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BEEP BEEP! DAY IS BACK FOR 2023

On February 8, 2023 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

    We’re delighted to announce that Beep Beep! Day is back and will be taking place on Wednesday 26 April 2023. Beep Beep! Day is a fantastic opportunity to engage with younger children aged 2-7 all …

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WOULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING OUR PETITION?

On February 6, 2023 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

Would you please consider signing our PETITION calling for a £25m annual fund to provide extra ‘respite breaks’ for unpaid carers?     THE PETITION “Create a £25million annual fund to pay for respite breaks …

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Disability Poverty Campaign Calls On PM To Act Urgently On Prepayments Meters

On February 1, 2023 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

Disabled people’s organisations and allies have written to the prime minister to call for an immediate ban on energy companies forcibly installing pre-payment meters in the homes of disabled customers who have fallen into debt.  …

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WHAT NOT TO SAY TO A GRIEVING YOUNG PERSON

On January 12, 2023 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

When a young person you know has experienced the death of someone close to them, it can be difficult to know what to say. It’s natural to want to comfort them, but sometimes common condolences …

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PENNY’S NEW YEAR RESOLUTION – QUICK EASY FOOD

On January 10, 2023 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

The Incredible ‘blind’ cook, Penny Melville-Brown, welcomes in the New Year with this recipe for Tomato Soup. Tomato and orange soup Ingredients: 1 large (800g) tin tomatoes. 1 orange, zest and juice. 1 medium potato, …

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A PETITION TO FUND EXTRA RESPITE CARE FOR UNPAID CARERS

On January 6, 2023 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

Would you please consider signing our PETITION calling for a £25m annual fund to provide extra ‘respite breaks’ for unpaid carers? FACT: The UK’s unpaid carers save our treasury £135bn each and every year. We are now …

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GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTS FUND

On January 3, 2023 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) has launched a £1 million pilot fund to support grassroots social movements whose work is about systemic change in society.  The Grassroots Movements Fund has around £1 million which …

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Petition

WOULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER SIGNING OUR PETITION?

On January 2, 2023 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

THE LIFE OF UNPAID CARERS –  IS IT FAIR? .. IS IT JUST? .. OR IS IT  SIMPLY UNREASONABLE? Would you please consider signing our PETITION calling for a £25m annual fund to provide extra …

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FESTIVE GREETINGS

On December 25, 2022 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

Festive Greetings to all our supporters and followers

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A CHRISTMAS PODCAST FROM THE BLIND COOK

On December 19, 2022 By Disability Talk In Featured, News

I’m rather cheating on Christmas greetings.  No cards but offering this link to a Christmas Special podcast I was asked to do by broadcaster Tom Walker. In the past, he has featured the blind singer …

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