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Covid inquiry ‘has shut out’ grassroots disabled people’s organisations

By John Pring on 8th December 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Covid inquiry ‘has shut out’ grassroots disabled people’s organisations
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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 […]

Digital inclusion scheme ‘has changed thousands of lives’

By Tom McDonough on 15th September 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Digital inclusion scheme ‘has changed thousands of lives’
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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 […]

New £3 million justice fund ‘is a radical step’ for London’s disability movement

By John Pring on 21st July 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New £3 million justice fund ‘is a radical step’ for London’s disability movement
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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 […]

We changed the way we operate due to Covid, disabled people’s organisations reveal

By John Pring on 14th July 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

We changed the way we operate due to Covid, disabled people’s organisations reveal
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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 […]

National Disability Strategy: Outrage over ‘rehashed’ strategy that is ‘not fit for purpose’

By John Pring on 30th July 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

National Disability Strategy: Outrage over ‘rehashed’ strategy that is ‘not fit for purpose’
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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 […]

National Disability Strategy: Plans are ‘realistic and deliverable’, say ministers

By John Pring on 30th July 2021 Category: Independent Living

National Disability Strategy: Plans are ‘realistic and deliverable’, say ministers
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The government claims that its new National Disability Strategy will help to “build a better and fairer life” for disabled people, despite it offering only a handful of new policies and failing to win the backing of leading disabled people’s organisations […]

Scope and Leonard Cheshire merger talks are met with scorn and concern

By John Pring on 13th August 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Scope and Leonard Cheshire merger talks are met with scorn and concern
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Disabled activists have dismissed talk of a possible merger between two of the country’s largest disability charities as a “rebranding” exercise that would only “shore up a failing business model”. Scope and Leonard Cheshire this week denied reports – based apparently […]

Council accused of ‘settling scores’ after cutting funding from DPO that criticised it

By John Pring on 11th April 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Council accused of ‘settling scores’ after cutting funding from DPO that criticised it
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A council has been accused of being “vindictive” and trying to “silence” a disabled people’s organisation (DPO) by withdrawing funding for its advice service, just months after the DPO published a critical report about social care provision in the borough. Labour-run […]

Office for Disability Issues ‘taking no action’ to halt closure of DPOs

By John Pring on 28th June 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Office for Disability Issues ‘taking no action’ to halt closure of DPOs
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The government’s Office for Disability Issues is apparently failing to take any action to address “worrying” concerns about disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) that are being forced to close because of funding problems. Earlier this month, two prominent user-led organisations spoke out […]

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