DANC – The ‘Disabled Artists Networking Community’ is a monthly networking event for established/professional artists and performers (of any art form) that have a disability. Cherylee Houston (Izzy Armstrong from Coronation Street) DANC was created …
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DIVERSITY & INCLUSIVITY .. AND THE QUOTES THAT INSPIRE!
Eileen Grubba “Excluding people from society, expecting them to live silently in the shadows and in poverty, we cut off a major life force that could infuse great insight and ingenuity into our lives.” Iman …
Continue reading‘TRIPLE C’ IS A COLLECTIVE OF DISABLED AND NON-DISABLED CREATIVES
Triple C (creative, confidence, collective) is a collective of disabled and non-disabled creatives, focused on changing access to the arts for children/young people & adults with disabilities and working towards better representation of artists/performers with …
Continue readingANGEL SINCLAIR HAS BECOME AN #ALLin AMBASSADOR – WHY DON’T YOU JOIN HER?
Angel Sinclair is the inspirational founder of ‘Models of Diversity’ – and has now become an #ALLin Ambassador. Why not follow her lead and also pledge yourself to our fast growing movement? With a large number of …
Continue readingACTRESS MELISSA JOHNS SHEDDING A NEW LIGHT ON DISABILITY
Former Coronation Street actress Melissa Johns is shedding a new light on disability and body image. The actress and model, along with ‘Models of Diversity’, are changing perceptions of disability and empowering the celebration of …
Continue readingI’M AN #ALLin AMBASSADOR – ARE YOU?
Hollywood Actress, Eileen Grubba – I’m an #ALLin Ambassador .. ARE YOU? Coronation Street Star, Melissa Johns – I am an #ALLin Ambassador .. ARE YOU? Sylvia …
Continue readingDISABLED PEOPLE IN HOUSING CRISIS
There is a housing crisis for most young people who are unable to afford to get on the housing ladder. But for disabled people the situation is far worse. The ‘Equality and Human Rights Commission’ …
Continue readingGOVIA’S NEW TIMETABLE IS AN INSULT TO DISABLED PASSENGERS!
The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) said the latest instruction from ‘Govia Thameslink Railway’ (GTR) tells staff not to attempt to place people of reduced mobility (known as PRMs) on a train if there …
Continue readingHANNAH ENSOR & THE STICKMEN
By Martyn Sibley Having a disability feels like an eternal venture of educating people. Many of those who haven’t come into contact with disability, have rather strange preconceptions of what my life is like. Then …
Continue readingBENEFITS CLIFF EDGE FOR CARERS MEANS WORK DOESN’T PAY
Benefits cliff edge for carers means work doesn’t pay. That’s a fairly dramatic headline – and we didn’t write it. In fact it was composed by ‘The Work and Pensions Committee’. ‘The Work and Pensions Committee’ …
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