The following letter has been sent to the Deputy Leader of Welsh Labour, Carolyn Harris MP. Thanks to Keith Sinclair for his assistance in the writing of this message. *** Dear Carolyn, Congratulations on your election as Deputy Leader from all at the #SaveWILG campaign. I would also like to thank you personally for your […]
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Taken from an original article by John Pring on the Disability News Service website: A disabled activist who has campaigned to save the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) is celebrating after the Welsh Labour annual conference voted to back his campaign. Nathan Lee Davies has led a campaign to force the Labour-run Welsh government to
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Throughout the 2017/18 football season I have contributed to the Wrexham AFC matchday programme. I penned a feature called Memory Match, a look back at classic Wrexham games from the past that I shared on this blog. This was the third successive season that I have been writing the Memory Match column. Indeed, when I have written a Memory Match for every Football
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Every good campaign should have a soundtrack – a collection of banging tunes that lyrically relate to the situation that is being fought over. I have put together a selection of songs in a Spotify playlist that all relate in some way to the cause we have been working towards over the last few years.
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There is so much to say about my first Welsh Labour Conference. I don’t have time to share everything that went on during this wonderful weekend as I have much to catch up with and organise for the next few busy weeks. Instead I will share a Facebook post that I added on Saturday night
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I am looking for support for my motion to save the Welsh Independent Living Grant at the Welsh Labour Conference at the weekend. A quick summary of why this is so important appears below: You may be familiar with the demise of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) and the transition of funds to the devolved
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I have just been cheered up no end by the petitions committee speaking about Save WILG and paying tribute to a certain campaigner. I was almost in tears. Janet Finch-Saunders did us proud and she wearing a badge of ours. She is a Welsh Conservative but she really is a Tory with a heart of gold.I would
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What my #SaveWILG campaign is in need of is a theme tune. I hit upon this idea while listening to Spotify in bed the other night. Frank Sinatra featured on my playlist performing his classic hit They Can’t Take That Away from Me. Without permission, I have took it upon myself to change the words to this
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The following article is from a website produced by Luke Clements who is a Professor of Law at Leeds University and a Solicitor. This is an invaluable piece of writing from Mr Clements who would certainly a good person to speak with and have as an ally for our campaign. I remember Sheila Meadows OBE
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