Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance

Employment

April 26, 2018 0

Regulator chaired by former minister resists probe into DWP’s ‘disrepute’ contract clause

A regulator chaired by a former Tory minister is refusing to investigate charities that have signed contracts that prevent them criticising the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and its secretary of state Esther McVey. The Charities Commission – a non-ministerial government department – is chaired by Baroness Stowell, a former Tory communities and

Human Rights

An overhead view of the delegates in the chamber in Geneva

March 1, 2018 0

DPOs ask May for meeting over lack of progress on UN convention rights

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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have accused the government of maintaining a “head-in-the-sand denial” of its failure to protect disabled people’s human rights. The criticism came from a coalition of DPOs from across the UK as they wrote to the prime minister, Theresa May, to question the lack of progress in the six months since

Activism and Campaigning

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November 9, 2017 0

Summit hears calls on direct action, assessment boycotts and hate crime

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A new handbook on direct action, a national day of action on inclusive education, and a call for healthcare professionals to boycott disability benefit assessments were among campaign ideas suggested by disabled activists at a national conference. The National Disabled People’s Summit saw up to 200 Deaf and disabled activists discussing ways to coordinate

Activism and Campaigning

Tapestry featuring rights slogans such as Disabled People Fight Back and Nothing About Us Without Us

October 19, 2017 0

National summit set to build new alliances and ‘reinvigorate’ the movement

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Organisers of a national “summit meeting” of disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), grassroots campaigns and trade unions hope it will “reinvigorate” the disability movement. The National Disabled People’s Summit is being funded by unions, and co-organised by the Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance. Organisers of the summit say there is a need to explore how to

Activism and Campaigning

September 14, 2017 0

Summit meeting will aim to bring movement together on independent living

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Activists are hoping that a national disabled people’s “summit” will bring disabled people, their organisations and unions together to fight back against the repeated attacks on their right to independent living. Plans for the day-long summit were launched at a fringe meeting at the annual TUC Congress in Brighton this week. Mandy Hudson, who

Human Rights

July 13, 2017 0

Government’s UN response ‘exposes failings on disability convention’

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The government has ignored key evidence that demonstrates widespread breaches of the UN disability convention, according to disabled people’s grassroots groups and organisations that are working together to expose its failings. They spoke out after the government submitted its response to concerns raised earlier this year by a UN committee, which described where it

Human Rights

July 21, 2016

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Delayed UN examination of UK government ‘will take place next year’

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Disabled people’s organisations and grassroots groups are set to call on disabled people across England to provide the evidence they need to prepare a “hard-hitting” report on the government’s failure to implement the UN disability convention. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) has announced that it will put together a “shadow report” to submit

Activism and Campaigning

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July 21, 2016

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ROFA’s conference hears call to build a stronger alliance

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A campaigning alliance has called for disabled people and their organisations to join its fight to use the UN disability convention to defend attacks on their rights by the UK government. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) was holding its third national conference in the five years since it was founded by a small

Activism and Campaigning

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April 14, 2016

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ROFA’s conference call to DPOs is next step towards international influence

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A national conference is set to provide disabled people and their organisations across England with an opportunity to come together to discuss key disability rights issues, share their campaigning successes, and secure a collective voice on the international stage. The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) is set to take a sizeable step forward at

Activism and Campaigning

Protester in wheelchair holding sign saying 'The needy, paying for the sins of the greedy'

May 6, 2015

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ELECTION 2015: DPOs announce ‘17 policies to reclaim our futures’

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Four leading disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have issued a list of 17 policies they want the next government to implement in its first 100 days. Equal Lives, Inclusion London, The Alliance for Inclusive Education and Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), published the list to help campaigners in the days leading up to tomorrow’s general

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