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At the last General Election, Scope found that 68% of polling stations had one or more access barriers to disabled people.
With one day till polling day Scope is asking if you can help them get a clearer picture of the barriers disabled people face by ...
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Review of 2009/10 bids raises questions for foundations and fundraisers, says Directory of Social Change
Charities submitted more than a third of a million applications in the past year for grants for which they were not eligible, research by the Direct...
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With only a few weeks to go before the General Election do you think that politicians are listening to disabled people’s opinions and addressing your concerns?
If not, then now is the time to get involved!
The National Disabled People’s Poll is the ...
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Many small charities and DPOs are lacking resources, skills and expertise despite having an abundance of passion and commitment.
The organisation, Small Charities Coalition exists to help you access the skills, experience and resources you need to achi...
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The second ‘Designing the Futures’ event on exploring the future of information, advice and advocacy services will be held at Scope(6 Market Rd London N7 9PW) on Thursday the 15th of April, from 10:30AM to 4PM.
The first event was held in December a...
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Are you an aspiring creative? Are you a young disabled person? Do you live in the North West of England? Well if you are then this day may be for you. Disability Equality North West, One Voice in Lancaster supported and run by the Disability LIB team are ...
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Are you working on a fundraising application or on your monitoring form? Would you like the opportunity to work on it with WRC’s development team on hand to give advice and support? Women Resource Centre (WRC) is organising a new surgery format on the 1...
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NEWS FLASH! Standing up is the new falling down!...
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The UK Disabled Peoples’ Council (UKDPC) as a member of the Disability LIB Alliance is working with DPOs across the country to help you with your present and future needs. As part of this work UKDPC are interested in hearing from you about how they coul...
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Applications are being accepted from voluntary organisations working in England whose area of work includes service provision related to health and social care. There are three funding strands: Innovation, excellence and service development. The program m...
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Disability LIB @ Preston Disc
This festival, the first of its kind in Lancashire, will take place in Preston and Lancaster from 24 August until 6 September 2009. It will be linked with an arts organisation in Italy that is contributing the festival graph...
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On 8 June the United Kingdom ratified the United Nations Convention on Disability Rights. It is regrettable that the convention was not ratified without declarations and interpretations.
The Office of Disability Issues (ODI) has announced that it will no...
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Good news for the Voluntary sector. The Big Lottery Fund has announced that it will give at least 80 per cent of its funds and an extra £45m to the voluntary sector during this recession.
The news came in, in its announcement of its funding strategy for...
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Last year the Charity Commission (The Commission) ran a joint consultation with the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) on the secondary legislation and model constitutions needed to complete the legal framework for the CIO. The Commission received an excell...
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For Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) an opportunity has arisen to comment on the current Government Equalities Office’s consultation document setting out policy proposals for the specific public sector equality duties. The consultation was publi...
