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  • Hannah sitting down next to her bed. She is wearing a rust, pink and cream striped jumper with three sequin Christmas trees on it. She has auburn curly hair, silver earrings and large red glasses. She is smiling at the camera. She is holding up her 2025 diary which has hares, deers and foxes on it in pink and green.
    Accountancy,  Christianity,  Chronic illness,  Chronic Pain,  Disability,  Studying,  Studying and Work,  Wheelchair users

    2025-My Hopes and Goals

    7 January 2025 / 0 Comments

    Happy New Year! 2025 is here. I have been considering 2025 my hopes and goals. There is so much I want to achieve and continue...

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    2023-What Are My Hopes? A pale pink gerbera laying on a pink card that says: 'Dream Big, Dream Often' on a white lined notebook and a rose gold pen overlapping the card.

    2023- What Are My Hopes?

    29 January 2023
    Hannah sitting in her powerchair wearing a red minnie mouse christmas jumper. She has her big Christmas bear-Dandy in her arms and the Christmas tree is next to her decorated.

    2020-My Year Review

    22 December 2020
    Hannah sitting in her powerchair under a desk with a laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse on it. She is smiling at the camera.

    I Am Officially An Employee

    13 April 2021
  • A collection of nine photos summarising my year for 2024-My Year Review post. Including Hannah speaking at work, Hannah outside the Houses of Parliament, Hannah speaking with MPs in the House of Commons, Hannah at the Disability Power 100 event, Hannah standing with crutches and the support of a PA and Hannah on TV.
    Accountancy,  Chronic illness,  Disability,  Studying,  Wheelchair users,  White Lodge,  Work

    2024- My Year Review

    21 December 2024 / 0 Comments

    2024 has been a busy year for me. It has mainly been a good year, although hard when my lovely Mum was so poorly, with...

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    Hannah sitting in her powerchair wearing a red minnie mouse christmas jumper. She has her big Christmas bear-Dandy in her arms and the Christmas tree is next to her decorated.

    2020-My Year Review

    22 December 2020
    Hannah sitting in her powerchair in her garden. She is wearing a green dress with white flowers on it. There is a banner at the bottom of the photo which says 'The Power 100 2021' in white on a purple background.

    Disability Power 100 2021

    30 November 2021
    Hannah speaking at the Surrey Coalition of Disabled People's AGM. 2022- A Year Of Challenges.

    2022-A Year Of Challenges

    27 December 2022
  • Hannah sitting in her powerchair in the lounge, her garden is in the background. She is wearing a pale pink jumper with pink, white and silver sequin ice skates on it and smiling at the camera. She is holding a letter board which saying '2024- My Hopes and Goals' in white writing.
    Christianity,  Disability,  Lifestyle,  Studying,  Studying and Work,  Wheelchair user,  Work

    2024- My Hopes and Goals

    7 January 2024 / 0 Comments

    Happy New Year! I hope you had a great festive season and are looking forward to 2024. Below are my hopes and goals for 2024....

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    2023-Year In Review. A collage of photos from the year, from my cousin's wedding, to speeches and appearences on TV.

    2023-Year In Review

    23 December 2023
    Hannah wearing a grey jumper with silver glittery bits in it. She has brown glasses and short aburn curly hair. She is smiling at the camera and holding a 2021 diary.

    2021- My Aims and Goals

    15 January 2021
    A collection of photos in a collage showing Hannah's highlights of 2021. A screenshot of #BenHannah3530 just giving page showing they reached £6500, photos of Hannah completing her #BenHannah3530 challenge, Hannah with 30 balloons on her 30th birthday, her National Diversity Award nomination banner, the Disability Power 100 2021 banner, her new Hannah's Hope logo and Hannah on the TV.

    2021-A Year I Am Proud Of

    29 December 2021
  • 2023-Year In Review. A collage of photos from the year, from my cousin's wedding, to speeches and appearences on TV.
    Accountancy,  Christianity,  Disability,  Studying and Work,  Wheelchair user

    2023-Year In Review

    23 December 2023 / 0 Comments

    I have achieved quite a lot, here are my main successes for 2023- year in review. Blogging I have continued to write my blog posts....

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    Hannah sitting in her powerchair in her garden. She is wearing a green dress with white flowers on it. There is a banner at the bottom of the photo which says 'The Power 100 2021' in white on a purple background.

    Disability Power 100 2021

    30 November 2021
    Hannah sitting down next to her bed. She is wearing a rust, pink and cream striped jumper with three sequin Christmas trees on it. She has auburn curly hair, silver earrings and large red glasses. She is smiling at the camera. She is holding up her 2025 diary which has hares, deers and foxes on it in pink and green.

    2025-My Hopes and Goals

    7 January 2025
    Hannah sitting in her powerchair working at her desk with her laptop and monitor on. Hanah is turning her head towards the camera and smiling. She is wearing a multi coloured striped jumper.

    An Employee for a Year: My First Work Anniversary

    17 March 2022
  • A collection of ACCA books, passcards, a certificate, notebook and sticky notes to illustrate 'What is ACCA?'.
    Accountancy,  Studying,  Studying and Work,  Work

    What Is ACCA?

    17 February 2023 / 2 Comments

    ACCA standards for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.  The Exams There are 13 exams and ethics. These are split into three sections. (Detailed below) The...

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    Hannah sitting in her powerchair working at her desk with her laptop and monitor on. Hanah is turning her head towards the camera and smiling. She is wearing a multi coloured striped jumper.

    An Employee for a Year: My First Work Anniversary

    17 March 2022
    Hannah sitting in her powerchair wearing a red minnie mouse christmas jumper. She has her big Christmas bear-Dandy in her arms and the Christmas tree is next to her decorated.

