Disability equality organisation run by and for Disabled people. Policy, campaigning & capacity-building support for Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations.
Do you have five minutes to spare? Want to take action to help achieve equality for Deaf and Disabled people?
Here are all our quick e-actions to support our campaigns in one thread 🧵
We want to understand the impact that the the government's cuts to Universal Credit Health Element have had on Disabled people.
You can help by completing our survey, available in BSL & Easy Read: https://t.co/6uHsNuRqRS
Access to the right information can be life-changing.
Tools like AccessAva and DREy help Disabled people understand their social care rights, challenge unfair decisions, and even reduce care charges where appropriate. Knowledge is power, and everyone deserves access to it.
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🚨NEWS🚨
DR UK Opposes Cuts to Disabled Students’ Allowance
🗣️"These reforms would restrict the support available to Disabled students, lead to poorer outcomes, and deepen inequalities."
https://t.co/XRT5hyOepO
HAVE YOUR SAY ON PIP - speak directly to the Timms Review. Sign up using the QR code on flyler to attend our event at Choice in Hackney at 329 Queensbridge Road.
Or email [email protected]
📆 July 6th
🕰️ 10 to 4pm
Let's make disabled voices heard by the government
Meet our helpful chat bots! 🤖 AccessAva and DREy can help you access information on social care, your rights and how to get your charges reduced.
Find out more: https://t.co/ou39T6AJiw
It can be scary to think about how you would escape in the event of a fire especially if you are Disabled.
Use our free Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) toolkit to know your rights and request a plan to keep you safe.
🔗 Use the toolkit: https://t.co/B9aEGcB5qm
The network is still speaking out and demanding that the government meaningfully engage with them on issues that affect their lives.
You can help by signing our petition:
https://t.co/wpwVEssg1u
"You won't come to us, so we'll come to you!"
Last year, Bring People Home from Hospital, supported by Inclusion London, held a protest demanding action to end the detention of autistic people and people with learning difficulties in hospitals.
People with learning difficulties aren't being given a voice about laws which affect them. This needs to change.
We're calling for Parliament to follow the Equality Act and start including people with learning difficulties.
🔗 Sign the petition: https://t.co/hVvOyvJeHI
Our friends at Action on Disability are for not one, but *five* roles! Check out these great opportunities to join an organisation run by and for Disabled people 👇
This Coproduction Week, we say: Nothing about us without us!
We support 70+ Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations (DDDPOs) in London. Our Co-production network helps DDPOs to grow our co-production work together.
About our network with BSL + Easy Read: https://t.co/NHIRGinqZD
📢Announcing the launch of the National Disability Movement Archive & Collection (NDMAC)
The archive documents protests that challenged exclusion from public life, while preserving the stories of those whose contribution has often been overlooked.
💥https://t.co/nKpz2wDeyG
Starting a new job?
Our FREE In-Work Support Information Session explains how Action on Disability supports Disabled people and employers, including Access to Work and 26 weeks of tailored support.
📅 6 July | 🕥 10:30–11:30
📧 [email protected]
The government made cuts to the Universal Credit Health Element last year. These are starting to affect Disabled people now. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group needs your help to understand the impact.
Complete our survey, available in BSL & Easy Read: https://t.co/6uHsNuRqRS
Our trustee and co-chair of @InclusionLondon, @AdamGabsiLDN, gave evidence at the London Assembly Fire Committee. Watch now. ⬇️ https://t.co/H9I75Bclc9
On Tuesday, we hosted our Access to Work drop-in event in Parliament to discuss the findings of our latest report, ‘Access to Work: Employment that Works’, funded by Trust for London.
Thank you to all the MPs, DPOs and partners who joined us.
The government made cuts to the Universal Credit Health Element last year. These are starting to affect Disabled people now. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group needs your help to understand the impact.
Complete our survey, available in BSL & Easy Read: https://t.co/6uHsNuRqRS
This Coproduction Week, we say: Nothing about us without us!
We support 70+ Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations (DDDPOs) in London. Our Co-production network helps DDPOs to grow our co-production work together.
About our network with BSL + Easy Read: https://t.co/NHIRGinqZD
The government made cuts to the Universal Credit Health Element last year. These are starting to affect Disabled people now. The Disability Poverty Campaign Group needs your help to understand the impact.
Complete our survey, available in BSL & Easy Read: https://t.co/6uHsNuRqRS