We are delighted that Richard Burbidge and their sister company Atkinson & Kirby have selected PCAS as their nominated community and charity partner for 2020. Ffion Hughes from their Marketing team explains:

The charity was founded in 1995 by the Shropshire Disability Consortium, providing a community based independent advocacy service for people with any disability, over the age of 18, in Shropshire & Telford & Wrekin. Our team of advocates help people with disability deal with isolation.

We sat down with PCAS founder Simon Arthur to understand the increasingly important and challenging role the charity has in our region. Simon, PCAS has been serving the disabled community in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin for 25 years, why is it more important than ever to secure additional funding? With austerity and continued governmental cuts to local authorities, this has had a knock on effect to the voluntary sector.