GMCDP News

University of Manchester's third event in their Disability History Month calendar, you are warmly invited to share in an open discussion on the history of the disabled people's movement, chaired by one of UMSU's Disabled Students Officers, Dorian Gordon.

A workshop will be included in this session run by the NUS Disabled Students Officer Rachel O'Brien.

Manchester DPAC are holding their first monthly meeting at Manchester Central Library on Thursday 7th December (2pm-4pm) - meeting in the cafe bar

Facebook event here

The Univeristy of Manchester are screening The Best Of Men on Sunday December 10th (7:30pm-10pm), which charts the events that led to the creation ofthe Paralympic games. This screening is open to all interested in the history of disabled people, not just Univeristy of Manchester students.

From Disability News Service

The sale of a business set up by two disabled entrepreneurs to the online travel giant Airbnb is a “landmark” sign that businesses are taking more notice of disabled people’s spending power, according to the duo.

The Accomable website, set up by childhood friends Srin Madipalli and Martyn Sibley, has announced that it is being taken over by US-based Airbnb.

Celebrating UK Disability History Month

Friday 1st December 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

At Manchester Central Library

Come and join Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People as we celebrate Disability History Month with Manchester Central Library and Manchester City Council.

This year’s theme is disability and art

From Disability News Service

Disabled campaigners have criticised the chancellor’s failure to provide any money in the budget to solve the social care funding crisis, despite a warning from the UN.

Although Philip Hammond announced some extra funding for the NHS, there was no mention of social care in his budget speech, or in the main budget report.

From Disability News Service

The healthcare professionals who carry out disability benefit assessments on behalf of the government should be held accountable for failing to report what they are told accurately, MPs have been told.

Members of the Commons work and pensions select committee were told repeatedly this week that assessors working for the outsourcing giants Atos, Capita and Maximus were producing reports that did not reflect what they had been told by the disabled people they were assessing.

From Occupy London

Videos from this years Independent Living Conference, which was held this weekend, are now online on Occupy London's website. The event was chaired by GMCDP's Brian Hilton

They can be viewed here

From Rica

We’re expanding our consumer panel – RicaWatch – which consists of disabled people of all ages.

Join the RicaWatch panel to enter into our Christmas prize draw with a chance to win high-street shopping vouchers:

· First prize - £100

· Second prize - £50

· Third prize - £25

The prize draw closes Friday, 1 December, 2017, at 5pm.

You can join or over the phone, ring Ed on 020 7427 2463 on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 2pm and 5pm.

Celebrating UK Disability History Month

Friday 1st December 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

At Manchester Central Library

Come and join Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People as we celebrate Disability History Month with Manchester Central Library and Manchester City Council.

This year’s theme is disability and art