Campaigns
DCP Campaign #GiveitBack
The DCP is asking the Government to give back the £434 million shortfall in funding for social care for disabled children and their families. Parent carer, Vickey has written to the Chancellor asking him to Give it Back. Add your name to her letter here
https://secure.mencap.org.uk/en-gb/give-it-back
DCP research published last year revealed a £434million funding gap for social care for disabled children and their families. DCP asked parents how this lack of support affecting their lives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8oCIUabKEs&feature=youtu.be
As a parent of a disabled child, it is a campaign EVER so close to my heart...
https://twitter.com/BBCBreakfast/status/1143791301743325184
Above link is my impassioned speech to Damian Hinds MP outside the Royal Courts of Justice
https://twitter.com/lumpybird/status/1143803341304057856
A portion of the poem I penned for all SEN parents & children is available above. Outside the Royal Courts of Justice
Minister for Disabled Children
Since Emily was born, We as a family, like so many in our community, have thrown ourselves into many campaigns to make life fairer, decent and accessible for our children.
https://www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/now-is-the-time
Now is the Time.
In 2018 we headed SCOPEs campaign to petition for a minister for disabled children and families. This involved a great deal of media work, both live TV, Radio and print. We raised over 40,000 signatures and presented it to 10 Downing Street.
A minister for Disabled Children is imperative. Families are often isolated, left without direction and unaware of the benefits available to them to support their lives.
C5 film
https://twitter.com/danwhite1972/status/1128044911738142721?s=12
Brexit
I have been heavily involved in the No-Deal implications, specifically the worry of a medication shortage.
https://twitter.com/Danwhite1972/status/1168830039598796801
Changing Places
We also campaign heavily for the installation of Changing Places around the country. There are at present less than 1100 decent disabled toilets in the UK. Lack of decent toileting for disabled people leads to families staying at home, becoming isolated, NO social activity whatsoever. we staged a Loo-a-thon on Baker Street in London to highlight the need for cleaner, better-realized toilets for the disabled
For more info : https://www.changing-places.org/
Playgrounds
We launched a campaign to make ALL playgrounds locally accessible for ALL children.
https://www.facebook.com/BBCSouthNews/videos/1312085495548704/UzpfSTY4OTA5MTcyNzkzNjg2MDo2OTA5NTM5NjEwODM5NzA/
As a result of our media campaign, all the playgrounds locally are having all the entrances retrofitted for disability access with plans afoot for the play equipment to be multi-use.