Between 2002-2008 I was Scottish Correspondent for the wonderfully professional Groundtastic – The Football Grounds Magazine. I can not speak highly enough of the editors and contributors to this glossy magazine that is jam-packed with interesting information and photographic gold. I haven’t been a subscriber to the magazine since my marriage imploded in 2008 and I was […]
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Source: The UN Inquiry into the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the UK – Commons Briefing
The UN Inquiry into the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the UK – Commons Briefing Read More »
So, the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) has been extended to March 2017. This is a reason for celebration and is the culmination of a lot of hard work by many people over the last 12 months to protect independent living for disabled people across Wales. However, we cannot rest on our laurels and must
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TAKEN FROM DISABILITY WALES WEBSITE The Minister for Health & Social Services, Mark Drakeford AM, has responded to a letter from the Co-Chairs of the Cross Party Group on Disability, Mark Isherwood AM and Aled Roberts AM. The Minister confirms that “the Welsh Government’s draft budget for 2016-17 contains £27m to enable the WILG to
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Visit my Virgin Money Giving page and please give generously in aid of Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Throughout 2015, I completed The Big Hoot trail in aid of Birmingham Children’s Hospital. The Big Hoot was a mass participation public art event comprising of 89 individually designed large fibreglass owl sculptures forming a trail across Birmingham for
Below I have pasted an excellent article by John Pring of Disability News Service, which includes quotes from a certain Nathan Lee Davies 🙂 Disabled members of the Conservative party have launched their own investigation into the closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF), following widespread concerns about its impact across the country. The
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Throughout the 2015/16 football season I will be contributing to the Wrexham AFC matchday programme. I will be penning a feature called Memory Match, a look back at classic Wrexham games from the past that I will share in this blog over the coming months. 15-01-77 Wrexham v Reading League Division Three Racecourse Ground Result: 3-1 Wrexham:
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A few months ago I signed an online petition to help Defend Disabled People’s Right to Independent Living. Yesterday I received the following update on the campaign along with the latest developments. I am sharing these on my blog to raise awareness and remind people that action needs to be taken in order to protect
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Dear Ms Abrahams I am writing to you in your role as shadow minister for disabled people about the on going struggles across the UK to protect Independent Living for all. As a disabled activist I have been campaigning for the rights of disabled people to independent living in Wales. Recently we have received promising news that we
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Disability Wales has been awarded a funding package by Welsh Government totaling £600,000 over the next three years, which means that it is no longer at risk of closure this March as feared following the news before Christmas that it lost its core grant due to changes in Welsh Government grant making arrangements. Disability Wales
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