    2020-My Year Review

    22 December 2020
    A collection of nine photos summarising my year for 2024-My Year Review post. Including Hannah speaking at work, Hannah outside the Houses of Parliament, Hannah speaking with MPs in the House of Commons, Hannah at the Disability Power 100 event, Hannah standing with crutches and the support of a PA and Hannah on TV.

    2024- My Year Review

    21 December 2024
  • 2023-What Are My Hopes? A pale pink gerbera laying on a pink card that says: 'Dream Big, Dream Often' on a white lined notebook and a rose gold pen overlapping the card.
    Accountancy,  Christianity,  Disability,  Studying,  Studying and Work

    2023- What Are My Hopes?

    29 January 2023 / 1 Comment

    2023 has been a busy year so far and we have only had 20 days of it (when I started writing this)! My mind is...

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    A collague of photos of my 2025 highlights. Hannah receiving her AAT award, Hannah with her Dad, Brian, Nia, Olivia and Matt after swimming in the lake, a banner of AAT Community Award, Hannah holding a poster about a speech she did, Hannah and Katie at a Disabled Awareness Network speech, a magazine article, and a screenshot of a Metro article.

    2025 Highlights

    24 December 2025
    A collection of nine photos summarising my year for 2024-My Year Review post. Including Hannah speaking at work, Hannah outside the Houses of Parliament, Hannah speaking with MPs in the House of Commons, Hannah at the Disability Power 100 event, Hannah standing with crutches and the support of a PA and Hannah on TV.

    2024- My Year Review

    21 December 2024
    Hannah sitting in her powerchair wearing a grey jumper with holes in it and an orange long sleeve t-shirt underneath. She is smiling at the camera. She has thick curly aburn hair and is wearing glasses.

    What Makes Me?

    12 October 2018
  • Hannah speaking at the Surrey Coalition of Disabled People's AGM. 2022- A Year Of Challenges.
    #BenHannah3530,  Accountancy,  Chronic illness,  Studying,  Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles,  Wheelchair users

    2022-A Year Of Challenges

    27 December 2022 / 0 Comments

    2022 has been an eventful year. A year of challenges with regard to equipment, with beds, air flow mattresses, powerchairs, wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs), oxygen...

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    Hannah standing holding on to her four wheeled walker, wearing a green Starlight charity t-shirt, black leggings, splints and purple trainers. She is being supported under her arm by her Dad, Brian, who is wearing a red White Lodge charity t-shirt and holding a silver 3 number balloon. On the other side her Mum, Jill is supporting her under her arm and wearing a yellow Child Bereavement UK charity t-shirt and holding a silver 5 number balloon.

    #BenHannah3530-We Did It!

    17 December 2021
    A banner photo with the words 'National Diversity Awards Congratulations Hannah Deakin you have been nominated for the 2021 positive role model award.' The background is black and gold.

    I Have Been Nominated for a National Diversity Award!

    30 April 2021
    Hannah sitting in her powerchair in her garden. She is wearing a green dress with white flowers on it. There is a banner at the bottom of the photo which says 'The Power 100 2021' in white on a purple background.

    Disability Power 100 2021

    30 November 2021

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About Me

Hannah sitting in her powerchair which has a rose gold base in the garden. She is smiling at the camera and the grass and trees are behind her.
Hannah sitting in her powerchair in the garden

My name is Hannah Deakin and I am in my thirties. I am a powerchair user.

I have been writing my blog ‘Hannah’s Hope’ for 8 years.

I have also written articles for magazines, websites, guest posts and been interviewed on the TV and radio. I am a public speaker and have been featured in many newspaper articles.

I am a part-time employee, working in accounting and finance, student studying ACCA, ambassador and campaigner.

I have been listed on the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 in 2021 & 2024.

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Avatar Scope @scope ·
30 Jun 2025

Life costs more for disabled people. And the costs are rising 📈

In 2025, disabled households would need an extra £1,095 per month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households.

This is called the #DisabilityPriceTag 💷

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Avatar Frances Ryan @drfrancesryan ·
26 Jun 2025

I’ve worked a lot on the welfare reform bill in recent months - in press, radio, and podcasts - but today’s column is everything I need to say:

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Avatar Baroness J Campbell @bnsjanecampbell ·
25 Jun 2025

Since 1971 the extra costs of disability (AA, MobA, DLA, now PIP) enabled me to access education, employment, housing . It's what enabled a career which led me to Parliament. When I met Stephen Timms MP it became obvious he is under orders. Be brave MPs you can say not this way

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A banner photo with the words 'National Diversity Awards Congratulations Hannah Deakin you have been nominated for the 2021 positive role model award.' The background is black and gold.
Hannah Deakin- National Diversity Awards banner

I was nominated for a National Diversity Award-Positive Role Model-Disability.

Accolades

Hannah with the AAT President Lucy receiving her AAT community impact award. A 2025 highlight.
Hannah with the AAT President Lucy receiving her AAT community impact award 2025.
A head and shoulders shot of Hannah who has red glasses and aburn curly hair. She is smiling at the camera. It says: 'Shaw Trust Disability Power 100' in the top left corner, then 'I'm a 2024 finalist' in the bottom left corner in white writing.
Hannah- listed on the Disability Power 100 2024
A purple banner with the words 'The Power 100 2021', '#DisabilityPower100' and the website address 'www.disabilitypower100.com' in white writing.
Disability Power 100 2021 banner

Testimonial

Hannah’s keynote focused on how social media can be harnessed for disability activism, but she has such a vast knowledge of disability issues that I think she would have done a great job whatever our focus was!  Our event was a hybrid event and Hannah presented with both in-person and virtual audiences in mind.  It was a pleasure to work with Hannah and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her to other event organisers.

Clare Burgess, CEO, Surrey Coalition of Disabled People

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