Amplifying stories and knowledge driving inclusion through partnerships, networks and Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs).
The AT2030 programme drives meaningful change by engaging with key sporting and cultural moments, working together with assistive technology users, Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) and the wider disability innovation community. Through co-developed storytelling, we challenge stigma and deepen understanding, testing and scaling community engagement strategies to accelerate lasting impact.
The Para-Sport Against Stigma programme champions innovative approaches to amplifying para-sport activity, harnessing its power to shift perceptions and drive systemic change through targeted dissemination and advocacy.
This cluster is also building a network of Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs), to develop foundational knowledge of what is available to them from a funding to networking perspective. By designing research collaboratively alongside OPDs, we address barriers to AT access while creating meaningful mechanisms for AT user engagement and influence.
Sub-Programmes
- OPD & AT User Engagement: The global OPD/DPO map is the largest-ever collection of advocacy groups led by disabled voices in the transnational disability community.
- Para Sport Against Stigma: The AT2030 Para Sport Against Stigma Programme is a multi-phase research and practice initiative funded by UK International Development and led by Loughborough University in partnership with organisations across Southern Africa.
- Sector Events and Engagement: This area of the AT2030 programme serves to drive impact by amplifying programme and research outputs through public engagement mechanisms.
- Amplifying the Paralympics: The 2024 Paralympic Games provided a powerful global stage, and the Global Disability Innovation Hub seized the moment to amplify the voices, stories, and futures of disabled people worldwide by proudly supporting a landmark collaboration between leading UK and South African Deaf and disabled artists.
Latest
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Webinar: Introducing the Global OPD Map
Global Disability Innovation HubJuly 9, 2026GlobalJoin our upcoming webinar: Introducing the Global OPD Map: Connecting the Transnational Disabled People’s Movement, Thursday 9th July, 12-1pm GMT
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Pathways to Funding For Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in Low- and-Middle-Income Countries plain text version
Rebecca Joskow, Anna Landre, Pollyanna WardropJune 30, 2026Case Studies and ReportsOrganisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) play important roles as policy and governance experts, strategic partners, and advocates for the inclusion of people with disabilities, including speeding up access to assistive technology. Despite this central role in disability rights advocacy, many OPDs work with limited funding. This weakens their ability to continue their work, and to influence the shaping of strategies, policies, and interventions. This report is a plain text translation of the Pathways to Funding report which set out to map the current funding environment for OPDs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
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COSP-19: a year of anniversaries and action, to consider what next
Iain McKinnonJune 29, 2026United StatesAT2030 ResourcesThis statement was delivered by GDI Hub CEO Iain McKinnon, at the UN in New York, as part of the General Debate for COSP-19, the UN’s annual disability conference.
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Pathways to Funding: The Welfare Society for the Disabled – Sierra Leone (WESOFOD-SL)
Global Disability Innovation HubJune 29, 2026Sierra LeoneCase Studies and ReportsWelfare Society for the Disabled Sierra Leone (WESOFODSL) are working with GDI Hub and partner Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) to identify where funding systems prevent OPDs from participating and how those barriers can be removed so OPDs can play a central role in shaping legislation, policies and decisions affecting persons with disabilities. As part of this work, WESOFODSL held a workshop with 18 OPD leaders and created a video encouraging funder, government and OPD use of key reports and guidance to improve access to funding for OPDs in Sierra Leone.
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Disseminating the Country-Level Strategy on Strengthening Organisations of Persons with Disabilities through Assistive Technology in Kenya.
Global Disability Innovation Hub, Kilimanjaro Blind TrustJune 23, 2026AT2030 ResourcesKilimanjaro Blind Trust Africa (KBTA), through the AT2030 Programme led by the Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub), organised a national dissemination event to present the Country-Level Strategy on Strengthening Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) through Assistive Technology in Kenya. KBTA developed the strategy following a comprehensive needs assessment conducted in Nairobi, Kisumu, and Mombasa Counties and consultations with OPDs, government institutions, development partners, researchers, and Assistive Technology stakeholders.