailchi.mp/0e4da79b1a81/d… Want the this straight to your inbox? Subscribe here: mpssociety.org.uk/subscribe/

Stepping on this historical stage! #tonight #tomorrow Hollywood Bowl #TheManTheMusicTheShow

Last weekend, Harvey’s family planned a surprise visit to Reading Police station for him as he has a keen interest in all things police. Harvey experienced a very special behind the scenes look at what being a officer would be like. We hope you had a brilliant time Harvey!

‘Super drug’ making all the difference to Otley boy Sam “In 12 months’ time Vimizim is reassessed. Does it work? Is it value for money? Absolutely, 100 per cent. Bring it on.” buff.ly/2WSoZIH #ThursdayThoughts

Did you know, 1 in 17 people in the UK will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lives? Please repost this to raise awareness of rare diseases and the #IAmNumber17 campaign. iamnumber17.org.uk

Coal Clough Academy is hosting another MacMillan Coffee Afternoon on Friday 16th September. One of our past Students is bravely shaving his head to help us raise money for this amazing charity. Please share and donate if you can 🤩🤩🤩🤩 justgiving.com/fundraising/go…