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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Natasha Abrahart’s story resonated deeply within the University of Bristol community and beyond. Her untimely death in 2018 sparked widespread outrage and prompted soul-searching conversations about the responsibilities universities bear towards their students, particularly concerning mental health support and duty of care. In a significant development regarding the tragic case of Natasha Abrahart, the University…
For years, Disabled people have faced significant challenges in finding suitable accommodation appropriate to their needs. As the housing crisis deepens, exacerbated by a lack of accessible options, Members of Parliament are finding themselves squarely in the firing line. The Hidden Housing Market report by Habinteg Housing Association (September 2023) identifies a hidden demand for…
The piece below comes from Wheels to Wander, a blog by Kyrby Brown who works as WECIL’s Access Coordinator within our Disability.Inc. team. In it, Kirby shares her personal learning around the challenges of hiring Personal Assistants. With thanks to Kirby, we thought this advice may be of interest to people who use our Independent Living Payments…
12th December 2023 You may be aware that Bristol City Council is currently consulting on what they are calling a ‘Fair and Affordable Care Policy’ . You can have your say on https://www.ask.bristol.gov.uk/fair-and-affordable-care-policy-consultation by completing a survey by the end of January, and if you need the survey in an alternative format or translated, please…
WECIL’s Chief Executive, Dominic Ellison, features in a new book from Bristol Ideas bringing together essays from over 30 contributors, addressing some of the challenges Bristol faces and sharing ideas about how we might meet them. From dealing with the past, the future of social care, culture and housing to building a city of aspiration, the book looks…
WECIL’s annual celebration event, Access All Areas, is back on Thursday 19th October from 2-5pm at the Trinity Centre, Bristol! (map) Access All areas is our biggest event each year. Previous highlights have included talks ranging from disability rights campaigners such as Ellen Clifford, Samantha Renke and Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton, to Disabled athletes such as boxer Shiren Goush…
We are utterly thrilled to have been shortlisted as finalists in three categories at this year’s Locality Awards! The Locality Convention is an annual highlight for a number of the WECIL team. Convention is an opportunity for members of Locality, who are all community-led organisations, to come together under a shared belief in the Power of Community and get…
WECIL is a member of DPO Forum England, a national collective of Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations, and Deaf and Disabled people-led groups across the UK which aims to raise our voices and share our priorities for a more inclusive and accessible society. Working together, DPO Forum England have created The Disabled People’s Manifesto, calling on the…
Bristol City Council have released a draft of their new Fair and Affordable Care Policy for public consultation. The policy was developed in response to current financial pressures and the need to ensure that the council has sufficient resources to meet the needs of all the people who might need care and support. It is…
The Learning Team at Bristol Museums is developing teaching and learning resources that explore the work of creative practitioners from diverse backgrounds. They are currently looking for 4 creative professionals who are Disabled people and are professional artists, printmakers, sculptors, ceramicists, metalworkers, textile artists, photographers, poets, actors, musicians or dancers. As part of the resources they are…
