Zoe Lindsey - Individual Giving Manager Motivation

Zoe Lindsey - Individual Giving Manager Motivation UK

Glasses, hearing aids and wheelchairs- known as assistive technology or AT – are essential for a healthy, productive and independent life.

In fact, they are so vital that access to AT is a human right, enshrined in the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But in countries like India, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda, less than 10% of people have the wheelchair they are entitled to.

And even with a wheelchair, people face a world full of badly designed buildings, inaccessible transport, discrimination and negative stereotypes.

Motivation works to change that by supporting governments, clinics, businesses, communities and families to find practical solutions and remove the barriers that disable people.

We believe we all have a role to play in making space for disability.

Motivation Charitable Trust works with the parents and caregivers of disabled children, so they can support their child’s early development, build support networks and increase their household income. We work with families and communities to challenge stigma and build support for disabled people’s equal access, participation and inclusion.

We work with clinical and community rehabilitation professionals so disabled people can access services that assess, prescribe and fit wheelchairs to their specific needs, and train them how to use, maintain and repair their chairs.

We work with policy and decision makers to secure and act on disabled people’s rights.