Next Stage artist accessibility project launches with a new survey. This is an innovative artist development project aiming to change the conversation about ambitious artists with disabilities, impairments and health conditions. They want to achieve this …
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MHF LIVE! – RAISING AWARENESS, RAISING MONEY & RAISING THE ROOF!
MHF Live: What is it and why are they are doing it! Disability Talk recently had the privilege of meeting Hannah Currie – the one woman dynamo who is behind the launch of MHF Live. …
Continue readingVISIBILITY FOR DISABILITY – WE WANT THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TO SAY YES
Here is a message we want content creators to say YES to. That’s anybody involved in any capacity in the creation of media. This includes directors, film makers, photographers, animators, playwrights and screenwriters, actors, producers, advertisers, …
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The Parliamentary Transport Select Committee says that swift reform is needed to restore passenger trust in railways and this must include effective contingency plans and stringent enforcement for disabled passengers. Disability Rights UK Ambassador and …
Continue readingGIVING A CHILD A LIFETIME OF RESILIENCE
There is currently a mental health crisis in our schools. One in eight five to 19 year olds has a mental health problem and this is growing. The Mental Health Foundation has stated that it …
Continue reading£250,000 NOW AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT DISABLED CANDIDATES FOR ELECTED OFFICE IN ENGLAND
Disability Rights UK has welcomed the opportunity to administer the EnAble Fund. Sue Bott (left) Sue Bott, from Disability Rights UK welcomed the investment stating, “We’re pleased to see the government creating a fund, which …
Continue readingCHANGING THE WORLD – WITH MARTYN SIBLEY & AJIT NAWALKHA
By Martyn Sibley “After 18 episodes of interviewing the cream of the crop in disabled talent, I’m tweaking the show’s format. There’ll still be disabled guests, but not every time”. Martyn Sibley “You see, I …
Continue readingBAKING BLIND IN SAN FRANCISCO
Penny Melville-Brown of Hampshire, UK, captures the essence of her Baking Blind world tour in a five minute ‘soundscape’ video specially designed for other visually impaired people. CLICK HERE to watch But it still has plenty …
Continue readingCHARITY AND HOPE IN PRISON – OPERA BEHIND BARS!
Pimlico Opera is a charity which produces performances in prisons and primary schools. They receive NO public funding but since 1991, with their first production of Sweeney Todd at Wormwood Scrubs, they have taken more …
Continue readingTHE TAXING QUESTION OF AUSTERITY
The UK Tax burden has rocketed to the highest level in 50 years! And we’re told that austerity is over! £787bn is the total government expects to raise in tax receipts this year. The TaxPayers …
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