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By Tom McDonough A user-led digital inclusion service has changed the lives of more than 5,000 isolated and digitally-excluded people, helping them combat loneliness and connect to vital services, according to one of the organisations behind the scheme. The Tech to […]
By Tom McDonough A new funding programme launched by a disabled people’s organisation aims to help small user-led mental health groups in England continue providing “life-saving” support in the heart of the cost-of-living crisis. National Survivor User Network (NSUN), a network […]
The campaigning work of a UK disabled people’s organisation (DPO) will receive international recognition next week when it hosts a global conference that is set to attract people who stammer from all over the world. STAMMA will host the five-day STAMMAFest […]
A union has published a booklet filled with tributes to the life and work of the “unique and irreplaceable” disabled activist Seán McGovern, who died two years ago. The booklet, Remembering Seán McGovern (PDF)*, by Mark Metcalf, is being launched today […]
A new £3 million fund is set to provide a “really exciting” and “radical” opportunity to transform the disability movement in London. The new Disability Justice Fund aims to strengthen the foundations of the movement in the capital, strengthen the ability […]
Disabled people have called for action to open up their access to green jobs, public transport, affordable food and clean energy across their city, as part of a pioneering, user-led climate action plan. The plan also calls for blue badge holders […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have made “significant” changes to the way they operate because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey has found. Nearly all the English DPOs that took part in the survey, carried out by disAbility Cornwall & Isles […]
Disabled activists in Ukraine have been kidnapped and killed, residential institutions have been shelled, and Deaf people have been unable to escape to shelters because they cannot hear the air raid warnings, a conference has heard. Representatives of leading disabled people’s […]
A new campaign by a disabled people’s organisation is highlighting how a string of projects are driving change in their local community through the principles of co-production. Wiltshire Centre for Independent Living (WCIL) launched its Listen Up Wiltshire campaign in 2019 […]
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has finally released 90 pages of emails that include information about Disability News Service (DNS) editor John Pring, following a two-and-a-half-year legal battle. It has taken since January 2020 to obtain the information from […]