One of my guilty secrets is a passion for watching soap operas. I like to think that I actively watch them and don’t just waste a couple of hours everyday mindlessly staring at the goggle-box surrounded by empty pizza boxes and bottles of Diet Coke. For example, the title of my first book – Every […]
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This morning, I received the following email from Disability Wales and I thought it was worth sharing with my readers. If anyone is suffering from disability hate crime, then they shouldn’t feel alone. There is help out there. If this article persuades anyone to take positive action, then it will have served its purpose. ***
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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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