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History project will dig deep into the past, thanks to Lottery cash
June 25, 2015
Ian Streets
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded nearly £880,000 to a three-year project that will uncover disabled people’s history, through examination of eight unique buildings across England. Accentuate’s History of Place…
Read more‘Unique history’ of disability arts movement set for preservation, thanks to £850K funding
June 25, 2015
Ian Streets
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded more than £850,000 to a project that will create a digital archive of the 40-year history of the disability arts movement. The Shape…
Read moreRights campaigner ‘knocked for six’ by MBE
June 18, 2015
Ian Streets
A disabled campaigner has described how he was “knocked for six” after learning that he had been recognised with an MBE in the Queen’s birthday honours. Shaun Webster becomes one…
Read moreBBC chooses Walsh to ‘set the pace’ on disability
June 18, 2015
Ian Streets
The BBC has announced the name of the new executive who will lead for the broadcaster on disability, as part of its plan to “set the pace” on diversity in…
Read morePeers to probe how Equality Act has helped disabled people
June 18, 2015
Ian Streets
A new Lords committee is to investigate the impact on disabled people of the Equality Act since it became law five years ago. The committee has been set up on…
Read moreNRAC announces conference 17th Sept 2015
June 12, 2015
Ian Streets
NRAC Conference 2015 Date: Thursday 17th September 2015 Time: 09:00 - 17:00 Cost: £125 inc VAT Venue: Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre 108 Stamford Street, South Bank, London SE1…
Read moreWatchdog writes to Man Utd after stewards confiscate walking aids from fans
June 5, 2015
Ian Streets
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is to write to Manchester United and football’s Premier League after Disability News Service (DNS) passed on concerns that disabled fans had had…
Read moreBBC set to appoint new disability executive
May 28, 2015
Ian Streets
The BBC is finally set to appoint a senior executive tasked with championing disabled talent and projects, more than 10 months after the new role was announced. The appointment of…
Read moreAccess animation will spread the word on how to fix the web
May 21, 2015
Ian Streets
Digital accessibility campaigners are hoping that their new animated video will show designers how to avoid excluding disabled people from their websites, mobile phone apps, software and documents. The animation…
Read moreCampaigner celebrates second victory in battle over court discrimination
May 14, 2015
Ian Streets
A disabled campaigner has succeeded in proving that he was discriminated against – twice – by the courts service. Doug Paulley, a wheelchair-user, has taken a string of cases against…
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