GMCDP News

Get out Get Active (GOGA) is a new scheme being promoted by Disability Rights UK to get more disabled and non-disabled people taking part in, physical activity and sport together in their local area. It covers Manchester City, Wigan and Rochdale.

What are they doing in Manchester?

There are lots of inclusive activities happening in Manchester- from dance to climbing, from walking football to boccia. Some are free and some are very low-cost.

From Disability News Service

A disabled Tory peer has resigned as a board member of the equality watchdog over a government minister’s “collusion” with the decision not to appoint him as a disability commissioner.

Lord [Kevin] Shinkwin made the announcement in a speech in the House of Lords on Tuesday, during a debate on the human rights implications of Brexit.

'A Universal Credit Christmas'.

Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts are joining the activists who have been holding a weekly action at Ashton Under Lyne Job Centre for several years now.

Every Christmas they have a special protest as they offer advice, help, and food to people affected.

The ever mysterious Scorpio returns with a sting in his tail. Head on over to our Opinon page here to see his stinging rebuke

From The Mirror

'Thousands of disability benefit tests have been branded "unacceptable" by the government's own quality control scheme.

Bombshell new figures say neither Atos nor Capita - the outsourcing giants paid more than £500m to assess people for Personal Independence Payments (PIP) - are meeting the target of 97% of assessments conforming to standards.

Latest audits show 6.4% of PIP benefit assessments were deemed "unacceptable" in the three months to October 2017.

From Proud and Loud Arts

Cells – A Body Of Work

What labels would you choose?

Some labels are given special treatment and a glass of champagne, some are put in a safe place where no one can find them. Others are hung out for everyone to see as an example of what happens to normality when it wanders off the path.

‘Cells – A Body Of Work’ is a live art installations created in response to the Manchester Evening News report, in October 2015, describing a 140% rise in reported hate crime incidents against people with disabilities.

From Disability News Service

Disabled campaigners have gathered at a conference to help develop plans for a fightback against the independent living “catastrophe” facing users of support services across the country.

From Disability News Service

The equality watchdog has asked a barrister to examine whether there needs to be a legal right to independent living for disabled people, because of concerns that their rights to choice and control over their lives is being “eroded”.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has asked the lawyer to assess how independent living is currently protected by law and whether “additional protections” are needed.

From Disability News Service

One of the key figures in the disabled people’s movement has come out of retirement to deliver a stinging rebuke to “parasitic” disability charities.

Professor Mike Oliver, the disabled academic who first defined the “social model of disability”, was speaking at an event hosted by the University of Kent last Wednesday, as part of UK Disability History Month.

Xmas Show Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf https://www.z-arts.org/events/little-red/

On Tuesday 12th December @ 1pm there is an integrated British Sign Language (BSL) performance suitable for all ages 4/5+ , families and most importantly adults and children with additional hearing needs. There are free arts and crafts before and after the show and free goody bags.

If you are interested in booking for children or families please contact Z-Arts as soon as you can: