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 …
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CHARITY 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 …
Continue readingNOVEMBER WAS MEN’S MENTAL HEALTH MONTH
The Mental Health Foundation reminds us that November was Men’s Mental Health Month. And that the need to talk is always ongoing. But men, in particular, find it difficult to admit to being stressed and …
Continue readingPLEASE DON’T DIE OF FORGETFULNESS
Tina Weaver is the Chief Executive of the charity ‘Wellbeing Of Women’. It is dedicated to improving the health of women and babies, to make a difference to everybody’s lives today and tomorrow. Ms. Weaver, …
Continue readingCONGRATULATIONS SYLVIA MAC! BURN’S SURVIVOR, FOUNDER OF LOVE DISFIGURE AND #ALLin AMBASSADOR HONOURED BY THE PRIME MINISTER
The Prime Minister has today, 3rd December, recognised Sylvia Mac, from Hackney, for founding ‘Love Disfigure’, a campaign which raises awareness and offers support for people living with scarring and disfigurements. Having hid her own …
Continue readingNHS TO INVESTIGATE DEATHS OF ALL MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS
The NHS is to start investigating the deaths of more than 100,000 mental health patients a year in a drive to cut the number of fatalities that are linked to poor care of those with …
Continue readingIT’S BETTER TO TALK!
Heads Together is a charity and mental health initiative spearheaded by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, which combines a campaign to tackle stigma and change the conversation on …
Continue readingROBBERY RISE LINKED TO BENEFIT CHANGES
Police Scotland have claimed UK government benefit changes may be linked to a rise in robberies. The forces report said welfare reform, including the introduction of universal credit, may have helped push robberies up by …
Continue readingDISABILITY TALK EXCLUSIVE! – £56BN HS2 .. THE MINISTER SPEAKS TO US
We’ve never hid our dislike of the £56bn HS2 railway project arguing that the money could be better spent on making the whole rail network, including the London Underground, accessible to all. We shall be …
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