Labour WIN: Congratulations to David Skaith the new Labour Mayor for York and North Yorkshire🌹

Pupils at a London special school were ‘tortured’ in “calming rooms”, a leaked report shows. But some staff shown on CCTV hitting & kicking pupils, many non-verbal, and leaving them in their urine, are still employed there.
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(1/2) Read our analysis of the Government's latest attacks on our rights. PIP is an essential benefit that we rely on for some of the extra costs of being Disabled. We are fighting back against these proposals, which will only happen if ...
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If I am fortunate to be elected as Mayor for York and North Yorkshire this Thursday I will support our high streets with my ‘Mayors High Street Fund’.

As a shop owner myself, I know how challenging it is right now, but I have plan to invest and rejuvenate all our high streets…

Thank you for this statement of solidarity Debbie

Come down and see us tomorrow at Stand 23 at the Westfield job fair! Find out what jobs we have on offer and join our team! #hiring #jobshow #westfieldjobshow

A new report from ALLFIE has shown how black disabled pupils in mainstream schools are exposed to “systemic and structural barriers and injustice”. allfie.org.uk/inclusion-reso…

Black disabled pupils face systemic barriers and injustice at school, says new report by ALLFIE

disabilitynewsservice.com/black-disabled… via Disability News Service

Proud to have funded ALLFIE’s vital new report exploring disabled young people’s experiences of racism and ablism in mainstream education.

Join the online launch today, 1-2pm, where they’ll be sharing the report in accessible formats.

Find out more👇 allfie.org.uk/news/briefing/…

Welcome to the launch of our research report 📢

‘Lived Experiences of Black/Global Majority Disabled Pupils and their Families in Mainstream Education’

Over the next hour we’ll share related content and media🧵

Follow the conversation with #AllfieBlkR
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The report is clear - UK Government commits grave and systematic violations of our rights as Disabled people. Govt uses rhetoric that paints us as undeserving and less than, to justify keeping us in deep poverty. #DefendOurRights #CRDP24

After 14 years of Tory failure, it’s time for change.

Only Labour will end the housing emergency.

In his latest blog post 🖍️Stephen Lee Hodgkins🔋 shares ‘Riponopoly’ or ‘I thought you were going to look over that job!’, a Board Game about Disabled People In Victorian Ripon.

disabilityarts.online/blog/stephen-l…

Channel 4 this evening with great anticipatory piece about new play #laughingboy inspired by the indomitable Prof Ryan and written and directed by (my brother ) Stephen Unwin . Not to be missed

Our final renting road show was a real treat - lovely to visit Team Springwell and see the sea! 🌊 🏠

The Government is mounting yet another brutal ideological attack on Disabled people, after 10 years of austerity.
Read our statement in the attached images, or on our website with our summary of the Government's announcement:
inclusionlondon.org.uk/?p=30726
#CRDP24 #DefendOurRights

Please ask how far have we come since MP Sir William Hamlings debate 1967 re carers ( or back then the single woman and her dependents ) - sadly not very far wow nearly 60 years on ..... how far ..snail pace

Our last roadshow trip on our ‘renting your own place’ study. Thanks so much to the folks at Springwell for hosting us and showing us your fab film about making homes homely. It’s been a blast to be with the folks at My Life My Choice and York People First & The Parents Project and thanks to NIHR School for Social Care Research

In his latest blog post, 🖍️Stephen Lee Hodgkins🔋 reviews ‘BARKING’, a graphic novel  by Lucy Sullivan @ TCAF ‘24.

disabilityarts.online/blog/stephen-l…