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  • Online Book Launches For Disability Activists' Work

    Online Book Launches For Disability Activists' Work

    10 June 2020

    Two of Britain’s best-known disability campaigners have very recently published this month detailing their views and experiences – and are hosting online launch events during the lockdown. Ellen Clifford and Bob Williams-Findlay are both veteran rights advocates who have fought many battles over the years.

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  • Pride in Sheffield

    10 October 2018

    There is a new Pride committee elected by the community to deliver Pride in 2019 for the community in Sheffield. The Pride committee is setting up an ‘action group’ that will look at making Pride the most accessible and inclusive yet. To this end they are recruiting disabled people from the LGBT + community to be part of the action group.

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  • Sheffield Pub has perfect attitude to disability

    28 June 2018

    If you want to know where to go on Saturday to watch the England game, thumbs up to The Barrel pub in Chapeltown. Their staff were dismayed that a parent thought he had to ask if his disabled son would be welcome inside, because of their experience of people’s negative attitudes and comments.

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  • More than £1 million for 10 new research projects led by disabled people

    23 January 2018

    Ten new projects across the UK have received between £40,000 and £150,000 of National Lottery funding each, to explore how disabled people can live as full citizens in our society and what changes and support will make that happen in practice. One project led by ALLFIE, in collaboration with the University of Sheffield, is investigating a particular measure that exists in English law to test its effectiveness as a driver of inclusive education for disabled pupils and students. ‘Accessibility Plans’ are a measure of the Equality Act 2010.

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  • Cabinet Reshuffle Action Call

    15 January 2018

    “If the new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions really wants to make a difference to disabled people’s lives, she’ll have to do more than promote the ‘Disability Confident’ initiative and encourage employers to be more disability friendly,” says Sue Bott from Disability Rights UK.“She has a very full in-tray when it comes to disabled people.”

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  • UNITE Magazine - Claim Your First Free Copy

    29 November 2017

    UNITE is a new magazine highlighting the issues of inequality that unfortunately still exist in our society, challenge the problems and ask for answers. Its aim is to give disabled people a platform to have their voices heard.

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  • United Nations calls for Action on Rights for Disabled People in UK

    14 September 2017

    A UN committee has told the UK government to produce an annual progress report on how it is implementing the recommendations of a damning inquiry that found it guilty of “grave and systematic violations” of key parts of the disability convention.

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  • All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability Launches their 'Ahead of the Arc' Report

    15 December 2016

    An investigation by MPs and peers from six political parties offers Government a plan to support a million disabled people into work.

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  • UN: 'Grave' Disability Rights Violations Under UK Reforms

    10 November 2016

    UK welfare reforms have led to “grave and systematic violations” of disabled people’s rights, a UN inquiry has found.

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  • The Paralympics: A Celebration of Achievement or an Impossible Goal for Most?

    03 October 2016

    CEO of Disability Rights UK Liz Sayce discusses the mixed responses of disabled people to the Paralympics and explains why we should celebrate the games.

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