We now have a group dedicated to issues faced by deaf people, set up and run by deaf people You can join the facebook group at this link https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Yh2K21U21/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Community Expectations and Safer Spaces Guidance. Why does this guidance exist? We want our events and spaces to be safe, welcoming, and respectful for everyone, especially disabled people, marginalised groups, and those with lived experience of injustice. No space is perfect, but we believe it’s important to be clear about the behaviours we expect and… Continue Reading Safeguarding Information
BREAKING NEWS The United Nations is calling for the UK Government to stop the Universal Credit (PIP) Bill because it will ‘deepen the signs of regression’ in disabled people’s human rights. https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2FCRPD%2FFUL%2FGBR%2F63716&Lang=en Even after concessions and the dropping of Clause 5 our concerns remain. Please note the UN has been given a timeframe for a… Continue Reading Urgent update on UC Bill
Contact your local Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) group
Page moved here Local DPAC Groups 2025 This is an updated list of local Disabled People Against Cuts groups. If there isn’t one in your area, contact mail@dpac.uk.net and we may be able to put you in touch with supporters or a regional group. Wales Swansea – dpac.cymru+swansea@gmail.com Cardiff & Valleys – dpac.cymru+cardiffandvalleys@gmail.com North Wales… Continue Reading Contact your local Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) group
Many thanks to a long term activist whose name I won’t mention. Don’t forget to take a bust card from your local event page. Also have the emergency details of a solicitor written on your arm. If there isn’t one you can find a bust card on GreenBlack Cross website but this won’t have the… Continue Reading Protest Advice
A National Independent Living Support Service
Download report here: NILSS_final The Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance, a network of disabled people and our organisations in England, is asking for support for a bold new vision for independent living* for the future. (* The phrase ‘independent living’ is not about disabled people doing things on our own, it means having choice and control… Continue Reading A National Independent Living Support Service
Free Railcard for unemployed people
If you’re on jobseeker’s allowance or claiming universal credit you may be able to get a free railcard from the jobcentre which gives 50% off many rail tickets, thanks to a little-known discount scheme. For more information, click this link
DPAC position statement and motion for union branches on Universal Credit
Why Universal Credit must be stopped and scrapped. Universal Credit is the punishing regime due to be more widely imposed on people with low incomes both those in and out of work. DPAC believes that UC has too many flaws to be simply paused and fixed – it must be stopped and scrapped. UC is… Continue Reading DPAC position statement and motion for union branches on Universal Credit
Warning – take care when posting to facebook
Remember to be careful when putting things on your Facebook profile. We know that many of you put a brave face on and most photos don’t tell the full story. However DWP will use screen grabs of you smiling as evidence that you are not in pain. I’m in court today for a fraud case… Continue Reading Warning – take care when posting to facebook
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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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On Wednesday 18 June the government published the Universal Credit (UC) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) bill. Proposals in the bill It includes the planned cuts to PIP – where a person will need to score 4 points in at least one daily living area in order to qualify for the daily living component. More… Continue Reading About the UC and PIP bill and what we can do
The UK Deaf and Disabled People’s Monitoring Coalition is a secular network of user-led Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations across the United Kingdom. This paper sets out the reasons why we are not able to support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill following the Report Stage. Many of our concerns echo those voiced… Continue Reading BRIEFING PAPER: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
#WelfareNotWarfare Call protests now over the parliamentary recess 8-22 April. While lavishing money on the military the Labour government is continuing to pursue its attack on support for Deaf and disabled people announced in Rachel Reeves’ Spring statement. We are calling for DPAC groups and supporters to call local protests across the country to demand… Continue Reading Call local protests now! Stop the Disability Benefit Cuts!
Protesting individual MPs is an important tactic, but has to be done carefully to minimise the risk to people in hard situations who may be seeking help. Constituents visiting an MP’s office are often at the end of their options, and include refugees needing help dealing with the Home Office, disabled people needing assistance dealing… Continue Reading Guidelines for Protesting Specific MPs