*Climate Justice Collective meeting* *Saturday 2nd June 2012* *12 noon – 6pm* *Manchester Metropolitan Students Union (top floor)* *Oxford Road, MANCHESTER (M1 7EL)* Following on from the Winter Warm Up in January (http://bit.ly/KyHO9r), and the Big Six Energy Bash in May (http://bit.ly/KyHZBJ), join us for a day of reflection and future planning: – How can [...]
Housing for the 99 are planning another meeting for 7pm on Thursday 24 May, again at the Grayston Centre, Charles Square, N1 6HT (nearest tube: Old Street). This is to start fleshing out plans for a campaign, including discussing how to organise and what actions we might take (and maybe come up with a name [...]
meeting point details for the Welfare Bloc at UK Uncut’s Great London Street Party. Meet at 11am, Waterloo Station Concourse, Saturday 26th May. This weblink has info on accessibility and meeting points – please circulate it with activists and friends: http://ukuncut.org.uk/blog/meeting-points-for-london-action It’s at a kick-ass secret location and we’ve got some cheeky tricks up our sleeves, so we hope [...]
If you enjoyed the atmosphere at – and the participatory nature of – last year’s Rebellious Media Conference then we believe you’ll enjoy the Peace News Summer Camp, now in its fourth year. Bring your contribution to a hothouse of creativity, a small self-governed society run by democratic camp meetings, a viable example of the [...]
Press release Experts Say Landmark Judgement Will Stop Benefit System Discriminating Against Disabled Leading Lawyer Says Court of Appeal Ruling Confirms Government Has to Give Special Provision To Disabled People So That Human Rights Are Not Breached Experts at Irwin Mitchell have welcomed a landmark judgement handed down at the Court of Appeal today which [...]
DPAC are delighted to have been given the authorisation to post 2 very important pieces of work about hate crime produced by Anne Novis who was awarded an MBE for her work in this area. Anne continues to collect information and campaign vigorously against hate crime through the Disability Hate Crime Network. Action Now [...]
The Bigger Picture: Three years of targeted hostility towards disabled people in the UK August 2007- July 2010 Introduction Whatever language is used, currently there is a poor response from both police and public services in adequately dealing with hate crimes that are targeted against disabled people. There has been a [...]
Live in London?Is your support funding being cut? Costs rising and eligibility tightened? Are your needs being met? Do you have choice and control over the support you get? Inclusion London are carrying out a survey to collect information about care cuts and increases in charging. This is an e-survey but if you want to [...]
DPAC UNIVERSAL CREDIT CAMPAIGN www.dpac.uk.net Linda Burnip 01926 842253 0771 492 7533 linda_burnip@yahoo.co.uk Debbie Jolly 01572 820546 079461 40765 mail@dpac.uk.net Universal Credit: What it means The coalition government and New Labour before them agreed that a reform to the current benefits system was long overdue. In November 2010 the Coalition published [...]
DISABLED PEOPLE AGAINST CUTS www.dpac.uk.net HOUSING AND HOUSING BENEFITS- BRIEFING NOTES Linda Burnip 01926 842253 0771 492 7533 linda_burnip@yahoo.co.uk mail@dpac.uk.net The future prognosis for disabled people’s housing is grim Already 30% of disabled people live below the poverty line and 1 in 4 families with disabled children [...]
Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is the benefit which is replacing Incapacity Benefit. ATOS healthcare are currently making £100 million a year processing both new claims and re-assessing those who are in receipt of Incapacity Benefit. There are 2 types of ESA, one contributory ESA which disabled people are entitled to based on having [...]
Disabled people feel their lives are under threat and many of them are living in fear. Data from Family Resources Survey and the National Equalities Panel Research (2010) found that: · 75% of disabled women and 70% of disabled men are already at the bottom end of Britain ’s income distribution scale [...]
DISABLED PEOPLE AGAINST CUTS (DPAC) www.dpac.uk.net Briefing Notes DLA Abolition. Contact – Linda Burnip DPAC co-founder 01926 842253 0771 492 7533 linda_burnip@yahoo.co.uk Debbie Jolly, DPAC co-founder 01572 820546 079461 40765 mail@dpac.uk.net Background to the Abolition of Disability Living Allowance Disability Living Allowance was introduced in 1992 to provide support with the extra [...]
DPAC, Inclusion London & London Civic Forum are offering a free skill sharing session in June. full details below. places are limited, so please act fast. NEW COMMUNITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITY: Take Part Skills-Sharing Day for Disabled Activists When? 10.30am – 4.30pm, Saturday 16th June 2012 Where? SCOPE offices, 6 Market Road, N7 9PW Includes lunch BSL interpreters available – [...]
Andrew Lansley will be in Birmingham on 15 May & there is a protest meeting at 5pm Centenary Square outside the ICC
Please see below for published letter in Guardian put together by Inclusion London, DPAC and allies including unions. The final letter needed to be shortened for publication, as a result we apologise to any signatories who may have missed as the Guardian also insisted on individual names representing each organisation. The text of the original [...]
Cuts Conversations Saturday 12 May 12:00pm Outside WH Smiths, Lands Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 6AW What do you think about: Housing benefit cuts, increased hours for working tax credit, lone parents need to seek work once youngest reaches 5, time limit to ESA, 40% ATOS decisions overturned, free labour, medical exams for disabled people, [...]
MASS ACTION 28TH JULY – ouroylmpics-the flyer. Pls print out, distribute..and join us http://t.co/XzL8vXg9
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