March 2020 – Lucy Watts MBE / Lucy Watts Ltd

These are our realities, and we are the casualties – COVID-19

March 26, 2020
Lucy Watts MBE
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This blog is part writing therapy, part rant, part activism, part distress, part processing, part making peace. It flicks seamlessly between all of the above, so you never know quite what ‘part’ you’re in when you read it, heck sometimes…

International Wheelchair Day – 1st March 2020

March 1, 2020
Lucy Watts MBE
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Today it’s International Wheelchair Day and it celebrates the life-enhancing and life-changing benefits of having the right wheelchair, and celebrating the individuals who rely upon this piece of equipment to mobilise and live their lives to the fullest. I’ve…