@ruils.bsky.social
Deaf & Disabled Peoples Organisation in South West London supporting Disabled people to live independently. 📧 info@ruils.co.uk 📱020 8831 6083 💻 www.ruils.co.uk
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Great session with Generate Voices Forum last night! Campaigns Manager Hallie worked with the group to identify campaigning tactics & techniques we can use to work towards the changes we want to see in Wandsworth. Looking forward to working together on campaigns that matter to local Disabled people🤝
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Poster describing a Community Planting event at Teddington Cemetery. Friday 20 February from 10am - 12pm, Teddington Cemetery, Shacklegate Lane, Teddington TW11 8SH
Help get Teddington Cemetery ready for Spring at a fun & free planting event on 20th February 🌸🌼🪻
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Flyer for Whitton Health and Wellbeing Event on 25th Feb 2026 offering yoga, health checks, massage, and community support at Whitton Community Centre.
Join us next week for our next community health fair in partnership with Love Yogi Live Karma Yoga in Whitton!
📅 Wed 25th February
⏰ 12:30-2:30pm
📍Whitton Community Centre
Accessible yoga taster sessions, henna & massages, free hot lunch & mental health advice. No need to book, just drop-in!
Two people walking and talking on a sidewalk near a seated woman in a wheelchair holding a survey board outside a building.
ONE WEEK LEFT!
The Richmond #Transport & Mobility Forum is collecting feedback from Disabled people about their experience with transport & getting around #RichmondBorough.
Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TWJ69GJ
For alt format email yoursay@ruils.co.uk
Deadline is end of Feb!
A teal background graphic with large white text reading: “Is Access to Work working?” Beneath it, smaller white text says: “Tell Parliament what’s really happening.” A bright green button reads: “Complete our Survey.” On the left side are simple white line icons of a megaphone, a speech bubble and a checklist. At the bottom centre is the Access to Work Collective logo.
Access to Work is under formal scrutiny & this is a critical moment to be heard.
The Access to Work Collective are gathering experiences from 2022 onwards, particularly during the period when demand/ waiting times have increased.
Complete the anonymous survey by 20th Feb: https://ow.ly/XVwF50YgFhs
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Children seated around tables engaged in a classroom activity with a TV screen displaying a video in the front of the room.
We had a 'despicably' good time at our Despicably Crafty session with FriendBee & Richmond AID Buddy up clients! It was very minion focused 🤓
In addition to befriending, FriendBee also organises #SEND half-term activities: https://ruils.co.uk/our-services/children/friendbee-send-befriending/
Did you take up running in the New Year? Looking to put your training to the test? Join our Royal Parks Half team!
On Sun 11 October you'll run 13.1-miles on a route taking you through four of London’s Royal Parks.
Sign up: https://ruils.co.uk/get-involved/fundraise/challenge-events/
#RamadanMubarak to all of our friends celebrating today. Wishing you health and happiness in your season of fasting! 🌙
Rugby players in striped jerseys engaged in a muddy scrum during a match at Richmond Rugby Club.
Tickets are still available for our 10th and final Rugby Dinner, featuring Dean Richards!
📅Thursday 5th March 2026
⏰6:30 – 10:30 pm
📍Richmond Rugby Club, Richmond Athletic Ground, Twickenham Rd, Richmond TW9 2SF
🎟️£65 per ticket
Book today! https://ruils.co.uk/ruils-rugby-dinner-2026/
Golden floral horse rearing amid clouds with hanging lanterns on red background celebrating Lunar New Year 2026.
Happy Lunar New Year! 🎊💖 Wishing all celebrating today joy, prosperity and good fortune as we welcome the Year of the Horse🐎
#LunarNewYear #GongXiFaCai
Jeremy Keates @jmk79.bsky.social from Ruils said, “In Richmond, there is a severe lack of Blue Badge parking bays, compounded by low levels of enforcement and rising theft and criminal use.”
Ruils’ 2026 Transport Survey also found that private...read more: www.citylondonnews.co.uk/news/2026021...
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A diverse group attentively listens to a speaker presenting information on a screen in a modern, colorful meeting room.
Big thanks to Rosie Grewal from Ruban Solicitors for facilitating a great Family Matters workshop last week on Understanding your Housing Rights, for our Hounslow clients. Thanks also to Skylarks for hosting us.
Check out upcoming workshops: https://ruils.co.uk/our-services/children/workshops/
Big thanks to our friends at Rotary Club of Teddington & the Hamptons & Richmond Mayor Cllr Penny Frost for a great evening celebrating Christmas collections with Santa's sleigh! Our generous community raised £750, which will help us continue providing services & support for local Disabled people 💕
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Flyer for Whitton Health and Wellbeing Event on 25th Feb 2026 offering yoga, health checks, massage, and community support at Whitton Community Centre.
Our community health fair in partnership with Live Karma Yoga is headed to Whitton!
📅 Wed 25th February
⏰ 12:30-2:30pm
📍Whitton Community Centre
Accessible yoga taster sessions, henna and massages, free hot lunch and mental health focused support and advice. No need to book, just drop-in!
The Richmond Transport & Mobility Forum met last week to review their ongoing consultation & work with members to shape the new strategy.
