Three parents and a social worker Jean Garwood meet to form our charity. Ian Dawson-Shepherd, Eric Hodgson and Alex Moira want their disabled children to have equal access to education.
Our first employment officer, Bill Hargreaves, supports hundreds of disabled people to find their first jobs. We’re still supporting disabled people today to get into and stay in work. Find out about our employment services.
Bill Hargreaves created 62 Clubs. These were groups run by disabled people to organize their own leisure activities and holidays.
We open our first charity shop in Sevenoaks, Kent. There are now 190 shops nationwide which raise money for our work. They provide volunteering opportunities for over 4,000 people.
We create a nationwide poster campaign based on attitudes towards disabled people.
We launch our telephone helpline for disabled people and their families. The helpline is still going today and supports nearly 30,000 people a year.
We changed our name to Scope.
Nelson Mandela launched our Time to Get Equal campaign. This highlighted the social model of disability and disablism, discrimination against disabled people.
Two thirds of non-disabled people admit to feeling awkward around disability. We launch our End the Awkward campaign to change this.
We launch our Work With Me campaign with Virgin Media. The aim is to tackle the barriers disabled people face getting into and staying in work.
The focus in our 70th anniversary is to change attitudes towards disability.