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January 21, 2016

Campaigner’s Rio dream is fading over funding shortfall

By Raya Al Jadir A disabled campaigner has secured a place to volunteer at this summer’s Rio Olympics but is struggling to raise £17, 000 to pay for herself and the four personal assistants (PAs) she will need to take with her on the trip. Mary Laver, who uses a powered wheelchair and needs

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January 9, 2015 0

Independent Living Fund: ‘Target every MP before general election’

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Disabled activists have been told to target every single candidate in May’s general election, to demand their backing for the campaign to save the Independent Living Fund (ILF). The call came as about 100 activists – many of them ILF-users – marched in the rain on Downing Street, held up traffic in Whitehall, and

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Campaigner’s Rio dream is fading over funding shortfall

Independent Living Fund: ‘Target every MP before general election’