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User-led sector ‘faces threat of extinction’

By John Pring on 14th February 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

User-led sector ‘faces threat of extinction’
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User-led organisations across the country are continuing to close, with the sector even facing a “real threat of extinction”, leading networks have warned this week. Those user-led organisations that have found a way to survive are increasingly being side-lined from government […]

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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