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Listen to this article here On Tuesday 1st April 2025, WECIL’s Chief Executive Officer wrote to each MP across our area of service to highlight our concerns over the proposed Disability Benefits Reforms. The MPs contacted were: Bristol Carla Denyer MP – Bristol Central (Green Party)📧 [email protected] Kerry McCarthy MP – Bristol East (Labour)📧 [email protected]…
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Inclusion starts with listening to Disabled people and acting on what we say. That’s why we’re encouraging all our members and the wider Disabled community to take part in an important new survey from University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW). UHBW has launched its Perception of Patient and Public Involvement Survey, and…
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Listen to this article here In a significant development, the parliamentary committee reviewing the Assisted Dying Bill has reversed its earlier decision, now permitting Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) to provide oral evidence. This change comes after substantial criticism regarding the initial exclusion of these vital voices from the deliberation process. The Assisted Dying Bill, which…
Listen to this article here Last week’s Independent Living Payment (ILP) Community Gathering was an incredible success, and we want to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended, contributed, and made the day so meaningful. The room was filled with WECIL community members, particularly those who use our ILP services to manage a Direct…
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Listen to this article here For many Disabled people and their representative organisations, the introduction of assisted suicide laws in a society already rife with ableism and deep-seated health inequalities is a disaster waiting to happen. The UK is far from being an equitable society where Disabled people’s rights and dignity are fully upheld. As…
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Listen to this article here: Bristol City Council has launched its Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Inclusion Strategy 2024-2028, marking a new chapter in the city’s approach to supporting Disabled children and young people. The strategy sets out a four-year plan aimed at creating a more inclusive, accessible, and responsive education system, shaped…
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Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) across the UK are calling for urgent reform to address decades of systemic funding inequalities that threaten their survival and effectiveness. At the centre of this movement is the Funding Justice campaign from Disability Rights UK (DRUK) and DPO Forum England – two national coalitions of DPOs which WECIL is an…
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The recent increases in employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and the National Living Wage, as outlined in the UK Government’s budget, are creating a financial storm for organisations providing essential support to Disabled people. Projections suggest that these measures will cost the sector a staggering £266 million in additional expenses by 2025. For Disabled People’s…
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Any Easy Read version of this article is available here. We Are The People, a small research team of Disabled academics and non-disabled allies engaged in disability research and disability activism, are inviting Disabled people from global majority backgrounds (Black and racialised groups) to take part in an exciting and meaningful research project. This initiative…
Disabled activist Ellen Clifford, who spoke at WECIL’s Access All Areas event in 2022, has initiated a legal challenge against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) over proposed reforms to the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), which she argues could lead to “cataclysmic” cuts in out-of-work disability benefits. The High Court in London heard the…
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