Nathan Lee Davies

The following article was taken from the excellent Disability News Service website, written by John Pring.  This blogger takes no credit for the article below: *** The Welsh government has been criticised for a “ludicrous” and “insulting” failure to address the adult social care funding crisis in a new draft framework on independent living. Action

The following article was published on BBC Wales News Online  and this blogger takes no credit or responsibility for anything written below. Welsh Labour leadership candidate Mark Drakeford has told supporters he is willing to reverse changes to funding for disabled people if there is evidence they are losing out. Councils have been put in

I am requesting help on Twitter tonight to get the message across to Welsh Labour that there is still time to reverse the awful decision to close WILG and transfer all responsibilities for Independent Living to local authorities. There is a feature on WILG in the BBC One Wales programme Wales Live at 22.30 this

We are hoping that the Petitions Committee will reach a positive conclusion over our petition to save the Welsh Independent Living Grant when they meet next Tuesday (23 October). My petition was first heard over a year ago and I have since been locked in correspondence with the committee, compiled and even visited the Senedd

gI realise that this statement does not directly talk about the Welsh Independent Living Grant, but the general tone and feel of this statement is extremely Tory-like. It is very disheartening and worrying that a statement about independent living talks about getting disabled people in to work. This is a noble aspiration, but it fails

I am enjoying this politics lark and on October 25th I shall be attending a crucial meeting in The Houses of Parliament as we continue to fight for the rights of disabled people across the UK. Working together to implementing the United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) Committee Room 4,

I am likely to have a busy schedule for the next few months – indeed it has been busy for the last 3 years, but we are coming to the zenith of the campaign – and the #SaveWILG campaign was represented by myself at the Disability Wales Conference and AGM at the Ramada Plaza, Wrexham

Yesterday, I was alerted to the publication of UK Independent mechanism update report to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This is a very illuminating document that shows just how far behind the United Kingdom is slipping in terms of Disability Rights. The sections about Independent Living is of particular interest