News

  • Boy playing
    2 July 2010
    A pioneering online tool is launched today that enables parents of young disabled children - and the professionals who work with them - to track and celebrate their progress in play and learning activities at the click of a mouse.
  • Scope logo
    28 June 2010
    Richard Hawkes, Chief Executive of Scope, said: “We know that changes need to be made to the benefits system. However, the current medical tests used to reassess people and move them into work are inherently flawed...
  • Girl
    24 June 2010
    In a sweltering room at Kidz South at the Rivermead Leisure Centre at Reading, Scope’s head of early years Lindsay Brewis is talking to a standing room only audience about our new child development tracking tool Celebrate Every Step.
  • Scope logo
    23 June 2010
    An updated statement on the Emergency Budget by Richard Hawkes, Chief Executive of disability charity Scope: “Since the Budget announcement, we have been inundated by disabled people who are greatly distressed that eligibility for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be determined by a medical assessment from 2013..."
  • Scope logo
    22 June 2010
    Reaction to Emergency Budget - changes to Disability Living Allowance assessments: "The 2.9 million disabled people who receive Disability Living Allowance (DLA) will be alarmed by these changes..."