Current campaigns – act now

“Independent living is what non-disabled people take for granted”. A statement from the Independent Living Strategy Group.

A cross-party group of MPs believe that social media companies and the Government have failed disabled users and must act urgently. The Petitions Committee have launched a consultation on their draft recommendations for action. Fill out their survey to make sure your views are heard.

The Judge in the Access to Work cap case has today said that he did not think the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) was breached.

We joined DPAC, ROFA and other DDPOs for a week of action around the ‘Global Disability Summit’ hosted by the UK Government. An International Solidarity Summit was organised to coincide with the event, to highlight the hypocrisy of the UK government, who are themselves in breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The NHS is looking to reduce the number of interventions they do that don’t always work, and are consulting on how to do this.

We note the global disability summit being held in London at the end of July. We are strongly in favour of international support that improves the lives of Deaf and Disabled people across the world. We also have a number of concerns about the summit.

The All Party Parliamentary Group  (APPG) on hate crime is running an enquiry. The APPG is interested to hear from experts, practitioners, victims and their representative organisations, as well as academics and others with an interest in and knowledge of the topic.

The only way we can stop discrimination is by challenging it. Our new Disability Justice Project guides will help you do it.

The first legal challenge against Universal Credit has found that arrangements for its delivery unlawfully discriminate.

ALLFIE are looking to make contact with families who currently have their Disabled (including SEN) children in mainstream school but are being pressurised into accepting a special school placement by the London Borough of Hackney.