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East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Town council secures half a million in lottery cash… then bans electric wheelchairs

By John Pring on 9th March 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Town council secures half a million in lottery cash… then bans electric wheelchairs
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A town council that secured half a million pounds in lottery funding to turn a building into a new community centre and council offices banned disabled people from entering the newly-refurbished premises in their scooters or electric wheelchairs. The Meridian Centre […]

Council criticised for excluding disabled people from consultation group

By John Pring on 20th October 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Council criticised for excluding disabled people from consultation group
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A local authority has been heavily criticised for introducing new ways of consulting on disability issues that will exclude most disabled people from taking part. East Riding of Yorkshire Council previously ran a disability advisory and monitoring group (DAMG) which allowed […]

Traumatised disabled teacher says council allowed bullying to continue

By John Pring on 21st April 2016 Category: Education

Traumatised disabled teacher says council allowed bullying to continue
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A maths teacher who was told by managers after she became disabled that if she had been a horse she would have been “taken out and shot” has spoken of a campaign of bullying and harassment that left her traumatised and […]

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