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This is the end. After seven years, 21 assurance reports, 235 recommendations (of which only 9 were recorded as not achieved), 58,000 unique visitors to our website and the hard work of too many ...

http://www.cslondon.org/2013/03/how-many-more-times/

I was eight years old when England won the world cup in 1966. I can’t claim to remember the oft repeated commentary from Kenneth Wolstenholme “They think it’s all over – it is now” as G...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/11/they-think-its-all-over/

I found myself meeting a friend in a pub on the evening of 29th August, enjoying a little pre-birthday drink. The TV was on, and the usual crowd of sports fans gathered around it. But this wasn�...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/09/are-we-all-paralympians-now/

London 2012 promised that the Games would “inspire a generation”. During the Olympic and Paralympic Games we have been looking at what this means for sustainability. I recently met with some ...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/09/inspire-a-generation-to-greater-sustainability/

As we continue to cheer on ParalympicsGB in their superhuman effort to overhaul their record medals tally in Beijing, it is time to start applauding another slightly less obvious superhuman effor...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/09/move-right-down-inside-the-cars/

Are visually impaired people getting a good deal from London 2012? “Everybody’s Games” was one of the inspirational phrases used by London 2012 leaders and politicians throughout the London...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/09/blind-faith/

We are now being treated to the second half of a great summer of sport. The Paralympics – which has its origins in Stoke Mandeville in the UK and the previous London Games of 1948 – has start...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/09/paralympics-a-great-inspiration/

I am still living on the feeling of joining 79,000 others in signing ‘I am what I am’ at the finale of the Opening Ceremony.  For me, nothing beats that moment – looking around the crowd a...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/09/liberty/

It was great to work with blind radio presenter Peter White again this week. He has done a lot for disabled people over the years and I admire his work. Peter frequently presents mainstream Radio...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/08/a-whiter-shade/

The Paralympics have come a long way since 1948 when the “Parallel Games” were held for recuperating people at Stoke Mandeville hospital. This event has come to its spiritual home and the ele...

http://www.cslondon.org/2012/08/parallel-lines/