Press Room
The enABLE 08 Press Office will be located at stand number 804 and open on Friday 28th November from 10am for free on the day registration and media pass collection. The Press Office will close at 5pm on Friday and 4.30pm on Saturday. Your pass will permit access to the show on both days, with the Press Office located in the adjacent Organisers Office on Saturday 29th November.
Sir Frank Williams CBE Endorses Karting for the Disabled at enABLE 0825 November 2008
One of Formula One’s most successful team owners Sir Frank Williams CBE, has fully endorsed the Karting for the Disabled activity which will take place at the very first enABLE show at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena on 28&29 November 2008. “I fully support this initiative which is opening a new route for disabled participants to become involved in competitive motor sport,” said Sir Frank. “With the oxygen of publicity provided by British success in Formula One, it is a great time to be encouraging everyone, regardless of ability or capability, to enjoy full engagement in motor sport.”
MP Supports enABLE 08 – the UK’s Only National Consumer Disability Show
24 November 2008
Mark Harper MP, Shadow Minister for Disabled People, has backed the UK’s only national consumer show for people with disabilities who seek an active and independent life. The very first enABLE show will be completely free to attend and meet the information needs of visitors, whether looking for financial guidance or seeking assistive aids to improve mobility, at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena on 28&29 November.
Seminars attract notable names to enABLE 08
11 November 2008
The impressive programme of free seminars headlining enABLE 08, to be held in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, on 28&29 November, has attracted some notable names as it bids to help people with disabilities seeking an active and independent life. The wide-ranging seminar topics will meet the information needs of visitors and include Education and Family Life, Work and Careers, Financial, Home, Travel and Health and Fitness.
Adventure Traveller Encourages Others to Get Active at enABLE 08
7 November 2008
Adventure traveller Judy Woolfenden MBE, from Kenilworth in Warwickshire, has confirmed her attendance to the UK’s only consumer show for people with disabilities seeking a more active and independent life. Visitors to enABLE 08, held at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena on 28&29 November, will be motivated by Judy’s journeys, drive and determination in her special Travel seminar.
Multimarine Makes Sail for enABLE 08
27 October 2008
A Cornish company that specialises in building wheelchair-accessible boats will be making a special trip to showcase at the UK’s only national consumer show that aims to help people with disabilities seek an active and independent life. Multimarine Composites, based in Milbrook, is just one of the unique companies exhibiting at the first ever enABLE 08 show, which will be held in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at Ricoh Arena, Coventry, 28-29 November 2008.
enABLE 08 – The UK’s Only Consumer Disability Show
16 October 2008
An engaging seminar and masterclass programme together with the attendance of inspiring individuals will headline enABLE 08, the UK’s only exhibition dedicated to people with disabilities, seeking a more active and independent life. The brand new event, which takes place in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 28-29 November, will be free to attend and will meet the information needs of visitors as it looks to establish itself as the UK’s leading consumer disability show.
RYA Sailability – Making Disability Plain Sailing
16 October 2008
RYA Sailability, a charity funded RYA initiative, will be at enABLE 08 offering information and advice to visitors with a disability who wish to take up sailing. The UK’s only national consumer show for people with disabilities, enABLE 08, will be held in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 28-29 November 2008.
Ozzy the Owl, Adrian Carter Inspires enABLE 08 Visitors to Educate their Dreams13 October 2008
Adrian Carter, otherwise known as the voice of Ozzy the Owl in Leonard Cheshire Disability’s Creature Discomforts adverts, is set to inspire visitors to enABLE 08 with his seminar entitled What Education Did For Me. Adrian’s contribution is part of a free programme of seminars headlining the UK’s only national consumer show for people with disabilities who seek a more active and independent life, at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, on 28&29 November.
Largest Ever Disability Survey Brings Hope to People with Disabilities9th October 2008
The results of a recent YouGov survey, believed to be one of the largest ever undertaken for the UK disability market, may offer £6bn worth of hope to the 10 million disabled people in the UK. Commissioned by Centaur Exhibitions, a survey of 2,047 people with a disability has shown that 30% have had at least one application for financial benefit refused with a staggering 90% of these individuals feeling that a fair assessment of their situation was not made by the Government with their application.
Ranulph Finds Brilliant Drinking Aid
3 October 2008
“Simply brilliant and brilliantly simple". That’s the claim from Sir Ranulph Fiennes BT OBE, Patron of Hydrate for Health Ltd, about a breakthrough re-hydration product for the disabled market, to be displayed at enABLE 08. The UK’s only national consumer show for people with disabilities will be held in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 28-29 November 2008.
Seminar Programme to Headline enABLE ‘08
September 2008
A seminar programme covering a wide range of topics will headline the UK’s first national consumer show for people with disabilities, enABLE ’08 to be held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 28-29 November.
enABLE ‘08 - The UK's Only Consumer Disability Show
September 2008
The stage is set for the UK’s only national consumer show for people with disabilities. enABLE 08, presented by Centaur Exhibitions and supported by Leonard Cheshire Disability, the UK’s leading disability charity, is the only show dedicated to people with disabilities who seek an active and independent life.