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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Many of us rely on our family members and close friends to provide the support we need to to live our lives – from personal care, to managing finances, to providing emotional support. These people are unpaid carers, and around 5 million unpaid carers provide vital support across England and Wales to Disabled people or…
What is it? On the 2nd of May people will vote for the political party they want to run Bristol Council. The council make important decisions about things like housing and transport. Before this vote, you can meet the people from these political parties (these people are called councillors). The councillors want to tell you…
Any Easy Read version of this post is available here. Join Us: Speak Up About Disability Issues in Bristol Your Chance to Talk to the People Who Make Decisions On Thursday, 2nd May, voters in Bristol will decide who our new councillors will be. These councillors decide on important things like Adult Social Care, Housing, Taxi…
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 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…
Have you been pregnant in the last two years? If so, MNVP would like to get your thoughts on antenatal education. The Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP), an NHS funded independent organisation made up of service users, providers and commissioners who come together to design services that meet the needs of people and families…
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…
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…
A new film launched today by Bristol-group, Disabled Women Take Action (DWTA), aims to get more businesses signing up for the Community Toilet Scheme. Under the umbrella of Disabled Women Take Action (DWTA), two charities, Bristol Women’s Voice and WECIL (West of England Centre for Inclusive Living), are encouraging more businesses in Bristol to better…
