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We challenge inequality and break down barriers to enable social mobility. 💜 We campaign for change. #DisabilityPower100 #DP100

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@ShawTrust
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And the winner of our #DisabilityPower100 list for 2022 is … @RoseAylingEllis 🏆🏆🏆. A massive congratulations Rose - you are a thoroughly deserving winner 👏
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The moment we've all been waiting for, at number one in the 2020 #DisabilityPower100 is the incredible Nikki Fox! Congratulations Nikki! Find out more here: @BBCNews
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Our overall WINNER at this year’s Disability Power 100 is…. @ShaniDhanda #DemandTheChange
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Clare Gray 1969-2023 Clare Gray, disability advocate and campaigner, died on Tuesday 3 October, following a short illness. Clare was hugely well regarded for her advocacy work and involvement in the Disability Power 100. 1/
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Who are the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK in 2019? Find out here
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We are saddened to hear that Lucy Watts MBE has passed away. Lucy's disability, health and palliative care activism supported people across the globe. She showed that disability or life-limiting illness is not a barrier to achievement, and her legacy will live on. @LucyAlexandria
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@ShawTrust
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Never underestimate the power of positive role models. See who made the 2018 Shaw Trust #disabilitypower100 list You can download the full list here:
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Wow! What an evening celebrating the #DisabilityPower100 with some truly incredible people. See who is on the list here
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And this year’s Disability Power 100 third place winner is… @josierones
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Coming in at number three is Samantha Renke! Read more on Samantha here: #DisabilityPower100
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2 years
Congratulations to all our #DisabilityPower100 winners today 👏 A huge thank you to all our judges, our panel, our speakers and our host @ClareMAG1 - and thank you to everyone who joined us here in London, or virtually via our stream!
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Number four on the #DisabilityPower100 is Dr Amy Kavanagh! 💜 Read more about how Amy shares her experiences as a low vision Londoner and how she started an online community for disabled people during the pandemic: #LiveEvent #Top10 @BlondeHistorian
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A GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL) could be introduced in the UK before the next general election following a campaign by a deaf schoolboy
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Onto our first winner announcement… Our chair of judges, @AndrewM_Arts , is onstage and has announced our Judges Choice category winner is Ruth Madely! #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100
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@ShawTrust
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Today Shaw Trust and @IndeedUK are coming together to support jobseekers in a new partnership. Together we will use our experience to help jobseekers build their confidence and self-esteem, better preparing people to get into work. Find out more here:
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Shani Dhanda is number two on the #DisabilityPower100 ! 💜 Taking change into her own hands, read more about Shani’s experiences here: #LiveEvent #Top10 #Congratulations @ShaniDhanda
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Have you heard the news? Nominations for the 2021 #DisabilityPower100 are now open! This is your chance to give recognition to the most influential disabled people in the UK, who are working to change society’s attitude towards disability. Do it now:
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Congratulations to number three on our #DisabilityPower100 list @ToriaUnhidden 🎉🎉
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Our changemaking organisations winner is… Disabled Students UK. Thank you to Amy Mackay from Amazon for announcing this award! #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100
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There is still time to get your nominations in for the 2021 #DisabilityPower100 , just complete the form here: we have a brand new category this year!
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@ShawTrust
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Disability rights are human rights. At some point in our lives disability will touch us all. Let's unite together! #HumanRightsDay
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Coming in at number six is award-winning journalist, broadcaster and author, Frances Ryan!💜 Read more about her incredible work here: #DisabilityPower100 #LiveEvent #Top10 @DrFrancesRyan
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📣📣 We are delighted to announce that nominations have opened for our #DisabilityPower100 2023 campaign! Our campaign is a disruptive disability advocacy campaign highlighting influential disabled people in the UK. 1/5
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Number four on our #DisabilityPower100 list is @annalandre - huge congratulations Anna!
