IMPACT HOURS, our new one hour learning sessions designed for people who want meaningful development without losing an entire morning to training, while still recognising that longer, more in depth training sessions have their own important place in professional development.
Ninety years of advocacy, inclusion and unwavering commitment to persons with disabilities is a legacy worth lifting high.
Get ready Western Cape Casual Day 2026 is in the not-too-distant future and this year’s theme is nothing short of electrifying: Beat As One.
Creating inclusive workplaces starts with one essential step: seeing the barriers that sometimes go unnoticed. During a recent on site disability awareness and sensitisation session at Sanlam, that is exactly what happened, and it happened in real time.
On 17 March, WCAPD marked World Social Work Day with a series of video reflections that gave South Africans a rare, honest look into the real pressures, decisions, and hopes that shape social work in the disability sector.
From the vibrant heartbeat inside the Bright Star Activity Group to the community pride ignited by the launch of the Hawston Mini Library for the Blind, Overstrand APD continues to show what is possible when people, purpose and inclusion come together.
Recent engagements between the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and disability organisations in the Western Cape brought long standing concerns into full view: accessibility remains inconsistent, representation within the IEC’s own teams is far too low, and persons with disabilities continue to face avoidable barriers when exercising a basic democratic right.
Something truly uplifting has taken root at Laingsburg APD, quite literally! Earlier this year, the branch received a generous donation of gardening tools and supplies from the Department of Agriculture in Laingsburg.
We’re turning up the volume on disability awareness, and you’re invited to listen in each week for conversations that spark curiosity, shift perspectives and shine a light on the stories that matter. Expect real voices, real experiences, and real insight into what inclusion looks like.
