After a wait of almost two years since the initial consultation, this week the Government published its response to the Raising Accessibility Standards for New Homes Consultation.
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 09/08/2022
August 2022
July 2022
In 2021, the Independent Inequalities Commission’s recommendation for Greater Manchester to: “Create a Community Wealth Hub to support and grow co-operatives, mutuals, social and community enterprises, staffed by people from the co-operative and c
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 20/07/2022
The Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel has launched the ‘Big Disability Survey 2022’.
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 06/07/2022
June 2022
We have secured five years of funding from The National Lottery to support our development and growth.
This means we have two exciting job vacancies:
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 23/06/2022
May 2022
Job title: Archive lead
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £28,000 per annum (£16,800 pro rata)
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 12/05/2022
April 2022
On Friday night I attended DIS:Play, an immersive collection of interactive performances by a group of young disabled creatives, held at Contact Theatre.
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 13/04/2022
The Disabled People's Archive team have put together a small exhibition of material relating to DAN (Disabled People’s Direct Action Network) which is currently on display at Manchester Central Library.
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 13/04/2022
One of our executive committee members, Dennis, gave a short talk at the RMT (The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) disabled members’ conference last Friday.
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 13/04/2022
March 2022
The Young Creatives Project is a collaboration project with GMCDP, Archives+ and Contact. It gives time for young disabled people to share lived experiences, research the history of disabled protest and develop creative skills.
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 31/03/2022
February 2022
We are seeking a judicial review of how the DWP use a computer algorithm to pick disabled people to be investigated for fraud, because we think it is unfair.
The stages of a judicial review process are:
News Category: GMCDP News
News Date: 16/02/2022