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Leading figures in the self-advocacy movement hope that a new campaigning alliance will help to hold political parties and the government to account in the run-up to the next election. Learning Disability Alliance England will be launched in Manchester later this […]
A national disabled people’s organisation appears to have staved off threatened closure, after reaching a tentative agreement with a statutory body to take on responsibility for its massive pensions deficit. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) says it has an unsustainable pensions […]
Disabled activists and other campaigners took part in a vigil outside the Royal Courts of Justice this week to support the latest legal bid to halt the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Two ILF-users – Gabriel Pepper and John […]
A national user-led organisation has become the latest disability charity to be forced to close because of a government failure to provide funding for day-to-day running costs. The closure of Assist UK, which leads the national network of disabled living centres, […]
Two groups of activists helped ensure that the voices of disabled people were heard by MPs and shadow ministers during this week’s Labour party conference. In contrast to previous party conferences, where fringe meetings have usually been dominated by charity lobbyists, […]
A local authority has been persuaded to think again over its decision to award a contract to a national charity at the expense of a local disabled people’s organisation (DPO). Real has been providing direct payments support to disabled people in […]
A disabled people’s organisation (DPO) with an “amazing” reputation among service-users could be forced to close after losing out to a much larger national charity. Real has been providing direct payments support to disabled people in the London borough of Tower […]
Disabled activists have welcomed the UN’s apparent decision to launch an inquiry into allegations of “grave or systematic” violations of its disability convention by the UK government. Disability News Service (DNS) revealed last week that the UN’s Committee on the Rights […]
Activists have praised the “quiet determination” of a dedicated disabled campaigner who has died suddenly at the age of 45. Nicholas Russell’s death, from a heart attack, has drawn tributes from across the disability and Labour movements. Among his roles, he […]
Disabled people’s organisations are in danger of becoming “servants” of their local authorities, as the government encourages them to compete for the right to provide council services, a user-led forum has warned. North Tyneside Disability Forum (NTDF) is concerned that council […]