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New fund will empower disabled women as memorial to Firman and Partridge

By John Pring on 10th May 2018 Category: Activism and Campaigning

New fund will empower disabled women as memorial to Firman and Partridge
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A disabled women’s collective hopes that a “ground-breaking” new memorial fund will empower disabled women by paying the costs of attending events they would otherwise not be able to visit.  The memorial fund* is being set up by Sisters of Frida […]

Sophie Partridge: Friends mourn activist and performer of ‘wit, wisdom and kindness’

By John Pring on 15th June 2017 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Sophie Partridge: Friends mourn activist and performer of ‘wit, wisdom and kindness’
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Friends and fellow campaigners are mourning the loss of Sophie Partridge – a disabled performer, writer and activist of wit, wisdom and “genuine kindness” – who died last week. She was best-known for her work as an actor, performing in the […]

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