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The ruling Labour government in Wales has been accused of “selling disabled people down the river”, after deciding that local authorities will be handed all financial responsibility for supporting former recipients of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The Welsh government has […]
Two groups have been chosen to set up new centres for independent living (CIL) in Wales, doubling the number of CILs in the country. The new centres will be located in Ceredigion, in the west of the country, and Flintshire, in […]
Disabled people in Wales will have a chance this week to provide crucial testimony on whether their human rights are being protected, for a report that will be sent to the United Nations (UN). The forum in Llanelli on Thursday (13 […]
Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they need to prepare a “hard-hitting” report on the government’s failure to implement the UN disability convention. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance […]
A pioneering programme backed by £5 million of lottery cash has issued a call for user-led teams across the UK to apply for funding to research new ways to remove the barriers to independent living faced by disabled people. The Disability […]
The national, user-led organisation representing disabled people in Wales could be forced to close in less than four months’ time, after the Welsh government refused its latest funding application. Disability Wales (DW) is set to lose more than two-thirds of its […]
Disabled people in Wales are calling on the next Welsh government to introduce a legal right to independent living, as one of five major “calls to action” in a new manifesto. The Disabled People’s Manifesto has been produced by Disability Wales, […]
The government has been told by Labour to “get a grip” on the mess caused by the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Labour and the Liberal Democrats both spoke out today (Thursday) on the ILF closure in statements to […]
A pioneering project to set up a user-controlled cooperative should boost the number of disabled people in Wales who use direct payments to fund their own support. The Citizen Directed Co-operatives Cymru (CDCC) project will support disabled people to develop a […]
The Welsh government has refused pleas to set up a replacement for the Independent Living Fund (ILF) in Wales, but it has protected the budgets of ILF-users for at least another nine months. The Welsh government had been consulting on the […]