Current campaigns – act now

Starting in May 2018 and continuing over the summer months, members of the Disability Benefits Consortium will be supporting Disabled people, family carers, and anyone with an experience of claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) to meet their local MPs to talk to them about PIP.

Campaigns for anti-discrimination legislation and demands for protection of disabled people’s human rights laws are only part of the struggle to bring about the end of the inequality they encounter through their positioning within society. As disabled activists I believe we need to combine fighting for improvements within existing structures whilst at the same time seeking ways to transform them. A guest blog post from Bob Williams-Findlay.

What’s the point of describing ourselves or other people as being severely, mildly or moderately Disabled? Severity is such a subjective concept that it would be better for society if we stopped trying to quantify impairment. Guest blog post from Zara Todd.

In Control want to know about the experiences of people who access support from their local councils. They want to find out how councils are charging for care and support, and how this effects people who use support.

Let Inclusion London know about your experience of welfare benefit sanctions.  The information will be used to inform our evidence to a Select Committee inquiry into sanctions. Please get in touch before the 17th May.

Message from Fuel Poverty Action. This petition is the first step and the launch our new national campaign. We need it to go big.

Campaigns meeting for DDPOs – 26 April 2018; 2 – 5pm. We Are 336, Brixton Road, London. Come to share your experiences of what hasn’t and hasn’t worked, find out more from a legal perspective and explore how we can better co-ordinate our campaigning across London and nationally.

Your guide to the 2018 Local Government Elections on 3 May. Read our guide for information on how the local elections work; registering to vote; key dates; how DDPOs can engage in the local elections and suggested questions for parties standing in the local elections.

On Thursday 3 May Londoners will choose who will run their Local Council for the next 4 years. Who wins control of Local Councils and all the services Councils provide will make a huge difference to the 1.2 million Disabled people living in this city.

Our colleagues from the Public Law Project are taking the DWP to court for the failure to make good reasonable adjustments for disabled people who need communication via email.