by Erika Petrie | Aug 12, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Foxes Hotel is located in the seaside town of Minehead in Somerset, overlooking the Exmoor Hills. The Foxes Academy programme teaches young people with disabilities vital life skills such as independent living and travel, functional skills like Maths & ICT, as...
by Erika Petrie | Aug 6, 2020 | Articles, Feel Good
Sujeet Desai is a very talented musician with Down Syndrome who is able to play seven instruments to a very high level: piano, both Bb and bass clarinet, saxophone, violin, trumpet and drums. Sujeet’s has made it his mission to send a message across the world that,...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 31, 2020 | Feel Good, Podcasts
Kim Searle talks to Erika Petrie about future plans for Shades of Different and the live blog that has recently been set...
by Guest Writer | Jul 30, 2020 | Articles, Feel Good
I first became fascinated by the power of music during my second year at uni. My great-aunt suffered from a stroke and was left unable to talk properly. She found it really hard, as before she was quite the chatterbox! What was interesting was that although she...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 30, 2020 | Articles, Feel Good
Hamish McNeill has known from a very young age he wanted to become a chef and set up his own business, and he didn’t let society or disability stop him. He has recently been able to realise his dream by opening a paleo style bakery ‘Hungry Hamish’ in...
by Erika Petrie | Jul 26, 2020 | Articles, Current Affairs, Feel Good
Gabi Angelini, a young girl now in her twenties who discovered how hard it was to be in permanent employment because of her disability, is now in the process of setting up her own coffee shop called ‘Gabi’s Grounds’. Through this venture which she...
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