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May 10, 2018 0

New fund will empower disabled women as memorial to Firman and Partridge

A disabled women’s collective hopes that a “ground-breaking” new memorial fund will empower disabled women by paying the costs of attending events they would otherwise not be able to visit. The memorial fund* is being set up by Sisters of Frida (SoF) to remember Eleanor Firman and Sophie Partridge, who were both members of

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Lisney, Buxton, Hart and Brothers (and her guide dog) outside 10 Downing Street

May 3, 2018 0

Campaign’s legal threat forces government pledge on election access fund decision

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The government is finally set to publish a long-awaited review of a fund that supported Deaf and disabled people with the extra costs of standing for election but has been closed for the last three years. The announcement came in response to a legal letter sent on behalf of three disabled politicians, Labour’s Emily

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May 3, 2018 0

Pioneering commission of disabled people sets council on path to true co-production

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A pioneering inquiry by a commission of disabled people is set to lead to a London borough becoming a beacon for local authorities on how to work together with service-users to co-produce policies and services. The report by the Hammersmith and Fulham Disabled People’s Commission focuses on how to remove the barriers disabled people

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May 3, 2018 0

User-led network could close as latest victim of competition from big charities

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A national network of mental health service-users, survivors and activists is facing closure next month if it cannot secure new funding, after becoming the latest victim of competition from large, non-user-led charities and private sector organisations. The threat to the future of the National Survivor User Network (NSUN), which was established in 2009, comes

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April 26, 2018 0

Letter calls on GP body to denounce DWP’s ‘fit for work coercion’

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The national membership body for GPs is facing calls for it to denounce government attempts to persuade doctors to “coerce” patients with serious health conditions back into work. More than 90 campaigners and concerned health professionals have sent a joint letter to the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), asking the organisation to distance

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March 8, 2018 0

New campaign to fight barriers to elected office is tribute to Lorraine Gradwell

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A new campaigning organisation – named after one of Manchester’s “finest civil rights campaigners” – will fight to remove the barriers to elected office faced by disabled people in the city. The Trust Lorraine Foundation (TLF) was launched in Manchester on Saturday by Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) and Breakthrough UK. It

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March 1, 2018 0

Former long-stay residents plead with cemetery developers: ‘Let our friends rest in peace’

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Campaigners are fighting development plans that they fear could disturb the remains of some of the more than 1,000 disabled people who are buried in the former grounds of a long-stay hospital. People with learning difficulties who are former residents are among those concerned about plans to build a crematorium on part of the

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Seven people on a stage, with Juliet Marlow in a wheelchair far right, in front of a screen that says Choice at the end of life

February 15, 2018 0

Anger over Royal Society’s ‘love fest for euthanasia’ conference

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Disabled activists have attacked the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) for hosting a conference on “choice at the end of life” that was little more than a “love fest for euthanasia”. RSM said before the event that the conference would “question whether or not assisted dying is complementary or contradictory to the notion of

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February 8, 2018 0

Disabled women celebrate vote centenary but warn of slow progress on rights

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Disabled activists have celebrated this week’s 100-year anniversary of women gaining the right to vote but have warned that disabled women are still facing breaches of their rights in all areas of life. On Tuesday (6 February), there were public celebrations to mark 100 years since parliament passed the Representation of the People Act

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Sarah Newton speaking in Westminster Hall

February 1, 2018 0

Activists explain why they ‘clashed’ with minister after PIP debate

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Two disabled activists have explained why they “clashed” with the minister for disabled people at the end of a parliamentary debate on personal independence payment (PIP). Paula Peters and Keith Walker, from Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), decided to confront Sarah Newton over the government’s record because of the “dismissive” way she had responded

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