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Disability Rights UK

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Royal Association for Disability Rights (RADAR) is a UK pan-disability charity working to represent the need and expectations of over 11 million disabled people in the UK. It was formed in 1977 as the Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation and later renamed.

About RADAR

RADAR (Royal Association for Disability Rights) was an umbrella organisation which works with and for disabled people in the UK to remove structural, economic and attitudinal barriers. It campaigned and produced policy statements and briefings on particular issues and provided support services for member organisations.

Vision and Mission

RADAR's vision is a just and equal society whose strength is human difference. Its mission is to enable individuals, networks and policy-makers to do things differently.

Radiate network

In 2010 RADAR created the Radiate network for senior or talented aspiring professionals living with ill-health, injury or disability.

The goal of the network is to support and develop a talent pool of people with disabilities and health conditions and potentially act as a source of thinking for organisations on how 'disabled talent' is best spotted and developed.

Members of the network benefit from mutual support and can also request mentoring, or they may volunteer to be a mentor.

The network open to people from the private, public or voluntary sectors and is sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group.