Leonard Cheshire Disability is a UK-based global organisation working with independent Cheshire partner organisations in 53 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Together we support 250 independently managed disability organisations that strengthen existing community services as well as initiate and manage innovative and effective new programmes. We also move the issue of disability higher up the world’s political and development agendas. Disabled people remain central to every stage of our work.
Each of these Global Alliance members provides the specific local knowledge and support needed to reach out to people and provide quality services. The Global Alliance also puts us in a prime position to share good practice and innovation.
The Alliance Projects
This teamwork has also crystallised into campaigning. The Global Alliance’s international campaign,
Young Voices, mobilises people under 26 in 18 countries to push for ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The Cheshire International Internship Programmes(CHIIPS) place students and qualified graduates from the UK and other countries with Cheshire services in Global Alliance countries across the world. More information can be found in the section on
CHIIPS.
