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Urgent update on UC Bill
Below I have copied and pasted an important article from the DPAC website to try to get it as much publicity as possible. This is just one of many crucial stories that can be viewed on the DPAC website by clicking here. This is a crucial time for disabled people
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I-Spy challenge
Visit my Virgin Money Giving page and please give generously in aid of Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Throughout 2015, I completed The Big Hoot trail in
Memory Match – 15-01-77
Throughout the 2015/16 football season I will be contributing to the Wrexham AFC matchday programme. I will be penning a feature called Memory Match, a look
Disabled Tories launch investigation into impact of ILF closure #SaveWILG
Below I have pasted an excellent article by John Pring of Disability News Service, which includes quotes from a certain Nathan Lee Davies 🙂
Disability Wales awarded £600,000 Welsh Government funding package
Disability Wales has been awarded a funding package by Welsh Government totaling £600,000 over the next three years, which means that it is no longer
Open letter to Debbie Abrahams – shadow minister for disabled people
Dear Ms Abrahams I am writing to you in your role as shadow minister for disabled people about the on going struggles across the UK
Defend Disabled People’s Right to Independent Living
A few months ago I signed an online petition to help Defend Disabled People’s Right to Independent Living. Yesterday I received the following update on
Groundtastic – Scots Scene – Winter 2002
Between 2002-2008 I was Scottish Correspondent for the wonderfully professional Groundtastic – The Football Grounds Magazine. I can not speak highly enough of the editors and contributors
Disabled People in Wrexham need car parking protected – Sign the petition
Please sign this petition, which has been started by the Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham (AVOW) and is designed to safeguard specific accessible parking bays for
Memory Match – 27-12-54
Throughout the 2015/16 football season I will be contributing to the Wrexham AFC matchday programme. I will be penning a feature called Memory Match, a look
In Response: First Minister Carwyn Jones AM #SaveWILG
I received the third response to my letter to the four main political party leaders in Wales from First Minister Carwyn Jones AM of Welsh Labour. I thank him for his reply
In Response: Leanne Wood AM #SaveWILG
I received the second response to my letter to the four main political party leaders in Wales from Leanne Wood AM of Plaid Cymru. I thank her for her reply to
Wrexham Council receive better than expected settlement
A TAKEN FROM THE NEWSLETTER OF LESLEY GRIFFITHS, WELSH LABOUR AM FOR WREXHAM. EVERY TIME I TRY TO OPEN HER BLOG MY LAPTOP SOUNDS AN ALARM AND
Press Release: Disability Wales at risk of closure following funds shake-up
PRESS RELEASE Disability Wales at risk of closure following funds shake-up Following a Welsh Government funding change, as from the 1st of April 2016,
In Response: Kirsty Williams AM #SaveWILG
I received the first response to my letter to the four main political party leaders in Wales from Kirsty Williams AM of the Welsh Liberal
Fighting for independent living in Wales #SaveWILG
ASSISTANCE NEEDED FROM PEOPLE ASSISTED BY ILF IN SCOTLAND OR NORTHERN IRELAND. PLEASE READ ON FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. ADAPTED FROM Disability Rights UK Factsheet F698 The
Welsh Independent Living Grant #SaveWILG
I sent the following email to the four main Welsh political party leaders – First Minister Carwyn Jones (Welsh Labour), Leanne Wood AM (Plaid Cymru), Kirsty
Memory Match – 29-11-94
Throughout the 2015/16 football season I will be contributing to the Wrexham AFC matchday programme. I will be penning a feature called Memory Match, a look
Fleet and Free by Joshua Billingham
On September the 23rd, I was darting around north Birmingham searching for the fibreglass owls that make up The Big Hoot trail. One I found was number