Yesterday I received the following email from Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance, outlining the Disabled People’s Manifesto which has been written in consultation with Disabled People’s Organisations and Disabled people across the UK. It is well worth reading and taking action on to ensure that the next UK Government take Disabled people and their wishes into consideration when introducing new policies.
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Our vision for equality and inclusion
Inclusion London is a member of Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance, which today released its Disabled People’s Manifesto, and demands for the first 100 days of the new government!
This manifesto has been written in consultation with Disabled People’s Organisations and Disabled people across the UK, and is based on the social model of disability and the cultural model of deafness. Now we need your help to campaign on it!
What we are calling for
- Ending austerity, which disproportionately affected Disabled people
- A planned programme of national and local investment to address the impact of austerity and progress the equality and inclusion for Disabled people,
- Setting up a National Independent Living Service to replace our failing social care system
- Deinstitutionalisation and a radical reform to mental health and mental capacity laws,
- Scrapping Universal Credit and designing a new benefits system in co-production with Disabled people
- Removing conditionality and sanctions
- A fully inclusive education system
- Measures to remove the barriers we face in employment, access to justice, housing and participation in all aspect of life.
We believe it is more important than ever that the political parties truly commit to co-producing its policies with Disabled people and our organisations, and uphold the principle of ‘nothing about us without us’.
Disabled People’s Manifesto 2019:
- Read ROFA’s Disabled People’s Manifesto 2019
- An easy read version of ROFA’s Disabled People’s manifesto 2019
Our asks for the new government:
How can you use this manifesto?
We will be sharing this manifesto with political parties and candidates, but we need your help to support our campaign. Here is what you can do:
- Share this manifesto with your local MP candidates.
- Interview your MP candidates on some or all of the issues discussed in the manifesto.
- Hold local hustings!
- Run a voter registration drive to make sure as many Disabled people local to you have the opportunity to get their voices heard on polling day!
- Use the local press and social media to publicise your events and our demands!
We have lots of information and ideas on what DDPOs can do on elections and voting, including legal responsibilities under Charity Law and the Lobbying Act, which can be accessed here: Election Resources and Guides.
Election 2019 more information here