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At number five is Ciara Lawrence! 💜 Find out more about her long #Career at Mencap as well as her fantastic blog and podcast here: #DisabilityPower100 #LiveEvent #Top10 @ciarale01
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Today we are hosting our fantastic #DisabilityPower100 event at the Landmark Hotel in London. Watch the livestream of the event here: starting at 2.30pm
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Great to see the #DisabilityPower100 making an appearance on the #lastleg . Congratulations to @alex_brooker and @adamhillscomedy
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It's live! The #DisabilityPower100 2020 launch has started, watch it here: when prompted please enter the passcode to join: 354380
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📣 Announcing our Education finalists! Announced by our judge, Mike Adams, learn more about these 10 finalists' achievements here:  @HorusofNekhen @CamilaDR17 @DebbieF15967248 @cardiffbusiness @AbilityToday @JackieCarter @bluelightmai @MiroGriffiths [1/2]
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Shaw Trust has been busy embracing #PurpleLightUp ! Our shops have made purple window displays, colleagues have donned purple clothing and one colleague even has purple hair!
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Our second place winner at this year’s Disability Power 100 is… Victoria Jenkins @ToriaUnhidden
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😍 It's today! Join us from 5.45pm for our livestream of the Disability Power 100 awards ceremony, available to watch here We'll also be sharing our category winner announcements directly on socials if you can't tune into the livestream, so stay tuned!
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A massive congratulations to those shortlisted for this year's #DisabilityPower100 in the Business and Finance category! Mike Adams OBE, @ElaineB59270675 , @KeelyCatWells , Helen Cooke, Steve Dering, @ShaniDhanda , @NancyDoylePsych , Mark Esho MBE, Maria Grazia Zedda.
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Next is our Entertainment category, and the winner of this category is Rosie Jones! Well done Rosie! Thank you to Giles Barker, from our sponsor Channel 4, for presenting this award. #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100
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Excellent work and a big well done to those shortlisted for this year's #DisabilityPower100 in the Media and Publishing category! @BBC_Mani , @JessicaOOTC , @CarrieALightley , @Millsatwork , Dr Amit Patel, Adam Pearson.
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@ShawTrust
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TODAY'S THE DAY! We are thrilled to announce that the 2022 Shaw Trust #DisabilityPower100 is now open for nominations! To find out more or nominate someone now visit: Who will you nominate?💜
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@ShawTrust
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Congratulations to everyone on this years Power List 100! Fantastic to see so many of you at today’s event. #Disabilitypower100
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How many years in a row is it now Mik?😉 Congratulations! #DisabilityPower100 💜
@MikScarlet
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I’m thrilled to be shortlisted for the 2021 @ShawTrust #DisabilityPower100 which is helping to inspire the next generation for a more #InclusiveWorld . (Humble brag?)
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@ShawTrust
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Tomorrow we launch the Shaw Trust #DisabilityPower100 list. Read last year’s list here:
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We need YOU to nominate someone from your community who is changing the way society views disability. Got someone in mind? Nominate them here: #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityPower100 #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityRights #DisabilityInclusion
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Introducing our Politics and Law category winner, Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP! Huge congratulations Pam, and thank you to Lara Oyesanya, Shaw Trust trustee, for announcing this award! #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100
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Fantastic news Ciara! Congratulations #DisabilityPower100 💜
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All this week is #DeafAwarenessWeek - Go to to find out more #charity @RespectYourself
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Our #DisabilityPower100 judges reviewed over 1,500 nominations this year. Every nomination highlighted disabled people creating change, just like this nomination. Follow us to be the first to know who has made our 2023 list. #SetTheAgenda #BeTheDisruption #DemandTheChange
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We were delighted to be invited to @UnhiddenFashion 's @LondonFashionWk debut, which showcased the wonderful work of @ToriaUnhidden 's #AdaptiveFashion ! The collection used models with lived experience of disability, chronic conditions or visible/invisible difference. 1/2
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Join us for the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 livestream! With less than a week to go we’ve found a way to livestream the #DisabilityPower100 that meets the technical issues that came up. We’ll stream all our category wins and the Top 10... (continued 1/2)
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The winner of our Education category is Professor Jason Arday – congratulations Jason! Thank you to David Francis from WLA for presenting this award. #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100
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We are thrilled to announce that we received over 1500 nominations for the #DisabilityPower100 . That is more than double the total received in 2022! 😮💜 To everyone who has nominated or supported this campaign in any way - this is for you! #ThankYou
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Taking the number one spot on the #DisabilityPower100 for 2021 is Valuable 500! 💜 They wanted 500 CEOs and their companies to make a public commitment to #DisabilityInclusion . Have they reached their goal? Find out here: #Congratulations #NumberOne
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At number nine is Sophie Morgan! Congratulations Sophie, read more here: #DisabilityPower100
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Parallel Windsor, the festival of inclusivity, is a day of challenges, not least for #DisabilityPower100 influencer and disability campaigner, @MarkWebb_ . Mark has MS and will be attempting to complete the first-ever Disability Power 100 metres without the use of his wheelchair.
