We have a brief window of time to affect the upcoming budget on Thursday November 17th.
Our GM Big Disability Survey has the hard evidence that shows further austerity will harm disabled people and lead to loss of life.
So to get that message to Westminster we need you to contact your MP and tell them to look at the survey report and to tell the government that austerity must end.
It's an easy 2 step process:
You may have seen a recent programme on BBC Panorama, about the abuse disabled people are facing in Edenfield hospital in North Manchester.
If you didn't see it, it's available on the BBC iPlayer at the moment, but be aware it's quite traumatic to watch.
Paul Hunt was one of the founders of the Disabled People's Movement in Britain, and one of the first activists to argue for the social model of disability. Unfortunately, most of his writings have been out of print for nearly fifty years.
In July and August 2022, the Greater Manchester Disabled People's Panel undertook a survey to find out what issues disabled people in Greater Manchester have been facing with the cost-of-living crisis.
Thank you to everyone who completed or shared the survey!
We have submitted a response to the government's Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Consultation.
The wording for our response is based on a really helpful summary from CLADDAG Leaseholder Disability Action Group.
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We are responding to this consultation on behalf of a disabled people's organisation: Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People.
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.
GMCDP welcomes the proposal that all new homes (with limited exceptions) are to be built to the 'Accessible and Adaptable Dwellings', or M4(2), standard as laid out in Part M of the Building Regulations, an upgrade from the previous M4(1) 'Visitable Dwellings'.
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 community sector who understand the market”. Since that time, GM Combined Authority (GMCA) has been speaking with that sector to better understand why this Hub might be needed, and in March 2022 launched a co-design exercise which would enable people who might benefit from or supply services to the Community Wealth Hub to get involved.
The Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel has launched the ‘Big Disability Survey 2022’. The survey, which was launched on Tuesday 28 June, is targeted at any disabled people who live or work across Greater Manchester and specifically aims to find out your attitudes and feelings towards the current cost of living crisis.
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:
These are fantastic opportunities to join a growing staff team and to be a part of the development and growth of one of Greater Manchester’s longest running disabled people’s organisations.
Each job is 14 hours per week. We welcome applications from people who would like to apply for both roles or one of them.
Job title: Archive lead
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: £28,000 per annum (£16,800 pro rata)
Line manager: GMCDP Manager (supported by Archives+ for specialist archives knowledge)
Location: Central Library (primary location) and occasional remote working
Contract length: 2.5 years
Deadline for applications: 9am on Monday 20th June 2022
Interviews to take place: TBC
