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Summit hears calls on direct action, assessment boycotts and hate crime

By John Pring on 9th November 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Summit hears calls on direct action, assessment boycotts and hate crime
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A new handbook on direct action, a national day of action on inclusive education, and a call for healthcare professionals to boycott disability benefit assessments were among campaign ideas suggested by disabled activists at a national conference. The National Disabled People’s […]

National summit set to build new alliances and ‘reinvigorate’ the movement

By John Pring on 19th October 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

National summit set to build new alliances and ‘reinvigorate’ the movement
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Organisers of a national “summit meeting” of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), grassroots campaigns and trade unions hope it will “reinvigorate” the disability movement. The National Disabled People’s Summit is being funded by unions, and co-organised by the Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance. […]

Summit meeting will aim to bring movement together on independent living

By John Pring on 14th September 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Summit meeting will aim to bring movement together on independent living
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Activists are hoping that a national disabled people’s “summit” will bring disabled people, their organisations and unions together to fight back against the repeated attacks on their right to independent living. Plans for the day-long summit were launched at a fringe […]

Government’s UN response ‘exposes failings on disability convention’

By John Pring on 13th July 2017 Category: Human Rights

Government’s UN response ‘exposes failings on disability convention’
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The government has ignored key evidence that demonstrates widespread breaches of the UN disability convention, according to disabled people’s grassroots groups and organisations that are working together to expose its failings. They spoke out after the government submitted its response to […]

Delayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’

By John Pring on 21st July 2016 Category: Human Rights

Delayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’
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Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they need to prepare a “hard-hitting” report on the government’s failure to implement the UN disability convention. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance […]

ROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance

By John Pring on 21st July 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance
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A campaigning alliance has called for disabled people and their organisations to join its fight to use the UN disability convention to defend attacks on their rights by the UK government. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) was holding its third […]

ROFA’s conference call to DPOs is next step towards international influence

By John Pring on 14th April 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ROFA’s conference call to DPOs is next step towards international influence
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A national conference is set to provide disabled people and their organisations across England with an opportunity to come together to discuss key disability rights issues, share their campaigning successes, and secure a collective voice on the international stage. The Reclaiming […]

ELECTION 2015: DPOs announce ‘17 policies to reclaim our futures’

By John Pring on 6th May 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

ELECTION 2015: DPOs announce ‘17 policies to reclaim our futures’
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Four leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have issued a list of 17 policies they want the next government to implement in its first 100 days. Equal Lives, Inclusion London, The Alliance for Inclusive Education and Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), published […]

Austerity testimony ‘shows the need to get the vote out’

By John Pring on 28th November 2014 Category: Benefits and Poverty, News Archive

Austerity testimony ‘shows the need to get the vote out’
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A new user-led campaign and report aim to highlight the experiences of disabled people hit by the government’s welfare reforms, and encourage them to vote at next year’s general election. From Cuts… To Resistance, a report by the Reclaiming Our Futures […]

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