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As the 2021 #DisabilityPower100 event draws to a close, we want to say a huge #Congratulations to everyone who is listed in this year’s publication. We also want to say #ThankYou ! Thank you for your commitment, hard work and ability to influence others.
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Calling all #DisabilityPower100 influencers, past and present, the government is asking for your views and experiences as they develop the National Strategy for Disabled People. Survey closes 23 April 👉
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Huge congratulations to @ShaniDhanda for being number two on our #DisabilityPower100 list! 👏👏
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@ShawTrust
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The fantastic @EllieSimmonds1 has officially opened the #DisabilityPower100Metres ... today we will #MakeHistory 👏💜
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Have you checked out this years #DisabilityPower100 yet? We are thrilled to share the top 100 influential disabled people of 2020. Nikki Fox is number one this year! You can view the list here:
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Congratulations to the 25 heroes shortlisted for this year's #DisabilityPower100 in the Community Action category! @BenAndrewsINC , Martin Austin, Joanne Austin, Dr Halima Begum, @Vidyamala , Lee Ellery, @CorHutton , @BethKumeHolland , @ciarale01 , Vicci Livingstone-Thompson.
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Just like some of #TeamGB Matt overcame adversity to achieve his dream... Help us share Matt's story #IAmTeamGB
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@ShawTrust
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Here is a list of the amazing people who made the @ShawTrust #DisabilityPower100 list: #CharityTuesday
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Why Volunteer? Here are some reasons to pledge your time and make a difference @BBCR1 @1Xtra #1millionhours
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The nominations for the 2019 Shaw Trust #DisabilityPower100 list are open. Nominate yourself or someone you know here:
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This year, our "changemaking organisations" category received a fantastic 209 nominations for the #DisabilityPower100 . This was the second largest amount of nominations for any category! We can't wait to read the nominations for this category, did you nominate? #DemandTheChange
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@ShawTrust
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We've had 155 nominations for the #DisabilityPower100 already! Thank you to everyone who has nominated. Can you help us make it to 250 by next Friday? It's really easy to nominate someone on our accessible form here:
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Congratulations Chris Fry – number nine on the #DisabilityPower100 ! 💜 Find out more about his #Career in #Law and the impact he had during the Covid-19 pandemic here: #LiveEvent #Top10 #Congratulations
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Power list member Jen Blackwell receives one of the first copies of #DisabilityPower100
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Author, activist and actor, Cerrie Burnell comes in at number three on this year’s #DisabilityPower100 ! Best known for her work on @CBeebiesHQ , read all about Cerrie’s work here: #LiveEvent #Top10 @cerrieburnell
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A huge well done to everyone who took part in the first ever #DisabilityPower100Metres at @ParallelGlobal ! What a fantastic turn out we had - together we will #DemandTheChange 💜 #MakeHistory #ParallelWindsor2023
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Huge congratulations from all of us at Shaw Trust to each and every one of our #DisabilityPower100 influencers! More than 400 people tuned into today's virtual event! The full 100 can be found here:
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At number eight is Ewan MacDonald MBE! 💜 His ground-breaking work and award winning website is something you should definitely read about! And you can! Right here: #DisabilityPower100 #LiveEvent #Top10 #Congratulations
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Baroness Jane Campbell, 2019 number one and chair of the 2020 judges catches up with our 2020 #DisabilityPower100 number one, Nikki Fox! Join the event here: When prompted please enter the passcode to join: 354380
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This is our head office - Shaw Trust House - lit up for #PurpleLightUp
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Today's the day! Nominations for the 2021 #DisabilityPower100 are now open! You can nominate someone here: Who will you nominate?
