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Maggie Davis: Tributes to pioneer, rebel and advocate

By John Pring on 21st March 2024 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Maggie Davis: Tributes to pioneer, rebel and advocate
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Some of the country’s leading disabled activists have paid tribute to the “immense” contribution of Maggie Davis, an outspoken “rebel”, a powerful advocate and a pioneer of the independent living movement, who died last week at the age of 81. She […]

Scope’s ‘radical’ plans ‘will see it compete with DPOs’

By John Pring on 27th July 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Scope’s ‘radical’ plans ‘will see it compete with DPOs’
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An announcement by disability charity Scope that it will sell all its residential homes and special schools, and re-position itself as a “social change organisation”, is an attempt to invade the ground occupied by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), say critics. The […]

New disabled MP was former campaigns officer for BCODP

By John Pring on 22nd June 2017 Category: Politics

New disabled MP was former campaigns officer for BCODP
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One of the two disabled Labour MPs elected to parliament for the first time earlier this month is a former campaigns officer for the British Council of Disabled People (BCODP), it has emerged. Jared O’Mara (pictured, centre) caused one of the […]

George Michael’s years of vital support for DPOs revealed after his death

By John Pring on 5th January 2017 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

George Michael’s years of vital support for DPOs revealed after his death
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George Michael – who died on Christmas Day – financially supported some of the country’s leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) with secret donations for nearly two decades. The singer-songwriter provided grants through a charitable trust he set up in 1990, supporting […]

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