The Financial Implications of Living With a Disability
Rise4Disability
Uniting Health Professionals and service providers with the disability community.
Our Rise4Disability Community Campaigns sessions will explore six key disability topics in total across our four event locations.?Each session is thoughtfully structured to include advice and information, engaging discussions, and a summary outlining the path forward.
In this newsletter we explore The Financial Impact of Living With a Disability Campaign, taking place at our North (Sunderland) and South East (Kent) venues.
Campaign Partner: BankAbility
We are delighted to be?partnering with BankAbility for this Community Campaign. BankAbility's mission is to improve the lives of society's most vulnerable people by enabling them to manage their finances independently, reducing financial exclusion. So they're building the world’s first AI-driven digital accessibility platform that will automatically optimise the user experience for each individual based on their unique accessibility needs.?Want to be among the first to try the BankAbility app? Sign up now...
Meet Our Panelist: David Agar
BankAbility CEO/Founder and?Social Entrepreneur, David Agar , will also sit on our panel for The Financial Implications of Living With a Disability.?
David has been in the FinTech space for 8 years and is a highly experienced tech-sector entrepreneur, having previously led multiple start-ups in the UK, EU and North America.
In this exclusive interview, David shares more about the mission behind his first?social impact ‘fintech4good’ venture, BankAbility. As well as sharing his insights on the role technology has to play in improving financial accessibility plus tips?to help you manage your financial journey more effectively.
Disability, Finance & Legal Matters:?Why Are We Still Seeing Systemic?Discrimination?
When it comes to financial and legal matters, individuals with disabilities often find themselves dealing with a web of challenges that extend far beyond the boundaries of accessibility. There is a disconcerting reality that there are pervasive issues that demand immediate attention and systematic reform.
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Community Voices: What financial challenges have you faced?
"Having to decide between eating healthily and buying what is cheap to eat because you can't afford to do both. Having to decide between putting fuel in the car or getting essential physio massage because you can't afford to do both. Going without because you can't work and have no way of living on the benefits that you get for being disabled."
"Medication and treatment with the NHS been so under we had to find treatment somewhere else at cost and the same with Medication"
"I’ve worked out my mortgage is 95% of my ill health Teaching pension ... but I’m ineligible for any additional benefits because my husband and I just scrape over the wage boundary. This means I can no longer fund those necessities like yoga and swimming which keep me ‘well’. Until this is resolved my mental health continues to decline and yet the Prime Minister has deemed we the disabled should be working. I literally have no money day to day so no social life. I am trapped at home unable to leave through anxiety and financial difficulty. I’ve become beholden to my husband and my friends - I hate it."
"Travel and whether it’s accessible... If you haven’t got the funds to get to the clinic or meeting friends you don’t feel part of society"
Do you experience any financial challenges or barriers as a person with a disability? Please share your experiences in the comments
Continue the conversation at Rise4Disability North in Sunderland in February 2025, register your FREE ticket now!
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Director of Partnerships | BankAbility
6 个月Congratulations and thank you Rise4Disability for putting these events together around the country. It’s so important that we make change happen to improve the lives of vulnerable people!
Entrepreneur FinTech Leader | NED & Advisory | Mentor | Social Impact
6 个月Looking forward to having a lively and thought provoking discussion about this very relevant subject that is having a significant adverse impact on millions of people's lives.
Founder and Managing Director at The Strategy Practice
6 个月A must read #BankAbiliy David Agar Penny Roberts
Design and Content Manager at Rise4Disability
6 个月This is such an important topic, really looking forward to this discussion at the event. Also, the AI-driven accessibility of BankAbility is awesome ??