Nissan is working with the Richard Whitehead Foundation and Sported UK as part of the Possibilities Project to help people with disabilities participate in sporting activities.
Together, we are providing running prosthetics and ongoing support to young people with leg limb loss, amputation or limb difference, which aren’t widely accessible to all.
Hear from Walid, Tayla, Gabriella and Becca on how their running prosthetics are making a positive difference to their lives.
NISSAN POSSIBILITIES PROJECT
At Nissan, we believe in a world with zero emissions and zero inequalities. By using our technologies, resources and expertise we’re helping to create more opportunities for people from underrepresented communities. Leading from the front, leaving nobody behind. This is the Nissan Possibilities Project.
At Nissan, we believe in a world with zero emissions and zero inequalities. By using our technologies, resources and expertise we’re helping to create more opportunities for people from underrepresented communities. Leading from the front, leaving nobody behind. This is the Nissan Possibilities Project.
At Nissan, we believe in a world with zero emissions and zero inequalities. By using our technologies, resources and expertise we’re helping to create more opportunities for people from underrepresented communities. Leading from the front, leaving nobody behind. This is the Nissan Possibilities Project.
Our Vision
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OUR PROJECTS
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Supporting Disability
Nissan is working with the Richard Whitehead Foundation and Sported UK as part of the Possibilities Project to help people with disabilities participate in sporting activities.
Together, we are providing running prosthetics and ongoing support to young people with leg limb loss, amputation or limb difference, which aren’t widely accessible to all.
Hear from Walid, Tayla, Gabriella and Becca on how their running prosthetics are making a positive difference to their lives.
Nissan is working with the Richard Whitehead Foundation and Sported UK as part of the Possibilities Project to help people with disabilities participate in sporting activities.
Together, we are providing running prosthetics and ongoing support to young people with leg limb loss, amputation or limb difference, which aren’t widely accessible to all.
Hear from Walid, Tayla, Gabriella and Becca on how their running prosthetics are making a positive difference to their lives.
Walid
Tayla
Gabriella
Becca
Supporting City in the Community
Powerchair Football
City in the Community, Manchester City’s official charity, support people across Greater Manchester by creating healthier lives through football. Programmes place physical and mental wellbeing at their core, whilst also creating healthy futures & communities.
Nissan have been working with City in the Community helping Powerchair footballers receive the equipment they need to play the game they love.
The freedom, the joy, the feeling of scoring a goal, is all made possible through the life-changing technology of these chairs.
MEET OUR DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AMBASSADORS
Adele Roberts is an award-winning DJ and broadcaster and current host of BBC Radio 1’s Weekend Breakfast Show. A keen runner, she completed the London Marathon in 2017 and 2018. Nissan are proud to be working with Adele to advocate for greater inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community and to ensure they’re always supported, seen and heard.
Richard Whitehead is a four-time World Champion, a double Paralympic Gold medallist and silver medallist at Tokyo 2020. The former marathon and half marathon world record holder was appointed MBE in 2013 for his services to athletics. In collaboration with Richard and the Richard Whitehead Foundation, Nissan are supporting and developing more opportunities for people with disabilities.
Meet our Charity Partners
Sported
We’re working with the UK’s largest sport-for-development network to tackle inequalities in physical activity by increasing participation and accessibility for young people with disabilities.
Richard Whitehead Foundation
We’re working with Richard’s foundation to help people with disabilities have access to running prosthetics, as well as ongoing support and mentorship when living with limb loss, limb difference or amputation.
MEET OUR CORPORATE PARTNERS
Pride 365
Nissan is proud to be PRIDE 365 Certified, demonstrating our commitment to creating a working environment where diversity of talent and thought are both welcomed and positively encouraged.
The Valuable 500
Nissan is proud to have joined the Valuable 500 community, demonstrating our commitment to placing disability inclusion at the highest level within our organisation.
Race to Zero
Nissan is proud to be part of the United Nations supported campaign to rally leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions and investors to reduce emissions and deliver a healthier, fairer, zero carbon world.
Science Based Targets
Nissan is proud to be working with like-minded companies and local governments around the world to solve the challenges of climate change and realise a sustainable society through the Science Based Targets Initiative.