Up until 03 July 2023, we’re offering Motivation supporters the chance to write your will for free. Motivation has partnered with expert will writers, Guardian Angel, to offer all our UK staff and supporters the chance to write a will for free.  A will is something that for many of us can seem complicated to arrange or even think about. But to ensure the security of your loved ones, is something we all should ensure is in place.   According to Which, 54% of UK adults don't have a will, and 5.4 million people have no idea how to make one. We understand it can feel ..read more

Free Will offer - 05 June to 03 July 2023 Up until 03 July 2023, Motivation supporters can write or update their Will for free. Motivation has partnered with expert Will writers Guardian Angel, offering supporters the chance to write your Will for free. Writing your Will through Guardian Angel is quick and easy to do. Their step-by-step process will guide you through writing a Will — and there’s on-hand support if you have questions or need help. Every Will is double checked by legal experts. How to write your Will through Guardian Angel Online at www.GAwill.uk/motivation By phone or in person ..read more

An exciting and transformational two-year partnership has today been announced between the CareTech Foundation and Motivation. The partnership will help us to support disabled people in Kenya to access wheelchairs and improve understanding and delivery of their rehabilitation needs and rights.  The need is critical. In Kenya, there is a huge gap in services and support for an estimated 100,000 people living with the impact of spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, childhood polio, and other mobility disabilities. Without appropriate volunteers, care, and services, wheelchair users ..read more

Nelson Mandela said, ‘Sport has the power to unite people’... Our All-Stars Project did just that. In December 2019, we launched a UK Aid Match appeal to raise funds for a project to work with disabled children in Uganda.   Currently, only 9% of children with disabilities in Uganda attend primary school, compared to a national average of 92%, so intervention and action were needed.   In total, we raised an amazing £442,205 including £216,861 of matched funding from the UK Government.  In Uganda, disabled children often lack the equipment and support they ..read more

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“I learnt that I should not hide her inside but I should encourage people around her to love her." My daughter did not cry when she was born. And she did not seem to be able to hear anything. For the first four months of her life she was in hospital, as she had malaria. The doctors did not explain anything about her condition to me or my wife, they just discharged her and told us she had a spine problem. When I went to ask them why she did not cry, they told me I would just have to wait and that she may or may not develop the ability to cry. My wife left me when my daughter was eight months ol ..read more

We asked one of our loyal supporters Sarah three questions about why she supports Motivation. Here's what she said: Why do you support Motivation?  We first heard of Motivation when we saw a wheelchair designed by David in the Design Museum in London. We travelled a lot with my teenage nephew, Sam who was a wheelchair user so I was intrigued. I looked up the charity and learned of the goal of enabling accessibility for those in less developed countries. We were so conscious that our nephew, Sam had had a start of the art-powered wheelchair provided by a charity in the UK and thought the l ..read more

The right to happy and equal relationships Our peer training programmes empower disabled people to know everyone has a right to a fulfilling and productive life, and happy and equal relationships. Help give more disabled people support with health and disability rights to improve their lives. Donate now Barriers in our world make life challenging for wheelchair users, especially in countries such as Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and India where we work. It can be even harder if they are a woman and also living in poverty. But with the right support and right assistive technology, life for disabled peo ..read more

Around 75 million people in countries like Kenya, India, Malawi and Uganda have a right to a wheelchair—but more 90% do not have one. Statistics like this drive the work we do at Motivation. Motivation is an international development charity and social enterprise with a proud, thirty-year history of wheelchair provision. Motivation Direct Ltd (MDL), our social enterprise, designs and supplies wheelchairs that meet users’ needs and the environment they live in, that provide proper fit and postural support, that are safe and durable, and that are affordable to buy and maintain. These appropriate ..read more

Catherine has the Motivation wheelchair she is entitled to but... Thousands of disabled people like Catherine lack the appropriate wheelchairs that would fulfil their right to mobility, inclusion and independence. By supporting Motivation today, you can help disabled people across the world live the lives the choose. Your donation could help provide a wheelchair or deliver crucial mobility and self care training, so disabled children and adults can feel confident to go out and meet their friends, get to school or earn a living.  When Catherine was seventeen, she experienced sudden numbnes ..read more