Report looks to inform debate for disabled people ahead of EU referendum
A leading charity has today moved to push disability issues higher up the EU Referendum agenda by publishing a report highlighting how disabled people could…
A leading charity has today moved to push disability issues higher up the EU Referendum agenda by publishing a report highlighting how disabled people could…
No level access or disabled parking spaces available in some polling stations Disabled voters felt polling station staff lacked training to help Charity calls for…
Wheelchair users denied fundamental right to vote in person by lack of information, finds charity’s research Revitalise launches new video in support of wheelchair voters’…
Voters with a disability are being reminded by the Electoral Commission that there should be no barriers to them casting their vote at the General…
Ann-Marie Armstrong is supported by Community Integrated Care, a national social care charity. She is also employed by the charity as a Peer Reviewer – someone who…
Inaccessible politics discouraged 2 in every 3 people with a learning disability from voting in local elections last May* Last week, 17 students with a…
79% of disabled voters feel that the parties have so far not focused enough on the issues that affect them. Despite this, 92% say they…
Disability aenefits Consortium brings together main five political parties on welfare for the first and only time before General Elecrtion Last night, disabled people, their…
Young people with a learning disability gathered together at the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast (Tuesday 24th March) to ask a panel of local candidates…
“When I can’t understand what politicians say it’s really frustrating. It makes me want to disengage and ignore what it is happening in the political…
Today, parents and carers of disabled children in Cheshire East got the chance to question Edward Timpson, local MP for Crewe and Nantwich. The event…
The year’s first edition of Easy News has been published, containing the latest news from the UK and around the globe, as well as exclusive…
Every Vote Counts: United Response appoints political correspondent to get people with learning disabilities using their vote National disability charity United Response has recruited a…
Minister supports Mencap campaign to make voices of people with a learning disability heard in general election Last week, Norman Lamb, Minister of State for…
1 in 5 people with a learning disability turned away at polling stations In a new survey published today, Mencap reveals that people with a…