Disability Stockport

read moreDisability Stockport are an accredited partner with Acorn Stairlifts who are North based company providing Stairlift Products and Services. Acorn Stairlifts have agreed to a partnership with us, this partnership states that sales that acorn stairlifts make through our referals give us a percentage of the sale as a charitable donation from Acorn. The revenue we make from this will be put back into our services as we are a non-for profit charity. We do not pay any of our staff over 40,000 per annum nor hold more than 6 months operational reserves.

read moreIn our most recent Viewpoint magazine our Director CEO Kieran wrote a piece about the current climate and suggests a pay cap in the third sector. Many things have changed since the banking crisis and austerity has impacted on all areas of society, not least charities and disabled people. Few good things have come out of this, but they do say it is an ill wind that does no good. We are certainly less complacent as a society and adversity has focused more people on working together, recognising and removing barriers and perhaps, a more honest approach to how we run things.

read moreThis film looks at the issues faced by disabled people & encourages them to consider entrepreneurship as a positive way forward. These reviews are independent, unabridged and our in line with our ethos of co-production as a user led organisation; to be open and transparent with our membership and the public in general. We produce a quarterly newsletter providing information for and about people who have a physical or sensory disability. If you would like a paper copy of our newsletter, or would like the newsletter in a different format, please either phone us on 0161 480 7248 or email us.

read moreHere at Disability Stockport we are always in need of new funding avenues to keep us being able to support people with disabilities. This is why we have set up a MyDonate page, the website is set up by BT and allows charities like us to take direct donations with 0% commissions. We find this is the best system as it means every penny of your donation goes to us and gets put into providing all the support we give from our range of services.