Nathan Lee Davies

On Tuesday 27th November, I appeared on Sound Radio Wales to discuss the #SaveWILG campaign. You can listen to the show at the following link where you can also view the Podcast.  Warning though, I have a face for radio 🙂 Watch again The Community Voice with Paul Toal and Andrea Faulkner. Today's guest are […]

The following letter is from Janie Shaw of Carmarthenshire who tells a very disturbing story: I am deeply concerned with the forthcoming closure of the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG). My husband Lon, suffered a brain haemorrhage in 1986 at the age of just 34. The Independent Living Fund (ILF) became a lifeline to us.

Below I have copied part of the minutes from the Petitions Committee who met on Tuesday at the Senedd. People are saying that Theresa May is running out of time to get a Brexit deal through Parliament.  They would be right.  However, it is also important to remember that WILG is due to close on

BREAKING: Huw Irranca-Davies has left the Cabinet. I am not sure but I am hoping that Julie Morgan will now have responsibility for WILG recipients in her position as Deputy Health Minister. #SaveWILG campaigners look forward to working with members of the new Cabinet in their quest to protect disabled people with high support needs across Wales.

I am playing a waiting game at the moment. While the world and its Mother seems to be obsessed with Brexit and the future of Theresa May, I am continuing my fight to save the Welsh Independent Living Grant. It is a difficult environment in which to get heard, but I have every confidence in

I am requesting help on Twitter, and social media in general, to get the message across to Assembly Members across Wales that there is still time to reverse the awful decision to close WILG and transfer all responsibilities for Independent Living to local authorities. This is a crucial time for the #SaveWILG campaign as we […]

Here is an alphabetical list of AM contact details, so why not send festive messages to those with the influence to help #SaveWILG? Please feel free to encourage AMs to help protect independent living for disabled people with high support needs across Wales. If you are stuck for something to write, just spend two minutes

Below you can find my response to Mr David Rowlands – Chair of the Senedd Petitions Committee – in answer to the previous letter from the Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care, Huw Irranca-Davies.  *** 3rd December 2018 Dear Mr Rowlands, Thank you for giving me the opportunity to respond to the letter you received

 This is the letter that Huw Irranca-Davies has written to the Chair of the Petitions Committee – Mr David Rowlands – defending the Welsh Government’s decision to close WILG. My response appears in the next blog in which I have totally decimated the weak arguments in favour of signalling an end to the Welsh Independent