Enable Ability

Enable Ability is established as an independent charity for the care, welfare and advancement of disabled people in Portsmouth and the surrounding area. 

We work in partnership with disabled children and adults, their families and carers, to provide a range of high quality, professional and confidential services.

We support people with severe disabilities as well as those whose needs are at a more ‘mild to moderate’ level. Altogether we provide for approximately 500 children and adults via 11 different services. The charity is funded through Local Authority contracts, grant awarding bodies (e.g. Children in Need and The National Lottery), fees, donations, fund raising events, investments and rental income.

Our key challenges over the next three years comprise: building sufficient capacity to meet increased demand; responding effectively to parent / carer expectations concerning levels of service provision; reductions in funding that we will receive from statutory agencies, increased competition for grant funding and having the capacity to fully meet fundraising targets through events, sponsorship and donations.