This is a Tweet that I composed last night amidst all the political shenanigans that are dominating news headlines and office conversations across the UK: Brexit may seem like the only game in town, but while politicians squabble over our withdraw from the European Union, disabled people with high care and support needs across Wales […]
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I am asking all my loyal readers and comrades to spare 3 minutes of their time and send the following postcard picture and message to the 3 Welsh Labour leadership candidates, plus other important figures who will be able to influence Welsh Government thinking with regard to the Welsh Independent Living Grant. The email can
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What my #SaveWILG campaign is in need of is a theme tune. There have been a few songs that I have adapted throughout this campaign such as Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears. The latest song I have given the WILG treatment is What’s Up by the 4 Non Blondes Without permission, I have
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I have just found the following information on the WCBC website. It talks about how the Social Care Department has been “working hard” on a new commissioning strategy for those in need of care and support services. It goes on to state that there has been a “great deal of engagement with staff, partners, providers
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PRESS RELEASE Purple Tuesday Disability Labour deplores the concept of Purple Tuesday. This event, which is being held on Tuesday 13th November is an initiative endorsed by the DWP and run by a company called We are Purple to build a “partnership” between disabled people and businesses. Fran Springfield Co-Chair of Disability Labour said; “This
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The #SaveWILG campaign is very disappointed that the Petitions Committee failed to move towards writing a report on the petition to reconsider the closure of the Welsh Independent Living Grant. Urgent action is required now as people continue to struggle as I know only too well. Last night I was awake from 03:00 onwards as
Minutes from Petitions Committee #SaveWILG Read More »
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’s decision to close its independent living grant scheme and pass the funding to local authorities could see cuts to the support packages of hundreds of disabled
Rhian Davies of Disability Wales has also alerted me to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report into the somewhat dire situation of disabled people: How Fair is Wales? This can be found in a PDF format, but really is essential reading for anyone with the power to help disabled people overcome the numerous challenges
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Below I have shared a series of facts and figures that have been put together by Rhian Davies of Disability Wales, who I was lucky enough to hear speaking at the UNCRPD report launch in Parliament last week. I was really impressed by her speech which included loads of statistics that I thought would be
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