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Shape’s £1.5 million grant ‘is huge boost for disabled artists’
A leading disability arts organisation has secured £1.5 million of lottery funding to develop a programme of "ambitious and high quality work" by disabled artists over the next three years.…
Council Crackdown on Blue Badge Cheats
Hull City Council has sent a warning to people who abuse disabled parking concessions. The Council announced a crackdown on abuse of the Blue Badge scheme earlier in the…
User-led charity wins prime minister’s award
A user-led organisation is the latest charity to win the prime minister’s Big Society Award, after being praised for its contribution to the community. Oxford-based My Life My Choice (MLMC)…
Access experts raise concerns over housing standards review
Access and housing experts have warned that draft government plans for new housing standards do not do enough to prioritise the building of accessible homes. They spoke out as the…
Broadcasters must measure quality of subtitles, says Ofcom
Broadcasters will have to measure the quality of the subtitles they provide on live television programmes, the broadcasting watchdog has announced. Deaf campaigners welcomed the decision by Ofcom, but said…
The disability charity Scope is to “put its money where its mouth is”
The disability charity Scope is to “put its money where its mouth is” by closing a third of its remaining residential homes over the next three years. The plans to…
No room for disabled people among 21 Paralympic ‘team leaders’
There is not one disabled person among the “team leaders” who are heading the high-level preparations of 21 Paralympic sports in the lead-up to Rio 2016, the British Paralympic Association…
Universities ‘still failing disabled students’
Universities are still putting significant barriers before disabled students and failing to provide them with the support they need on campus, according to new research carried out by young campaigners.…
MPs warn government over ‘unacceptably poor’ access to transport
MPs have warned the government that it must do much more to improve access to transport for disabled people, which they say is “unacceptably poor”. The Commons transport committee this…
McVey calls on councils to smooth the way to accessible beaches
The minister for disabled people has written to every local authority in England to try to persuade them to do more to make their tourist hotspots more accessible. Esther McVey…
