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Call for drama schools to act after diversity research leaves campaigners ‘speechless’

By John Pring on 17th November 2016 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Call for drama schools to act after diversity research leaves campaigners ‘speechless’
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Leading disabled actors have accused drama schools of not doing enough to recruit disabled students, and of hiding behind a “contrived” excuse for their failure to do so. Research by the campaign group Act for Change shows that not one of […]

‘Muddled’ blue badge reforms ‘are to blame for renewal delays’

By John Pring on 6th February 2015 Category: Independent Living, News Archive

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The government’s refusal to introduce a national system to administer applications for blue parking badges is to blame for lengthy delays and backlogs across the country, according to a leading disabled motoring expert. Last month, retired Paralympian Steve Varden described the […]

Blue badge delays are ‘national scandal’

By John Pring on 23rd January 2015 Category: Independent Living, News Archive

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Delays to the renewal of blue parking badges across the country – following government reforms – are a “national problem, scandal and injustice”, according to a retired Paralympian and campaigner. Steve Varden – now a musician and actor and chair of […]

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