Joan Rutherford, a member of our Housing Working Group, gave a talk at the Housing 2025 event in Manchester last month.
What do I mean by ‘accessible housing’? Housing that meets Building Regulation M4(2). More or less what used to be known as Lifetime Homes. Meaning that anyone with reduced mobility can continue to live there despite changes in their lives.
GMCDP has submitted a response to the EHRC Code of practice for services, public functions and associations: consultation 2025
In summary:
GMCDP do not believe changes to our provision are necessary and such changes as in the Code would be harmful - they would reduce safety, access, and dignity for everyone.
Closing date: 12 noon on Thursday 31 July 2025
We want to add capacity to our Manchester Disabled People’s Project team so that we can deliver more and bigger events and activities.
Location: Home based, with some in person meetings
Salary: £46,000 FTE (£27,600 actual)
Part time, permanent
Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 23rd June 2025
Are you a disabled leader committed to disability rights and the Social Model of Disability?
Do you believe in the power of grassroots activism, user-led change and inclusive leadership?
Last week GMCDP submitted evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee in the House of Commons on how Jobcentres treat disabled people. Our evidence is based on what our members and our communities have told us through the Disabled People’s Panel and the Big Disability Survey.
Linda Laurie was a longtime disabled activist who sadly died last year. Many of us will have known Linda, and fought with her for disabled people’s freedom and equality.
Linda read a lot; about politics, about disability, about music, and about travel. She loved novels and poetry. Linda’s partner would like her books to go to other disabled activists, and for people to make a donation to the Disabled People’s Archive in her memory.
The UK government wants to make changes to PIP.
They have written a document called "Modernising support for independent living: the health and disability green paper"
You can tell the government what you think of these ideas by the end of Monday 22 July 2024.
You can email: consultation.modernisingsupport@DWP.GOV.UK
Or you can write to: Disability and Health Support Directorate, Department for Work and Pensions, Level 2, Caxton House, Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA
