Nathan Lee Davies

Dear Mark This is an incredibly worrying time for all disabled people and their families across Wales.  There are only 63 days left before the Welsh Independent Living Grant is due to end, leaving individuals at the mercy of cash-strapped Local Authorities  who seem intent on cutting vital support packages across the board with no […]

This report by the European Human Rights Commission into Disability Rights in Wales really is essential reading. The section on independent living is especially relevant to the #SaveWILG campaign. It reads as follows: Independent living funding The UK Government’s Independent Living Fund (ILF) closed across the UK in June 2015. In order to continue support for

In November 2016, Rebecca Evans announced that the Welsh Independent Living Grant would be closing and the funds to provide care and support for former ILF recipients would be transferred to local authorities. Using an analogy from the world of football, this was akin to finding herself with the ball at her feet in front

Here are my notes from today’s meeting with Deputy Health Minister, Julie Morgan AM. Myself, Sheila Meadows and Vic Grout got our main points across and I presented the Minister with an 80-page dossier of evidence as to why WILG should be saved. We will wait for the outcome with hope and belief in Welsh Labour… As always, I keep

I received the following letter from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, Julie Morgan AM ahead of our meeting tomorrow. I was a little disappointed and confused by this letter and the whole host of concrete evidence that it ignores in favour of working towards saving the Welsh Independent Living Grant. We will

Journalist Paul Martin really has played an important part in the #SaveWILG campaign by increasing awareness of the issue with the general public. He has always delivered well balanced articles that clearly show the failings of Welsh Government policy and Local Authorities. His latest article on WILG can be read below or by clicking this

Below is a press release sent to me by Mark Isherwood AM who has been very supportive of the #SaveWILG campaign over the last three years. We would like to thank Mark for his continued support which will hopefully benefit all disabled people across  Wales. ***   Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, Mark Isherwood AM,