London Campaign Network

People First is one of 16 projects to be awarded a grant from the Disability Justice Fund

This Trust for London fund is to 'diversify the disability sector and build the capacity of Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations to campaign for change'.

You can download an easy read information sheet about the project here

A ‘London Campaign Network’ of self-advocates with learning difficulties.

The aim will be to share the campaigns we are working on and also to come together to work on common campaigns over the next three years.

We are having our first meeting on Friday 1st November 2024, 11am - 3:30pm.

Here is a poster for the event here

Accessible Management Committee training for self-advocacy organisations

We will also be piloting a user-led Management Committee Development Programme with our Management Committee and then work with other London self-advocacy organisations to adapt and improve it where needed, then share and deliver it with them.

Strong and skilled Boards are essential to all charities, but we know from experience that self-advocacy organisations can benefit from more accessible training and support in this area to ensure their Management Committees can work more efficiently and effectively.

This work will establish a link for sharing other areas of good practice, e.g. policy and systems development.

Many self-advocacy groups have closed or have been taken over and our member groups have dropped by 50% in the last 10 years. We want to work with existing self-advocacy organisations across London and support groups to establish themselves in areas where they don’t exist.

Here is a general poster about the network to share and display here

We want to make sure that:

People with learning difficulties/disabilities to have a louder voice and a bigger profile
Self-advocacy organisations to work together and influence policy
Self-advocacy organisations to be able to manage themselves better
Groups who are under threat of closure or changes that they don’t agree with to have support