Archive for February, 2009
Like most children, my childhood is filled with happy memories. Most of which are of playing with my brother and our friends in the garden, keeping goal in five-a-side football matches or even just going for a ‘walk’ with my mum to the shops.
To be blunt, none of these would have been possible without my powered wheelchair and the freedom it provided. Receiving my first power chair was life changing. Moving unaided was mind-boggling. Finally I felt I could join in and feel more ‘normal’ than ever before. Looking back over this fondly nostalgic period, I think that the gift of liberty, the chair provided was fundamental to my future successes.
I arrived in London in July 2000, after graduating from …
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From the very start, the key to Priority’s success was developing a network of influential supporters to help us grow. We started with some of Kieran’s contacts and asked them to help us broaden our support.
To recognise this invaluable support and demonstrate the success we have had in attracting some of the best people in business we have formed the Priority Advisory Board. By joining, the members of this board are demonstrating their implicit support for the cause and the efforts of the trust and will help us to secure wider interest.
Priority is delighted to welcome David Blood, Max Burt, Glenn Earle, Stanley Fink, Stephen Holowesko, Peter Sutherland, John Thornton and Peter Weinberg as founder members of the Priority Advisory …
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When I made the big decision to move from St Ives (Cambridgeshire, not Cornwall) to London, it was for the same reasons as every other 24 year old. It offered career progression, investment in a share of a London property, which means anywhere in the world is now affordable, and a much more lively social life. OK, so I enjoy the odd night out, but I also like museums and the many other cultural benefits of the capital.
It’s tough for me to describe my move to London as ‘a disabled person, who relies on services from a local authority’, because I did not see myself as particularly disabled.
OK, I use a wheelchair to get from A to B, a hoist …
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The idea behind Priority was to use Kieran Prior’s experience of pushing boundaries as the inspiration to raise funds and provide more disabled children with the right mobility equipment. We set out to build a group of supporters from the banking and business world who could help make a real change.
We were both aware of the lack of funding for the right wheelchairs that give disabled children their independence (see Why Priority). Priority evolved to provide a simple and effective way of bringing new funding to this issue and 18 months later we’ve funded equipment for 22 children.
So why the Priority Blog?
Well if Kieran’s experience is our inspiration, …
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