By Seema Flower, Founder and Managing Director, Blind Ambition I grew up around cars. My father worked in the motor trade, and from a young age the smell of a garage and the sound of an engine turning over felt like home. Like a lot of children, I dreamed of
The interim Timms review, published on 9 July 2026, has confirmed what blind and partially sighted people and disability organisations have been saying for years: Personal Independence Payment is not working. Sir Stephen Timms, the disability minister leading the review, told the BBC the system is “not fit for purpose”
John Lewis Oxford Street has launched a VIP Sight Guided Shopping Service for blind and partially sighted customers — offering one-to-one support from trained Partners, product descriptions, sighted guide assistance, fitting room help and more. It’s a concrete, operational step forward. And it raises a straightforward question for every other
In June 2026, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a damning report on the DWP’s administration of the Access to Work scheme. The findings are stark: a backlog of 66,000 cases, average processing times of 106 working days against a 25-day target, and an application process so inaccessible that some
For the first time in World Cup history, FIFA is providing Audio Descriptive Commentary for every single match across the tournament — all 104 games, plus the opening and closing ceremonies. For blind and partially sighted football fans in the UK and around the world, this is a meaningful step
When Rory sat down at his Mac for the first time after losing most of his sight, he spent six hours working and came away with one conclusion: this is going to work. That moment — quiet, private, and entirely self-directed — is what genuine accessibility looks like in practice.
John McFall — Paralympian, NHS surgeon, and now prospective astronaut — is closer than ever to becoming the first physically disabled person to live and work in space. The UK Space Agency announced on 2 June 2026 that it is working with US commercial space company Vast to secure sponsorship
For blind and partially sighted people, getting from A to B is rarely straightforward. It involves planning, reliance on others, navigating systems that weren’t designed with them in mind, and managing the anxiety that comes when those systems fail. Transport accessibility isn’t a niche concern — it sits at the
Blind Ambition is a UK behaviour-change consultancy, but the demand for accessible, inclusive employment reaches far beyond UK borders. International interest in our work — from candidates, charities, and employers worldwide — reflects something that organisations operating closer to home should not ignore: ambition and talent exist everywhere, but the
