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UN CRPD logoUNCRPD - England Civil Society Shadow Report

Events and evidence gathering for the final Shadow Report
10 Nov 2021
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Photo of Advocacy Manager Sam JohnsonWorking through Covid - Sam Johnson

Advocacy Plus Manager, Sam Johnson, shares her thoughts on working through Covid
27 Oct 2021
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Disabled activist in front of a van displaying messagesVideo van drives disabled voices right to the edge of Tory conference

A video screen with messages from disabled people has been driven around central Manchester during the annual Conservative party conference
7 Oct 2021
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Cover of the CLARiTY Project reportThe CLARiTY Project

CLARiTY: Capacity Law and Rights Information to You
30 Aug 2021
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A big yellow image which reads "Oi""Oi! Out in Front event

A conference run by people with learning difficulties, disabilities and autism
30 Jun 2021
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Photos of people named in the articleDPOs take control after Tomlinson ‘shuts down his own forum’

Disabled people set up their own national network after the minister for disabled people shut down advisory forum after just three meetings.
3 Jun 2021
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Photo of Winterbourne ViewTen years on from Winterbourne View scandal, activists ask: Why has so little changed?

Disabled activists ask why so little has been done in the 10 years since the Winterbourne View abuse scandal.
27 May 2021
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Image of a damaged Police signWhy has police officer who hit disabled teenager with a baton not been prosecuted?

Disabled campaigners have asked why a police officer is not facing prosecution.
6 May 2021
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Evenbreak logoEvenBreak Accessible Job Site

Evenbreak is an AAA accessible specialist job board that helps disabled candidates find work opportunities
27 Feb 2021
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London Funders logoHow London Self-advocacy groups coped with COVID

A six-month project funded by Trust for London
26 Feb 2021
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Photos of activists featured in the articlePrime minister must abandon ‘reckless’ COVID Christmas plans, say DPOs

Will the government abandon its plans to relax rules on socialising over Christmas?
17 Dec 2020
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A social distancing posterVaccine priority decision ‘is campaigning victory’, but concerns remain

The government’s decision to put some people with impairments higher on the list of “priority groups” to receive a COVID-19 vaccine welcomed.
3 Dec 2020
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Photos of Simone Aspis and Andrew Lee‘Shocking’ figures on deaths of people with learning difficulties ‘show need for vaccine action’

New figures show that younger people with learning difficulties were more than 30 times more likely to die from coronavirus than non-disabled people.
19 Nov 2020
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Photos of Disabled Activists quoted in the articleDDA 25 years on: ‘Phenomenal activism… but deeply flawed legislation’

Disabled campaigners highlighting the continuing flaws in equality legislation and the need to continue the fight for comprehensive civil rights.
12 Nov 2020
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A photo of Yew Trees HospitalAnother shocking scandal!

Another shocking scandal at Yew Trees hospital in Kirby-le-Soken, Essex, run by Cygnet Healthcare. Why does this keep happening?
24 Sep 2020
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Photos of Disabled Activists quoted in the articleDisabled activists call for a refreshed social model to ‘bring it back to life’

We need a “reinvigorated” version that will bring together disabled, deaf and autistic people to challenge the oppression they face.
9 Jul 2020
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Photo of Andrew Lee being recorded#NSUNCovidLife

Andrew Lee from People First
1 Jul 2020
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A photo of Whorlton HallWhorlton Hall - another scandal!

Apologies and promises after a scandal have no meaning if deaths and abuse continue to happen in these outdated, unsafe and isolated institutions.
30 May 2019
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