Time is running out until I go to Florida for my first short break from Wrexham for 24 years. I am currently cycling using my Thera Trainer bike every day. I am using the hand pedals to cycle the distance from Wrexham to Orlando, Florida. The total distance from my house to my desired destination […]
**This blog is aimed at disabled people and their families/friends living in the Wrexham County Borough Council area.** It is about time that I started my activism work again. Of course it has never stopped and I am constantly in dispute with the Adult Social Care department at Wrexham County Borough Council. Since October 2023,
The time has come to try to make a real difference to the lives of disabled people across Wales. I have been tirelessly trying to do this since I launched my #SaveWILG campaign back in November 2016 . This campaign was a relative success, but it appears that the Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) has
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I wrote the following email after a distressing meeting with members of Wrexham CBC on Tuesday the 12th of March. It was nothing short of bullying by an unscrupulous and heartless Local Authority. I will let you read the email below and come to your own conclusions. I am supposed to be looking forward to
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After benefitting from the GoFundMe Campaign to the tune of £6,130 and the kindness of strangers, friends and family, I have received a total of £5,820.26. The rest of the money has been taken by GoFundMe. This is not a criticism of the for-profit business, but just serves to explain my calculations below, in a
I am totally humbled by the generosity of friends and strangers who have contributed towards my short-break in Florida. The GoFundMe page is currently at £5,825 and I am so pleased to prove Margaret Thatcher wrong when she said that there is no such thing as society. There clearly is, as I have been supported
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I have copied and pasted the following article from the BBC News website, as it highlights an important issue facing disabled people across Wales. You can access the original article by clicking here. I am facing similar challenges, as even though I have been lucky enough to access a wheelchair through the NHS, I feel
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The following blog has been written and published by John Pring on the excellent Disability News Service website. The amount of support that I have received is overwhelming and I really appreciate all the solidarity shown. I have just been contacted by John Pring who said that the BBC are now interested in covering the
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I am putting my weight of support behind Jeremy Miles in the Welsh Labour leadership election. In a statement confirming his leadership bid, Mr Miles said: “If I think back to when I was growing up, wondering about my place in the world as a young gay man from a working-class family in Pontarddulais,
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I am writing the following blog in a very careful manner. I just want to relay the facts and the injustice, as I see it, being served to me by the Adult Social Care department at Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC). In 2022, I expressed an interest in taking a short break to Florida. This
