On Wednesday evening I visited the Waterside Arts Centre in Sale, Greater Manchester to see comedian and activist Mark Thomas perform his latest show. I can highly recommend this excellent show by a naturally funny entertainer. Mark Thomas also happens to be a thoroughly nice bloke and supporter of my #SaveWILG campaign as is shown […]
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Throughout the 2017/18 football season I will be contributing to the Wrexham AFC matchday programme. I will be penning a feature called Memory Match, a look back at classic Wrexham games from the past that I will share in this blog over the coming months. This is the third successive season that I have been writing the
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With thanks to Brian Hilton. On Manchester Radio recently there was a feature on what has happened to former ILF recipients in Greater Manchester. BBC Radio Manchester submitted FOI to all 10 Greater Manchester authorities asking what had happened to the care support of former ILF recipients. The results revealed that 42% of former ILF
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Dear Petitioner Your petition will be considered at our next meeting on Tuesday 3 October; starting at 9.15am. I enclose a link to the Agenda and Public Papers for your consideration: http://www.senedd.assembly.wales/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=430&MId=4365&Ver=4 A live broadcast of the meeting will be available on Senedd TV at: http://www.senedd.tv/ Kind regards, Petitions Committee
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Thankfully, I had the right to reply to the Minister. I don’t think I made too bad a job of it, do you? Eich cyf/Your ref Petition P-05-771 David J Rowlands AM Chair Petitions Committee National Assembly for Wales SeneddPetitions@assembly.wales11 28 September 2017 Dear Mr Rowlands Many thanks for accepting my petition at the
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David J Rowlands AM Chair Petitions Committee National Assembly for Wales SeneddPetitions@assembly.wales 21 August 2017 Dear David, Thank you for your letter seeking my views on a petition submitted to the Petitions Committee by Nathan Lee Davies in relation to the closure of the Welsh Independent Living Grant. As Mr Davies outlines in his petition,
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THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON THE DISABILITY NEWS SERVICE WEBSITE AND WAS WRITTEN BY JOHN PRING. A disabled activist has handed in a petition of hundreds of signatures that calls on the Welsh government to reverse its decision to close its version of the Independent Living Fund (ILF). Nathan Lee Davies (pictured) says he is
