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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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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Please sign this petition, which has been started by the Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham (AVOW) and is designed to safeguard specific accessible parking bays for disabled people in Wrexham Town Centre. The petition text reads: A planning application has been submitted for a new town centre Police Station in a building currently used as an
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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. 27-12-54 Wrexham v Oldham Athletic League Division Three (Northern Section) Racecourse Ground
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I received the third response to my letter to the four main political party leaders in Wales from First Minister Carwyn Jones AM of Welsh Labour. I thank him for his reply to my concerns over the future of the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG), which I have shared below. *** Dear Nathan I am writing in response to your e-mail of
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I received the second response to my letter to the four main political party leaders in Wales from Leanne Wood AM of Plaid Cymru. I thank her for her reply to my concerns over the future of the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG), which I have shared below. *** Dear Mr Davies, Thank you for your email dated 30 November regarding
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A TAKEN FROM THE NEWSLETTER OF LESLEY GRIFFITHS, WELSH LABOUR AM FOR WREXHAM. EVERY TIME I TRY TO OPEN HER BLOG MY LAPTOP SOUNDS AN ALARM AND WARNS ME THAT A THREAT HAS BEEN DETECTED. SENSITIVE INTERNET SECURITY OR HAVE I MISJUDGED OUR LOCAL POLITICIAN? Local Government settlements were announced this week and with Local Authorities braced for
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PRESS RELEASE Disability Wales at risk of closure following funds shake-up Following a Welsh Government funding change, as from the 1st of April 2016, DW will lose 68% of its income after its recent application to the Sustainable Social Services Third Sector Grant Scheme was turned down and risks closure in less than four
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