We are delighted to announce that in 2023, New Forest Disability became certified as a Disability Confident Leader. This is a step up from Disability Confident Employer, which we had previously attained, and the highest level of accreditation. It’s a fantastic achievement for us and means that we can continue to demonstrate that we employ…

The New Forest National Park Volunteer Fair – Sunday 28 January 2024, 10.30am-4pm at Brockenhurst Village Hall. Looking for a new challenge in 2024? Why not do something amazing and try volunteering!Come and visit our stand at the Volunteer Fair on Sunday 28th January at Brockenhurst Village Hall 10.30am-4pm and find out how our wonderful…

At the end of his successful completion last year of the 380km Cape Wrath Trail in the Scottish Highlands, which raised almost £2,000, NFDIS official walker Mark Parker declared that his next challenge had to be somewhere warm and with decent wine! He decided on a 500km section of European long-distance footpaths GR-78 and GR10…

New Forest Disability were delighted to receive notification the external audit that scrutinises all areas of the service resulted in a re-award of the prestigious AQS standard.   This award will help our clients to know we are a quality approved charity providing a high standard of advice.

Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year to all our clients –  past, present and future, from all the Team at New Forest Disability We shall close our Head Office and telephone helpline at 5pm on Thursday 21 December 2023 and re-open at 10am on Tuesday 2 January 2024.

At our Annual Public Meeting on Wednesday 26 October we celebrated our wonderful volunteers by presenting their long service certificates.  Bronze for 1 month – 4 years; silver 5 – 9 years; gold 10 – 14 years; Platinum 15 – 19 years & Diamond 20 – 25 years. from L to R: Callum 5 years.…

Has your business or organisation signed up for this year’s Purple Tuesday on 1st November?  If not, you could be missing out! A surprising statistic is that 80% of disabled people have an invisible or hidden impairment, but only 10% of organisations have a plan in place to access the growing market of the Purple…

New Forest Disability (NFD) Just Got Home (JGH) programme provides a professional Hospital to Home service that is available to New Forest residents from Lymington, Fordingbridge and Romsey Hospitals. A recent Just Got Home client reported to us that they found the service extremely useful, and went on to say ‘the information provided by the Just…