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Disabled campaigners have reacted with despair and exasperation to the government’s “deeply disappointing” announcement that it is delaying long-term reform of the adult social care system in England. Instead of announcing immediate plans for long-term reform, health and social care secretary […]
Advice services provided by disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) are under significant financial threat, despite a surge in demand for the support they provide, new research has shown. More than nine in 10 (93 per cent) of the DPOs who took part […]
The leading disabled people’s organisation (DPO) in Wales has warned the Welsh and UK governments that co-production of policy with disabled people will not be possible if they fail to provide the funding that they and other DPOs need to survive. […]
Disabled people’s organisations from across the UK have described the government’s evidence to a UN disability rights committee this week as “an insult to disabled people” and full of “half-truths, untruths” and “empty assertions”. Representatives from more than 10 disabled people’s […]
Neighbours are by far the most frequent perpetrators of disability hate crime in London, a new report by a disabled people’s organisation has found. The report by Inclusion London found that neighbours accounted for more than half of the cases examined […]
Grassroots disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have expressed their frustration at being “shut out” of the Covid public inquiry. The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has decided that 14 DPOs will not be allocated status as “core participants” in two crucial parts of the […]
By Tom McDonough A user-led digital inclusion service has changed the lives of more than 5,000 isolated and digitally-excluded people, helping them combat loneliness and connect to vital services, according to one of the organisations behind the scheme. The Tech to […]
A new £3 million fund is set to provide a “really exciting” and “radical” opportunity to transform the disability movement in London. The new Disability Justice Fund aims to strengthen the foundations of the movement in the capital, strengthen the ability […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have made “significant” changes to the way they operate because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey has found. Nearly all the English DPOs that took part in the survey, carried out by disAbility Cornwall & Isles […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have expressed “outrage” at the UK government’s decision to launch a “tokenistic” and “rehashed” National Disability Strategy that is “not fit for purpose”, and was not developed in co-production with DPOs. A network of more than 20 […]