I have received an update from the Welsh Government, on their efforts to provide independent assessments to all WILG recipients who requested one. It read as follows: All 14 local authorities who have former WILG recipients who have requested an independent assessment now have a data sharing agreement in place with ICS. As a result […]
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The following article appears on BBC News website. *** A row has broken out between a football club and its disabled supporters’ group. Wrexham FC said the club’s Disabled Supporters Association (DSA) went “on strike” after it had a ticket and an on-pitch presentation request refused. The DSA usually assigns the spaces for wheelchair users
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The following Press Release has been released by the Wrexham Disabled Supporters Association and was written by Andy Pierce, Wrexham DSA co-chair. Needless to say Andy, Steve and everyone involved with the DSA have my full support. *** Following last night’s statement from Wrexham AFC, we also felt it important that the situation is clarified
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I have been a supporter of Wrexham AFC for 35 years. I have ploughed tens of thousands of pounds into the club I love. My relationship with the football club has been the one consistent relationship in my life and outlasted failed relations with the opposite sex. I believed I would be Wrexham til I
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I am excited to announce the imminent release of my second book: Dancing on Thin Ice. This is a volume of poetry by myself, including Tanka, Haiku and List Poems. It will retail for just £5 and will be an ideal stocking filler for friends and family. It is due to be officially launched at
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About seven years ago, I started writing to prisoners on Death Row. After much research, I decided to keep in regular contact with Gerald Marshall #999489, who is imprisoned in the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. Due to my work on the #SaveWILG campaign, I did not keep up the commitment I had made to
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The following is an article written by John Pring on his excellent Disability News Service website. This can be accessed by clicking here. I have been put in a difficult position following the publication of the Welsh Government’s new framework on independent living – Action On Disability – The Right to Independent Living. I have
By visiting Senedd.tv and watching the Petitions Committee meeting from September 17, you can listen to probably the final discussion of the #SaveWILG campaign by the committee. Many thanks to the Petitions Committee for all the time and work put into considering the petition. I am glad to report that I received an email from
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Below is a press release from Disability Wales on the launch of ‘Action on Disability: The Right to Independent Living’. My views on this framework are not overwhelmingly positive, but it doesn’t really affect me that much. I will look more closely at this in future to see how it will affect my disabled brothers
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This morning I received an email from Mark Drakeford, the First Minister of Wales, outlining his party’s approach to the Brexit shenanigans. I thought I would share this below. I have lots going on at the moment, as I am still waiting on my WILG assessment and am in the midst of a staffing crisis.
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