Gavin Neate then joined our Birmingham and Black Country Sight Loss Councils meeting to discuss the expansion of WelcoMe Community into the Midlands. Lots of questions asked and the team are looking forward to trialing #WelcoMe at Currys stores. #MakeRetailAccessible #Inclusion

Do you live in the #WestMidlands? Would you like to help us prove that #disabled people appreciate good #CustomerService. Click the link to get involved. Currys #Access4All #OpenDoors #Tech4Good #AskDontAssume West Midlands Combined Authority wel-co.me/welcome-at-cur…

✅Last few days for early bird pricing SIGN UP NOW Run with Rich 2024 richardwhitehead.enthuse.com/cf/run-with-ri… 🙌 Help us make it bigger and better than last year 📆 Sunday 2 June 2024 📍 Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

A NEW WORLD RECORD Richard Whitehead MBE Founder of TRWF 🙌🙌🏆. Delighted to see Richard run in 2.42.01 in today’s TCS London Marathon and become the new world record holder for athletes with bilateral knee amputations. Amazing, huge congratulations Richard👏👏👏👏

Amazing effort Ryan 🙌 Thank you for running those 26+ miles for the Foundation ⭐️

Who’s coming!!! Run/Walk your way!! Rich 🏃🏾🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏻‍♀️👩🏾‍🦼👩🏽‍🦯🫶🏻x richardwhitehead.enthuse.com/cf/run-with-ri…

🗣️We’ve spoken to the new Mayor of the West Midlands Richard Parker who now represents 2.8m people across the region. Hear from the Mayor as he reacts to the result, gives a message to the public and talks of his plans for the future.

Get ready for an event that's all about connection and community! Mark your calendars for the Birmingham Disability Festival on July 6th Birmingham City University Secure your free spot now and join us for an event full of good vibes.🙌 Don't miss out; register here: tickettailor.com/events/birming…

Only 3 DAYS until our RunwithRich24 event on Sunday, 2nd June with Richard Whitehead MBE Founder of TRWF The sun will be shining 😎☀️😎☀️ Join us ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ richardwhitehead.enthuse.com/cf/run-with-ri…

Last week I met with BWC NHS Trust senior patient experience manager to discuss our ongoing work to improve access, service and patient experience across the West Midlands, continuing our work to make the region exemplar for disabled people West Midlands Combined Authority #MakeHealthAccessible #AIS

Do you live with #AquiredBrainInjury and wish to experience better #CustomerService in #HighStreet #Retail? Use #WelcoMeApp at participating venues and expect better. Many thanks to Headway Ireland and Headway - the brain injury association for providing the best advice. youtu.be/RfcpDaxAnKs?si…

this is some of the best cinema I've seen all year and it's 37 seconds long

I watched this again today. Sums it up perfectly. In manifesto week, who’s watching?

Just 1 week until the unmissable Birmingham Disability Festival Join us on July 6th for a day of good vibes including: 🏀 Games and Sports 🎶 Music, Movement, and Dance 🎨 Animals and Art - we have Alpacas! 🦙 📚 Workshops and Information, including a Human Library! bit.ly/BrumDisFest24

‼️Currys has an amazing new service called WelcoMe that supports disabled people to access retail. Check out this link to see where it’s available, set up a profile and visit a store to see what you think. #Access4All #RethinkRetail #DontWantOurCash. wel-co.me/welcome-at-cur…

I really want to be shocked by Anna’s story because it’s horrid. But like she says, it’s happening every day. I recall having to collect my degree off stage, called out and then being pointed to “down there”, while my peers went up. I forgot how awful it was.

Just watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony, which is quite different than being in a stadium. Just wondering if they will do the same for the Paralympics. If so will they have enough accessible boats? 🤔

The Great Riot of Disinformation…☹️😬

The people amused/shocked/appalled that the BBC would hire a boxing reporter with no arms are going to fall off their sofas when they hear I also do golf, tennis, snooker etc. PS I also have a prosthetic leg and report on football 😱 (Thanks Tim Hollingsworth for the pic)

So I haven’t been posting much on here recently as I have struggled with the amount of toxic posts in my news feed. I am still here for now but I am exploring Bluesky. If you have joined then give me a follow fossy mariera.bsky.social