Disability Huntingdonshire – What We Do
We support you with any aspect of your benefits application so you can achieve independence at home
The majority of our staff have a disability or care for someone who does, so we understand the barriers disabled people can face
We are the only local organisation to offer home visits, removing barriers to benefits for those who cannot travel
DISH provides information, advice and support for people in
Huntingdonshire, South Cambridgeshire, Fenland and Cambridge City.
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#TickTheBox
Today, 3rd October, is Gift Aid Awareness Day. A day to encourage donors to ‘tick the box’ and explain why this tax relief is vital to charities.
Donations to DISH make a huge difference, enabling us to support individuals in accessing the support and entitlements they need to live an independent life.
Charity Finance Group (CFG) launched the first Gift Aid Awareness Day in 2018. The campaign captured the imagination and today the #TickTheBox hashtag has become synonymous with Gift Aid in the minds of many.
The campaign is widely recognised by charities and the public, and helps to strengthen the message that Gift Aid is a vital source of income for charities. Gift Aid is worth around £1.6bn a year to UK charities. It’s a huge amount, but it could – and should – be even more!
Every year, around £560m goes unclaimed. CFG want to see that amount reduced by a) encouraging every eligible donor to #TickTheBox and b) supporting charities to not miss out on a single potential claim.
Donating to DISH
You can donate to DISH online here and tick the gift aid box.
Donate here
If you donated to DISH in the last four years and would like us to claim Gift Aid, you can complete this simple online form here. [...]
Vote for DISH with your Tesco Blue Token
Disability Huntingdonshire (DISH) is bidding for a cash boost from the Tesco Stronger Starts scheme.
Stronger Starts provides grants of up to £1,500 to local community projects.
Three groups in every community have been shortlisted to receive grant awards and Tesco customers can vote for the group they think should take away the top award in their local Tesco store.
Disability Huntingdonshire is one of the groups on the Ramsey, Somersham and Chatteris shortlists.
Disability Huntingdonshire supports people living with disabilities and older people receive advice and claim the benefits that they are entitled to. Disability Huntingdonshire operates across Huntingdonshire, Fenland, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire.
“We are thrilled to be one of the chosen charities for Tesco Stronger Starts Scheme in Ramsey, Somersham and Chatteris stores. DISH services are free to people who use them, but it costs DISH £50 to support an initial disability benefit application appointment so if we win £1500, we can support another 30 people making their application for support. Your votes would help us keep supporting members of your community.”
Tracy Hyland, Chief Executive
Stores where you can cast your votes are:
Tesco Superstore, Neil Way, Ramsey, PE26 2SB
Tesco Express, High Street, Somersham, PE28 3EE
Tesco Superstore, Fenland Way, Chatteris, PE16 6RT
Voting is open in all Tesco stores from 1st October to the end of December. Customers will cast their vote by using a blue token given to them at the check-out each time they shop. [...]
DISH celebrates after receiving National Lottery funding to support local community with disabilities
Disability Huntingdonshire, also known as DISH, is today celebrating after being awarded funding from the National Lottery to support its work in supporting people living with a disability in Huntingdonshire, Fenland and South Cambridgeshire. Based in Huntingdon, DISH will use the money to provide local support through central points in the community to access support with their benefits and wellbeing.
DISH has been supporting the community in Huntingdonshire since 1991 and operates to enable individuals living with a disability to achieve independence.
The new funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, which distributes money raised by National Lottery players for good causes and is the largest community funder in the UK, will see an increased presence in Fenland, South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City with dedicated teams who can support more locally.
“We are delighted that The National Lottery Community Fund has recognised our work in this way. Now, thanks to National Lottery players we will be able to support more clients in the community. This is important to ensure they get the support they require. This matters because disproportionately, people with disabilities or life limiting/chronic illness have been affected not only with the pandemic, but with the cost-of-living crisis. Older people using our services can get support with claiming benefits and we also support families where children have disabilities. We could not be more thrilled. More information to follow about our new services.“
Tracy Hyland, Chief Executive
The National Lottery Community Fund recently launched its new strategy, ‘It starts with community’, which will underpin its efforts to distribute at least £4 billion of National Lottery funding by 2030.
As part of this, the funder has four key missions, which are to support communities to come together, be environmentally sustainable, help children and young people thrive and enable people to live healthier lives.
National Lottery players raise over £30 million a week for good causes across the UK. Thanks to them, last year The National Lottery Community Fund was able to distribute over half a billion pounds (£615.4 million) of life-changing funding to communities.
To find out more visit www.TNLCommunityFund.org.uk [...]
New Office Hours
From Monday 3rd June, Disability Huntingdon’s office hours will be changing.
The new office hours are Monday to Thursday, 9.30am to 2.30pm.
Phone calls and emails received outside these hours will be answered on the next working day. [...]
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YOU CAN HELP
DISH relies on grants and donations to keep the service going and keep helping our community
You can help us at no cost to you and without leaving home by shopping with:
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