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Latest updates from across the network.

Sheffield - Alternatives to Austerity The Festival of Debate in Sheffield provides a chance to discuss alternatives to austerity.

Carers deserve a livable income CarerWatch and signatories letter in The Guardian 31st March 2015.

Conservatives leave chair empty At the Citizen Jury Event being held by LDA England on 2nd April.

Social Care system in crisis Major new report outlines the increasing crisis in social care

Churches welcome call for benefit sanctions review A coalition of major UK Churches, with a combined membership of more than 800,000 people, has welcomed the call for a…

Individual Service Fund (ISF) survey Please complete this quick survey on Individual Service Funds from the Housing and Support Alliance.

Cumulative impact of welfare reform: Scotland New research published by Scottish Parliament on the cumulative impact of welfare reform on households in Scotland.

Government must do better - survey results Results from LDA England's quality checking Government survey February 2015 reveal the deep level of shock and…

Discover - What is politics good for? Series of useful seminars

Charities are servants of Government A new research report from NCIA

Maximus Day of Action - 2nd March Join DPAC in a day of protest across UK on 2nd March 2015.

Appeal for Thomas and family Paula Rawnsley’s 20 year old son Thomas is in hospital on a life support machine. This is an appeal fund to help…

Self-Directed Support in Scotland - 16 March We Chose to Climb an international event on SDS in Glasgow, 16 March 2015.

Campaigning Charities in Austerity UK A research report published by NCIA - Voluntary Services and Campaigning in Austerity UK.

Don't be shy, love your taxes A series of protests being held in Sheffield on 14 February 2015, plus please sign the tax dodging bill petition.

Benefit sanctions savage mental health Benefits claimants judged as unfit to work due to mental health problems are more likely to have their benefits stopped…

Quality Checking Government In the run up to the General Election in May 2015, the Learning Disability Alliance England have produced a…

Jobseeker Agreement Unlawful Finding of tribunal into job seekers agreement

Independent Living Fund High Court ruling Independent Living Fund High Court ruling

Claiming Full Citizenship Conference Save the date and a call for papers for Claiming Full Citizenship Conference in Vancouver, October 2015.

Research shows impact of ISFs Better Lives - an evaluation of personalisation in Southwark published today.

Best Buddies UK launched Best Buddies UK launched at the end of October.

Poverty in Sheffield Today - 29 November Finding A Way Forward - a meeting in Sheffield 29 November 2014.

Time to Stop the Lies A petition on 38 degrees to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards - IDS Time to Stop the Lies.

Keep Volunteering Voluntary Sign up to this campaign to keep volunteering voluntaryp.

Regulations putting people at risk Publication of open letter on regulations

LDA England goes live LDA England website goes lives

H&SA Annual Conference 20 November 2014 The most important conference of the year for people working in the housing and supported living sector for people with…

Petition to re-think pre-paid benefit cards Sign this petition at 38 degrees.

Women Centred Working An initiative to encourage the design and delivery of more effective services for women who are facing multiple…

Think on it: 3 - 5 December 2014 3 day residential workshop with Kate Fulton, Bright Souls and Judith North, Orenda.

Carers and General Election 2015 Carer Watch is compiling a list of questions to MPs before the elections in 2015 and collating their responses.

New report proposes basic income Let's Scrap the DWP - the case for Basic Income Security - has been published by The Centre for Welfare Reform

Join the Learning Disability Alliance The Campaign for a Fair Society, People First England and the Housing and Support Alliance have formed the Learning…

Call for welfare ceasefire Carer Watch and Pat's Petition call for groups to support a welfare ceasefire to end the shameful changes to the current…

Cutting Against the Grain - 25 September A national conference on 25 September, organised by WomenCentre demonstrating the resilience, tenacity and…

Scotland Against the Care Tax Sign this petition by Scotland Against the Care Tax - to end care charging in Scotland.

NZ tackle Down Syndrome discrimination New Zealand Human Rights Commission to address prenatal discrimination against the down syndrome community.

Parliament condemns ESA and WCA CarerWatch share a new report by the Work and Pensions Committee on Employment and Support Allowance and Work…

Green Party support basic income Green Party Manifesto 2015 to include universal basic income

Research Fellowship on basic incomes Ailsa McKay Post Doctoral Research Fellowship in Economics

Dignity and Opportunity for All published Just Fair publish a new report Dignity and Opportunity for All

Independent research on WCA published An independent evaluation of the WCA by disabled people themselves

Speak up Against the Cuts - 10 July The Learning Disability Carers Community invite people and organisations to come together to speak up about cuts to…

Failure of Back-to-Work Programme Failure of WRAG

Individual Service Funds published Individual Service Funds - learning from Inclusion's 18 Years of Practice.

Working on the Inside published Working on the Inside a new paper by Kate Fulton.

Overturned Overturned abolish Independent Living Fund

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