Access All Areas is back! WECIL’s annual celebration event, Access All Areas, is taking place on Thursday 19th October 2023 from 2pm to 5pm at the Trinity Centre in Bristol. Tickets are free, click here to book your place.
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April 2024 Newsletter Welcome to the WECIL newsletter. Stay subscribed for news from the community, events for your diary, general announcements and more… Leading stories Reflection on the Festival of Sustainable Business with Kyrby Brown – Last month, Kyrby Brown, Access Coordinator at WECIL, spoke at Future Leap’s Festival of Sustainable Business Conference. Kyrby discussed…
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The Bristol City Youth Council represents the voices of young people in Bristol. It empowers youth aged 11-18 to make change in their communities by having a say on how things that affect them are run. Members of the council are voted for in the Bristol Big Youth Vote, which happened this year in January…
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Hello I am Nino. I am 25 years old. I have Mosaic Down syndrome which only 1 to 2 percent of people with Down Syndrome actually have. I have a very busy, active & good life. I am a model, a Community Football Coach for Bristol City Robins Foundation, a trainee baker at Step &…
It’s a positive outcome for local Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) in Bristol who have been campaigning against Bristol City Council’s proposed Fair and Affordable Care Policy, a policy which was lacking in more ways than one. The draft policy proposed a cost saving solution which, on face value, could have forced Bristol Disabled residents into…
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Greetings from Dominic Ellison
This year’s Access All Areas event at the Trinity Centre in Bristol was a huge success and it was fantastic to see so many people…
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