Time has run out! ⏳ The Government is set to miss its target for reducing the number of people with a learning disability and/or autistic people in mental health hospitals by 50% by March 2024. Waste of lives, waste of money, where's the plan? [1/2]

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Are you disabled, LGBTQ+ and live or work in York? We want to hear from you! Our LGBTQ+ group wants to know what other disabled, LGBTQ+ people want our group to focus on buff.ly/3vny021

York station revamp will make it 'less accessible for disabled people' and it’s way worse than this now old picture suggests !yorkpress.co.uk/news/24203337.…

I’ve spoken out previously about the scandal of locking people up with learning disabilities. Thank you ITV News for covering this story.

Gwen Swinburn 🇬🇧🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿xx The Press York Labour City of York Council Katie Lomas I’m at a loss as to how so many aspects of this design were deemed ‘an improvement’. I believe the whole scheme is fundamentally flawed. There was insufficient community involvement at the outset & it went to planning during second lockdown.

The government tried this week to persuade the UN that it has made “progress” since being found guilty of “grave and systematic violations” of the disability rights convention, just as MPs prepared to undermine one of its key claims. buff.ly/4a9FTre

Flick Williams The Press York Labour City of York Council Katie Lomas Did they run out of white pedestrian crossing paint -we go across the segregated from 🚲 straight into an unconstrained cycle lane.. how is that supposed to work 🤔 ‘controlled’ for 🚗🚍but not for 🚲’ We are at mercy of cars & bikes stopping all over this scheme…

The government is finally taking further steps towards introducing laws that would set a higher standard of accessibility for nearly all new homes in England. buff.ly/494EdxI

Are you a family carer for a family member who has a learning disability or is an autistic person? Inclusion Norths next Reaching Out To Families meeting is on Friday 5th April at 10.30am-12.00pm click here for more information on how to book a place bit.ly/ROTFApril2024

#Oliverscampaign Lovely to hear such wonderful feedback for Oliver's training Maria Caulfield CBE Dr Navina Evans Philippa Spicer MBE

A council has been accused of using underhand tactics to cut millions of pounds from support packages and push disabled people into residential care, despite being forced to withdraw a controversial policy that could have had the same impact. buff.ly/4a9Gide

#Oliverscampaign Tier 2 is now gathering momentum with many Trusts & ICBs getting on with rolling it out across their workforce Philippa Spicer MBE Devon Maria Caulfield CBE Amanda Pritchard @CNOEngland Dr Navina Evans Caroline Dinenage MP Gillian Keegan

Today we had our second Advocacy Art Group with 🖍️Stephen Lee Hodgkins🔋 Our next one is at York Mind Highcliffe House Highcliffe Court York on Monday 20 May 2024 10am until 12pm. Here one of the Trustees was using a old printer

Please join us for Disability Advocacy In York At New Earswick Folk Hall on Monday 24 June 2024 between 10am and 3pm. If you have something to say please do come along. We will discuss Are Things Getting Better or Worse for People with Learning Difficulties?. 🖍️Stephen Lee Hodgkins🔋

Fantastic Third Advocacy Arts Session today 🖍️Stephen Lee Hodgkins🔋 …elscottsadvocacynewspage.blogspot.com/2024/05/third-…

Today we went through the papers and everything we did in the Office for Archiving by Explore York and we came across our Parliament in 2008 we could not believe it was when Valuing People Now was our theme and we came across How to Vote

We came across the letter regarding Disability Discrimination Act and me Meeting in July 2000 we could not believe what happened to the Disability Discrimination Act and me.