📍Take the survey to share your transport experiences in Richmond: https://ow.ly/fCOQ50YbJPv
Join us: https://ruils.co.uk/campaigning/user-led-groups/
As a part of our campaign work to improve social housing in #Richmond we're pleased to continue hosting monthly drop-ins with RHP and PA Housing.
Drop-ins are at our Teddington Office at the same day/time each month.
Read more: https://ruils.co.uk/ruils-to-host-monthly-social-housing-drop-ins/
Graphic reads "UK mobility aid laws weren't written for wheelchair and mobility scooter users. It's long past time for an update. Photo of a 1939 advert for Argson Invalid Tricycles (right, credit Egham Museum Trust) and a photo of a 1940s Argson Invalid Motor Trike (left, credit Science Museum). These were very popular devices and are near identical to devices available from the beginning of the 20th century through to the 1970s.
UK mobility aid laws were written in the 1920s, when people used devices like this Argson motor trike. The rules have just been tweaked a few times since then.
A century on, it’s long past time for Disabled people to have equal pedestrian, cycling and cycling-equivalent mobility rights.
Man lying in bed wearing a CPAP mask for sleep apnea therapy, resting with eyes closed.
NHS South West London would like to hear from local people about its proposal to change how sleep apnoea services are provided for Richmond residents. The main change will be to make St George's the only provider.
Have your say by 9th March: https://ow.ly/qoR450YcHK4
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A successful evening of fun & fundraising was had last weekend at our supporters' Becky and Rachael's Race Night 🐎
Thanks to the Elleray Centre Hall for a fantastic venue and One Guy & O for catering excellence!
Learn more about their London Marathon fundraising: https://ow.ly/8LQI50Yc6tW
Our Health & Wellbeing Team has been busy!
We recently heard from Rehman from Princess Alice Hospice and had a smoking cessation training with Cornelius from Richmond Council's Public Health team.
Learn more about our services: https://ruils.co.uk/our-services/health-and-wellbeing/
Six women sitting in a waiting room with bulletin boards and large windows behind them.
📸🙂 From our #CoffeeMorning with Oaklands School in Hounslow last week
Did you know our Family Matters service supports families in Hounslow too? Our Advisor Alka can support you through catered 1-2-1 advice. Learn more: https://ruils.co.uk/our-services/children/send-family-matters/
We host a drop-in session on the 3rd Tuesday of the month for Disabled residents at our Teddington office, giving you a safe space to meet with PA Housing face-to-face. Raise issues, share change of circumstances or ask for adjustments.
Come along next Tuesday 17th February - no need to register.
Our February #SEND workshops are waiting for you!
✅Housing conditions and suitability of accommodation
✅Neurodivergence and the LGBTQ+ connection
✅ Options for young people when they leave home
✅Speech and language therapy
Learn more & book here: https://ruils.co.uk/our-services/children/workshops/
Fancy a challenge this spring? Join the #TeamRuils TCS London Marathon MyWay team to walk 26.2 miles from the London Eye to Bushy Park on 26th April!
A great day out & you'll get an official London Marathon t-shirt and medal 🏅
Sign up: https://ruils.co.uk/get-involved/fundraise/challenge-events/
Wooden letter blocks arranged to spell 'MENTAL HEALTH' on a light wooden surface with scattered blocks around.
Still time to book onto our FREE Mental Health Awareness for Personal care Assistants next week!
Richmond - Tuesday 10th February 1-4:30pm
🎟️https://ow.ly/PAZA50Y9RMr
Wandsworth - Wednesday 11th February 9:30-1
🎟️https://ow.ly/5JEQ50Y9RMv
Yellow and red train at a station platform during early evening with passengers waiting nearby.
We want to hear from Disabled people about their experience with transport and getting around in #RichmondBorough & how it can be better!
Take the survey online here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TWJ69GJ
For alternative formats, email yoursay@ruils.co.uk
Flyer for a free health and community event on 26 Feb 2026, 11 AM-1 PM at Bridgelink Centre, Hounslow, offering health checks and wellbeing advice.
Brentworth INT are hosting a health and wellbeing event for Hounslow residents at The Bridgelink Centre on Thursday 26th February from 11am-1pm. Learn more & spread the word ⬇️
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Are you a RHP tenant in Richmond?
We host a drop-in session for Disabled residents on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at our accessible office in Teddington. You can raise issues, share change of circumstances or ask for reasonable adjustments, all in-person!
No need to register, just drop-in 🙂
Rugby players in striped jerseys in action promoting Ruils Rugby Dinner 2026 event details and earlybird ticket offer.
Earlybird tickets for our annual Rugby Dinner with Dead Richards extended until this Friday 6th February!
📅Thursday 5th March 2026
⏰6:30 – 10:30 pm
📍Richmond Rugby Club, TW9 2SF
🎟️early bird £65 per ticket
Book by Friday: https://ruils.co.uk/ruils-rugby-dinner-2026/
Four children wearing aprons participate in a cooking session at Ham Youth Centre with an adult instructor guiding them.
Our FriendBee service is partnering with Cooking Up to run a #SEND session for ages 10-16 this half-term.
📅Wednesday 18th February
📍Ham Youth Centre
⏰11:00 am - 12:30 pm
🎟️£15 per young person
A carer or parent must be present for the session. Learn more & book here: https://ow.ly/KX6S50Y7wca
