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London Assembly gives unanimous backing to DPO’s call for a disability equality champion for the capital

By John Pring on 12th September 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

London Assembly gives unanimous backing to DPO’s call for a disability equality champion for the capital
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Members of the London Assembly have unanimously backed a call for the mayor to take a “strategic” approach to improving the lives of disabled Londoners and appoint a new champion for disability equality across the capital. They voted for a motion […]

Disabled campaigners call on government to take seven key steps in response to final Grenfell report

By John Pring on 12th September 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled campaigners call on government to take seven key steps in response to final Grenfell report
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have called on the government to take seven key steps in response to the final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which they believe would lead to a “sea change” in housing law and policy for disabled […]

Disabled activists and allies defy bureaucrats to ensure delivery of 650 copies of ‘DWP violence’ book to MPs

By John Pring on 5th September 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists and allies defy bureaucrats to ensure delivery of 650 copies of ‘DWP violence’ book to MPs
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Disabled activists and allies used negotiation and peaceful direct action to ensure that hundreds of copies of a book about decades of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) “bureaucratic violence” will reach MPs this week. Their action ensured that every MP […]

Social model support scheme that tackles barriers secures nearly £600,000 funding

By John Pring on 8th August 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Social model support scheme that tackles barriers secures nearly £600,000 funding
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A peer support scheme that has helped hundreds of disabled people in a single borough with the barriers they face in their daily lives has secured nearly £600,000 in funding over the next five years to continue its work. Inclusion Barnet’s […]

Coffee shops must act to end ‘pervasive humiliation’, says stammering charity

By John Pring on 8th August 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Coffee shops must act to end ‘pervasive humiliation’, says stammering charity
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A disabled people’s organisation is calling on coffee shops to do more to avoid the “pervasive humiliation” faced by many customers who stammer when they try to place their order. Many people who stammer can be rushed, ignored and even mimicked […]

Crowdfunder will pay for 400 books to educate every Labour MP on decades of DWP violence

By John Pring on 1st August 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Crowdfunder will pay for 400 books to educate every Labour MP on decades of DWP violence
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Disabled activists have launched a bid to raise enough funds to send every Labour MP a copy of a book that exposes the decades of “bureaucratic violence” at the heart of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). They need to […]

Disabled activists pledge ‘no hiding place’ for Labour’s new government

By John Pring on 18th July 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled activists pledge ‘no hiding place’ for Labour’s new government
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Disabled activists have today “thrown the gauntlet down” to the new Labour government, as more than 100 protesters gathered opposite the House of Commons to call for action to address the damage caused by 14 years of Conservative rule. They demanded […]

Disabled people’s organisations call on government to ‘show you will be on our side’

By John Pring on 11th July 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled people’s organisations call on government to ‘show you will be on our side’
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have vowed to be a “critical friend” to the new Labour government, but they have called for it to “show our community that you will be on our side”. DPO Forum England, which represents more than 350 […]

DPOs pledge to continue with election hustings, despite controversies, conspiracy theories and no-shows

By John Pring on 27th June 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPOs pledge to continue with election hustings, despite controversies, conspiracy theories and no-shows
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have pledged to continue hosting election hustings, despite organisers this week having to cope with an anti-trans rights activist, a conspiracy theory-spouting Reform UK politician, and no-show party candidates. The event in Bristol was organised by DPOs* […]

Almost no councils now employ access officers, new research shows

By John Pring on 27th June 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Almost no councils now employ access officers, new research shows
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Only a tiny minority of local authorities now employ a member of staff dedicated to improving access for disabled people in their area, new research has found. Disability Rights UK (DR UK) has found just 15 of 222 English councils that […]

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