Pictures and Video from the Balls to the Budget Protest #Balls2TheBudget #Budget2015
The massive banner you can see above was made by the Banner Collective @blacbanner (Anna, Anton, Robin, Seamus and Sharon). DPAC are hugely grateful to them for making it for us in memory of @moriarty107 who passed away #RIP. DPAC also want to thank Class War, Streets Kitchen, Black Dissidents, London Latinxs, Columbian Women in Action, Occupy,… Continue Reading Pictures and Video from the Balls to the Budget Protest #Balls2TheBudget #Budget2015
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The loss of ILF doesn’t just affect ILF users-it affects everyone
We’re all in it together – aren’t we? from Moore Lavan Films on Vimeo.
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John McDonnell MP Praises DPAC at DPAC national Conference 2014
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Video from outside Courts of Justice 13th March 2013: Challenging DWP on the Closure of ILF
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Lobby your MP to attend Not Dead Yet lobby at Portcullis House on the 14th July 2015 The Rob Marris Assisted Dying Bill will be debated in the House of Commons on the 11th of September, as soon as Parliament reconvenes after the summer recess. There is an opportunity to lobby MPs before they go… Continue Reading Lobby against Assisted Suicide – come along and invite your MP
On 30th June, the day the ILF closes, ILF recipients, campaigners and Allies will meet outside Downing Street to hand over petitions calling on the Prime Minister to protect Disabled people’s right to independent living. Over 25,000 signatures have been collected online (supported by the brilliant video made by the stars of Coronation Street) and… Continue Reading It Ain’t Over – ILF Closing Ceremony and March for Independent Living
Freedom of Information requests asking the following questions were sent out on 15th April to 151 English Local Authorities: Q1 Will you be ring fencing the lF money passed to you to: – A) Individual ILF users B) Adult Social Care C) No ring-fence at all Q2 Have you received the details of how much… Continue Reading ILF Freedom of Information request findings
Dear Mr Speaker, On 30th June the Independent Living Fund, providing essential support to disabled people with high support needs with everyday basic tasks such as eating, drinking and going to the toilet, will close. This is the result of a decision taken by the government without a vote in Parliament. The closure will have… Continue Reading The letter disabled people stormed Parliament to deliver