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  • Hannah sitting in her powerchair outside White Lodge. Hannah is wearing a pale pink hoodie, blue and pink striped fitness leggings, splints and purple trainers. She is smiling at the camera and pointing to the White Lodge sign. The sign says 'White Lodge' in red writing, 'providing services for children, young people and adults with disabilities' below in black, and then 'Enabling Ability' in red at the bottom of the sign. There are trees in the background.
    disabled people,  Fundraising,  Hospital and rehabilitation,  White Lodge

    All About White Lodge

    29 October 2023 / 2 Comments

    White Lodge is a charity that supports over 1200 disabled children, young people and adults, their families and carers in Surrey. The centre is based...

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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,  Child Bereavement UK,  Starlight Children's Foundation,  White Lodge

    #BenHannah3530-We Did It!

    17 December 2021 / 1 Comment

    I am thrilled to have completed stage 2 of my challenge, and so completing the whole of my epic #BenHannah3530 challenge. Stage 2 of my...

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    Hannah sitting in her manual wheelchair. She is wearing a multi coloured striped jumper and a mustard scarf. She has a large rose gold three and a zero balloon behind her. She is smiling at the camera.

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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.

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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.

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  • Hannah swimming front crawl in the swimming pool.
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    Accessible Swimming

    15 October 2019 / 3 Comments

    I love swimming. I am free in the water and can move around at ease. On land, I am restricted to my bed or wheelchair,...

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    Hannah trialling the Gartec Home Access lift at a disability exhibition.

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    12 September 2023
    Nellie my elephant holding a FreshWipes leaflet which says: 'Struggling to shower' and has a picture of the grapefruit and coconut FreshWipes on it. Next to her are two orange packets of grapefruit and then two blue packets of coconut FreshWipes.

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  • Team Hannah after completing the Superhero Tri 2019, a para triathlon, with medals around their neck.
    Disability Sports,  Superhero Series,  White Lodge

    Superhero Tri 19-Team Hannah

    20 August 2019 / 2 Comments

        On Saturday 17th August 2019 I returned to Dorney Lake, near Windsor, to complete the Superhero Tri for a second time. I had...

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  • Hannah with her Mum and Dad at the Superhero Tri. They are wearing red t-shirts with the White Lodge logo on and have medals around their neck and are smiling at the camera..
    Disability sport,  White Lodge

    Superhero Tri

    17 August 2018 / 0 Comments

    A year ago, I participated in the first ever Superhero Tri. An accessible triathlon, where ‘anything goes’ and you get to be a superhero for...

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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 collage of nine photos to illustrate 7 Days In My Life (As A Wheelchair User). It shows Hannah on her work computer, personal computer, studying, swimming, sleeping, doing bed exercises, doing exercises sitting, standing with her PA and four wheeled walker and on the Motomed bike at White Lodge.

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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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Disabled | Powerchair user | #Power100 |#TEDx speaker | Blogger | Writer | Ambassador |MAAT qualified | ACCA Student | Supporter of Starlight.

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Avatar Scope @scope ·
30 Jun

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

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

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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Nomination

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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
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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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