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Activism and Campaigning

More than 220 member groups of mental health network close in two years

By John Pring on 30th March 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

More than 220 member groups of mental health network close in two years
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A charity is warning that scores of user-led mental health groups across England have been forced to close, many of them after losing out to large mental health charities and private sector organisations that have been “sweeping up” their contracts. Research […]

DPOs join forces to brief UN on how UK has breached disability convention

By John Pring on 16th March 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPOs join forces to brief UN on how UK has breached disability convention
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have come together to tell a UN committee the different ways in which the UK government has been breaching the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The meeting in Geneva took place just […]

DPO hopes mayoral election will see Manchester lead the way on disability rights

By John Pring on 16th March 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPO hopes mayoral election will see Manchester lead the way on disability rights
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A leading disabled people’s organisation (DPOs) is hoping to persuade the first elected mayor of Greater Manchester to make the region a trailblazer for disability rights in England. Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) believes the devolution of powers from […]

Town council secures half a million in lottery cash… then bans electric wheelchairs

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

Town council secures half a million in lottery cash… then bans electric wheelchairs
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A town council that secured half a million pounds in lottery funding to turn a building into a new community centre and council offices banned disabled people from entering the newly-refurbished premises in their scooters or electric wheelchairs. The Meridian Centre […]

Activists bring ‘no more benefit deaths’ message to Westminster

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

Activists bring ‘no more benefit deaths’ message to Westminster
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Disabled activists have explained why they took to the streets around parliament to protest at the government’s latest cuts to disability benefits. The protest, organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and the Mental Health Resistance Network (MHRN), brought traffic to […]

Coroner orders inquest into ‘fit for work’ man who collapsed after leaving jobcentre

By John Pring on 26th January 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coroner orders inquest into ‘fit for work’ man who collapsed after leaving jobcentre
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About 100 activists and their allies have taken part in a protest and vigil to mark the death of a disabled man who died minutes after leaving a jobcentre… six months after a government contractor found him “fit for work”. Lawrence […]

Sayce announces retirement, as ‘she is shortlisted’ for EHRC appointment

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

Sayce announces retirement, as ‘she is shortlisted’ for EHRC appointment
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The chief executive of the UK’s most prominent national disabled people’s organisation (DPO) has announced that she is to retire from her post. Liz Sayce has headed Disability Rights UK (DR UK) since it was formed in 2012 through a merger […]

Activists mourn Robert Dellar, co-founder of Mad Pride and a ‘tenacious force for good’

By John Pring on 22nd December 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Activists mourn Robert Dellar, co-founder of Mad Pride and a ‘tenacious force for good’
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Mental health activists are mourning the loss of Robert Dellar, a “tenacious force for good in an uncaring world” and one of the founders of Mad Pride, who died at the weekend. Dellar avoided the media limelight, but had been a […]

Big disability charities ‘are selling out disabled people’ by seeking DWP contracts

By John Pring on 8th December 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Big disability charities ‘are selling out disabled people’ by seeking DWP contracts
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The country’s largest disability charities have been accused of “selling out” disabled people, as they look set to play a significant role in providing back-to-work services under the government’s new Work and Health Programme. Disability News Service (DNS) has contacted seven […]

Government ‘leaves self-advocates with #NoVoice’ after scrapping forum’s funding

By John Pring on 1st December 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government ‘leaves self-advocates with #NoVoice’ after scrapping forum’s funding
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A national forum set up 15 years ago to involve people with learning difficulties in developing government policy is set to lose its Department of Health (DH) funding. Inclusion North, the disability organisation that is paid by DH to run the […]

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