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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Last Thursday, Kyrby Brown, Access Coordinator at WECIL, spoke at Future Leap’s Festival of Sustainable Business Conference, participating in the panel discussion “Leading Change: Brand Activism, Communications, and Business. Kyrby discussed the role of businesses in supporting Disabled people’s rights and how for sustainability to be truly sustainable, we need to include everyone on the…
Recently the UK Government distributed £500 million to local authorities to go towards the national chronic underfunding of social care. Whilst any funds to go some way to easing the pressures councils face in funding social care are to be welcomed, the distribution of the Social Care Grant came with a caveat that worried many…
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…
The Christmas holidays are nearly here, a time for many families to celebrate, get together with friends and family and enjoy the festivities.Every parent wants their child to have a fun, relaxing holiday. But, worrying about finding accessible Christmas activities that everyone can join in with shouldn’t add to the stress of last-minute Christmas shopping….
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…
Disabled Women Take Action is a partnership project from WECIL and Bristol Women’s Voice (BWV), who are proudly coming together to campaign for the importance of the Community Toilet Scheme in Bristol. The scheme, set up by Bristol City Council in 2019, aims to increase access to bathrooms across the city after many public toilets…
We all often turn to TV, books, films and the media for entertainment, inspiration, learning and as a point of reference, particularly as a young person learning to navigate the world. But what if we then found we weren’t able to relate to these characters, and people like us weren’t represented accurately or authentically? This…
My Name is Maya Knowles, I have worked in Health and Social Care over Eighteen years. I joined WECIL recently. My role is Community Navigator for Somali, Refugees and Asylum seeker communities based in Bristol. WECIL is an organisation led by Disabled people. My aim is to help Disabled people from communities, particularly Black and…
The school holidays can be a challenging time for families, with a new routine and different support system to term time. For Disabled children and young people, these changes can mean that their behaviour tends to change as well, and it can be difficult to balance childcare and other responsibilities. But, know that if you…
Are you looking for a job where you can make a difference? A role that is fulfilling, where you can connect with people and no day is the same? Well, we may have the perfect answer for you. We are looking for reliable, enthusiastic individuals who are sociable and want to support others to live…
