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Disabled People against Cuts are having an alternative nativity scene at Trafalgar Square tomorrow the15th of December at 3pm.This event is actually part of their protest about the cuts including the changes to social housing by the coalition. The nativit...
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There will be a protest against the Government’s autism strategy that was recently announced. The protest will be held at the Wellcome Centre, 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE from 9am on Friday the 17th of December 2010. The Government in designing t...
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The Care Services Minister Paul Burstow recently launched " A vision for adult social care: Capable communities and active citizens. The vision sets out how the Government wishes to see services delivered for people; a new direction for adult social care,...
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The government has launched new guidance to improve the standard of information for people with learning difficulties.
There are an estimated 1.5 million people with learning difficulties in the UK. This guidance will help central and local government or...
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission has started a process to carry out a formal, independent assessment of the extent to which the Treasury has met its legal obligations to consider the impact on protected groups of decisions contained in the Sp...
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Quoting news article from thirdsector online Nick Hurd Minister for Civil Society says legislation to activate the new legal form for charities (Charitable incorporated organisation) will be tabled early in 2011
The charitable incorporated organisation, ...
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An Early Day Motion (EDM) on Disability History Month was submitted by Ann Begg MP for debate on the 10th of November at the House of Commons. The EDM states…
“That this House welcomes the first ever Disability Histor...
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A recent round table event facilitated by Disability LIB, NCVO and Disability Equality North West explored challenges and opportunities for DPOs and mainstream capacity building organisations alike when working together, and the benefits for them to do so...
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A new £100million fund to help the charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises that are most vulnerable to public spending cuts will be opened at the end of this month and will be managed by BIG Fund, Nick Hurd Minister for Civil Society annou...
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Disabled People against Cuts ( DPAC) is organising a rally against the proposed Coalition Government's spending cut at 2 pm, November 13th at Carrs Lane Church Birmingham. The group quoting a recent DEMOS report says that by 2015 di...
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The Big Society Agenda needs more than good intentions and hot air if it is to have any hope of succeeding according to NCVO’s Chief Executive Sir Stuart Etherington. In a Seminal speech at Cass Business School , Sir Stuart argued that the Big Socie...
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Stephen Hodgkins, project director of Disability LIB writing in an article for the Guardian says meeting the challenge of co-production in adult social care can seem both essential and impossible. Read more
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New Economics Foundation says the voluntary sector faces an impossible task in filling the void left by the state
Spending cuts will break the big society and leave voluntary organisations facing an impossible task, according to a report published by the...
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It was reported today, the 4th of November by Third Sector Daily online that the office for Civil Society (OCS) says charities for vulnerable people rely more on public funding.
Charities working with people who are socially excluded, have mental health ...
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The DPO Management Committee forum scheduled for the 12th of November at Essex Coalition of Disabled People Ivan Peck House, 1 Russell Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3AA has been postponed to a date that we will communicate in December. We apologise for ...
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The first UK Disability History Month (DHM) will take place from 22nd November to 22nd December 2010 and annually thereafter. Already supported by a wide range of disability organisations, trade unions and voluntary organisations, DHM will raise the profi...
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The National Association of Disability Practitioners have expressed concern that the proposed changes to the Access to Work scheme will make employment prospects of disabled people worse. In a letter to Trevor Philips of Equality and Human Rights Commissi...
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The UK Disabled People's Council (UKDPC) is pleased to announce the launch of its latest report on ‘Benefit Reform Proposals by the Coalition Government.’ Proposed cuts by the coalition government will set independent living back by up to 30 y...
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Yesterday along with the announcement of various Quango cuts including ‘Capacity Builders’, the civil society strategy and infrastructure consultation by the Office for Civil Society was launched. See links to the two documents - Th...
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The Alliance for Inclusive Education (ALLFIE), with their project partners the Children’s Society, NCB Research, the Council for Disabled Children (CDC), have come together to do some research on the best ways of making sure disabled children ...
