£10m to widen accessibility of assistive technology

The Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub has been awarded £10m from the Department for International Development (DfiD) to widen access to assistive technology for disabled people. The funding will support the AT:2030 programme , which consists of six projects: Publish a framework of interventions including a global target / measurement to understand return on investment (led by UCL) An Innovation Hub based in east Africa led by the Government of Kenya and the University of Nairobi, and a fund to test and trial new ideas (led by GDI) A pilot programme of market-shaping activity based on other successful healthcare technology interventions (led by Clinton Health Access Initiative) Systems innovation, policy, standards and advocacy (led by the World Health Organisation) Build the capacity and community participation of AT users (led by UCL with Leonard Cheshire) - ; supporting the development of a global partnership on AT (led by GDI with ATScale) - The overall mission of the AT:2030 programme is to achieve at least: 10 disruptive technologies with potential for life-changing impact technologies Three million people with access to assistive technologies Six innovative service delivery models 30 new start-ups Doubling initial investment New methodologies for market shaping Victoria Austin, AT:2030 Director and GDI Director of Strategy & Partnerships, said: "This is exactly the type of programme we envisaged when we established GDI as a lasting legacy to London 2012. Working with a team of experts from across the world, AT:2030 will build on the approach to disability innovation developed during the 2012 Games." AT:2030 was announced by the Secretary of State for International Development, the Rt.