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Congratulations to the 10 people shortlisted for this year's #DisabilityPower100 in the Sport category! @AdeAdepitan , @jessica_jane96 , @kad_c , Anoushé Husain, @will_perryy , @AaronPhippsGBWR , @itslaurenrowles , @EllieSimmonds1 , @gm17walker and @SuperheroTri 💜
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Our Business and Finance category winner is Dr Shani Dhanda. Thank you to John Turner, from our sponsor Lloyds Banking Group, for presenting this award. #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100
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We are saddened to hear about the passing of Alan Benson MBE. Alan was recognised in the #DisabilityPower100 in 2019, 20 and 21 for his activism to change the way society approaches disability. We send our condolences to his family and friends.
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Dr Hamied Haroon: "I was in shock to be invited onto the judging panel for this year’s Disability Power 100 – what an absolute honour and privilege to have a say on who’s going to top the list!" Thank you @HHHotWheels #DisabilityPower100 .
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Thinking of starting your own business? Read 19 start-up tips for young entrepreneurs via @startupstowers #startup
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Congratulations to the five Rising Stars shortlisted for this year's #DisabilityPower100 the only way is up! @eyecantalk , @CornelHMunn , @mrjoshmcdonagh , @AmberRS2004 and Fraser Simmonds 💜
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Congratulations to Shaw Trust’s Chair of Trustees @kenolisa who has received a knighthood in the #newyearshonours
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📣 🎉 Introducing our Media and Publishing finalists! Announced in this video by our judge,  @jacquelineW15 , read more about these 10 finalists here:  A huge thanks goes to @Google for sponsoring this category! #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100 [1/3]
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Our Community Advocate category winner is Martin Hibbert – well done Martin! Thank you to Kathryn Townsend, from our sponsor Nationwide, for presenting this award! #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100
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The overall winner of our Best Campaign, announced by Dom Hyams of Purple Goat, is Hidden Disabilities Sunflower💜! #DemandTheChange #DisabilityPower100
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We have a new Chief Executive at Shaw Trust. Meet Chris Luck:
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📣 🎉 Announcing our Community Advocate finalists! Announced in this video by our judge,  @Jules_John , read more about these 10 finalists' achievements here:  A huge thanks goes to  @AskNationwide for sponsoring this category. [1/3]
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Nominating for the #DisabilityPower100 only takes five minutes, and helps create change and generate social value. This year you can nominate an individual, campaign or organisation for one of 12 categories. Nominate today (and tell your friends!) 1/2
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A big congratulations to everyone shortlisted in the Education category for this year's #DisabilityPower100 ! @MysteriousDrBex , @CamilaDR17 , @AbilityToday , @SaraRotenberg , @StuMyersWAYFS , @ElliottSpaeth 💜
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We are so excited😁 our #DisabilityPower100 judging panel has been confirmed! It's a fantastic group of people and all will be revealed this week! Don't forget there is still time to nominate someone: Let us know in the comments who you have nominated!💜
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🎉 Last week we crowned @ShaniDhanda the winner of the #DisabilityPower100 2023! Get to know Shani ⬇ #DemandTheChange #Disability #DisabilityAdvocacy
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A fifth of the UK’s population has a disability or impairment, however, there is very little recognition of successful and influential disabled people. Shaw Trust want's to change that, which is why we have the #DisabilityPower100 !Read the full story here:
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At number two in the #DisabilityPower100 is Caroline Casey! Congratulations Caroline! Read more on Caroline and her work here:
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Coming in at number 10 in the 2020 #DisabilityPower100 is Kamran Mallick! Find out more about Kamran here:
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Well done to all our @LondonMarathon runners! Especially well done to Gary who raised £2400 for @ShawEduTrust #TeamST2018 #LondonMarathon
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