Our Work
Projects & Campaigns
Disability Awareness:
It's an Everyday Thing
The Dante Leigh Foundation was founded with a simple yet powerful mission: to ensure that disabled individuals are recognised not just for their disabilities, but for their abilities and contributions to society. Despite starting with limited financial resources, we have steadfastly championed this cause, advocating for a more inclusive and understanding world.
Our ongoing Disability Awareness Campaign, seeks to shift societal perceptions and attitudes toward disabled persons. Through our creative use of pencils and wristbands, we highlight the everyday challenges faced by disabled individuals and the often overlooked support they need from society. These items serve as tangible reminders, urging everyone to reconsider their attitudes and actions toward the disabled community.
The campaign also emphasizes the importance of boosting the self-esteem of disabled individuals. We believe that fostering self-awareness and confidence is crucial for their well-being. By distributing our pencils and wristbands to businesses and individuals, we encourage all to take an active role in promoting inclusivity and changing attitudes both within their companies and in the broader community.
Together, we can make a significant difference. Anything is possible, and a life-limiting condition should never dictate one’s happiness. Join our campaign today by ordering our merchandise and becoming an advocate for change.
Project
Sierra Leone
Access to clean water poses a significant challenge throughout Sierra Leone, with the majority of families relying on communal taps, neighborhood wells, or local springs for their water supply. According to the UNICEF, Sierra Leone Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, less than 1% of the country’s 8 million residents have access to piped water within their homes.
Improving access to clean water could lead to a decrease in the transmission of communicable diseases by reducing interactions with contaminated sources.
Additionally, Sierra Leone grapples with one of the world’s highest child mortality rates, which greatly affects the overall lifespan of its population. This issue arises from various factors, including inadequate access to food, insufficient education on hygiene practices, a severe shortage of medical facilities and trained personnel, and limited availability of clean water sources.
Beyond Barriers:
Building Bonds Between Abilities
We facilitate learning between children and young adults with learning disabilities who may not have the opportunity to interact or care for children, leading to lifelong positive relationships and long-lasting social inclusions.
Fundraising
Daffodil Principle
Appeal
Inspired by the story of ‘The Daffodil Principle’ where a single act of planting one bulb led to a breathtaking display of beauty, we aim to create a ripple effect of positive change through our fundraising efforts.
The Daffodil Principle Appeal is a fundraising initiative dedicated to supporting the disabled and the disadvantaged. Just like the daffodil bulb that multiplies and spreads beauty, every donation to our appeal helps us multiply the impact and bring hope to those in need.
Mindfulness
Appeal
We believe that a mindful moment in time can bring about the change necessary that improves one’s entire day! Our Mindfulness Appeal seeks to improve on our abilities to be aware of our inner self and our surroundings. Take a moment from your day to do some mindfulness exercises that improves the mind and helps us raise funds.
Can you do this for a whole season? Challenge yourself weekly and see how many of these you can accomplish within three months.
Here are some examples to get you started:
Ongoing Objectives
Our ongoing objectives are to:
- Break through the stereotypes of surrounding disability especially learning disability
- Provide facilities that enhance the lives of the disabled/disadvantaged
- Support and collaborate with other agencies/organisations to facilitate the delivery of our charitable objects
- Fundraise to support our work
Education, Training and Employment
We give small grants to university student groups promoting inclusion in further education and supporting those with learning difficulties within universities and colleges enabling them to meet their full potential and give back/contribute to society whether in paid or unpaid (volunteering) work. We also try to engage with UK employers to see beyond disability and more towards capability and potential. In other 'community settings we aim to promote tolerance and physical and mental health thereby facilitating a happier and more engaged society.