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Disability Champion: Benjamin Ormond Purse OBE, was a British trade unionist and campaigner for the rights of blind people
Benjamin Ormond Purse (29 August 1874 – 31 March 1950) Benjamin Ormond Purse was born in Salford , Lancashire on 29...
kevinndaws
Dec 2, 20244 min read


Assisted Dying vote refocuses the debate
On the eve of the parliamentary debate on the Assisted Suicide Bill, the disabled members of UCU, the lecturers trade union, debated the...
kevinndaws
Dec 1, 20245 min read


A Trade Union Champion for Disabled People - Sean McGovern
Sean was a well-known and respected both within the Trade Union movement and the Disability movement The former Assistant General...
kevinndaws
Nov 27, 20245 min read


Update on accessibility of public transport.
Since I originally published this post my colleague, Danielle from the West Midlands, who last month read out the letter from Phil at the...
kevinndaws
Nov 27, 20245 min read


Mandy Sandhu - Unite Disability Campaigner in the North West
Can I start by asking you to tell us a little about yourself? I'm Mandy! I’m passionate about making the world a better place for people...
kevinndaws
Nov 25, 20243 min read


The Government should support disabled people to succeed instead of setting them up to fail!
Over the weekend we have seen a lot of rhetoric about getting people into work and tackling benefit fraud. On Sunday the Prime Minister,...
kevinndaws
Nov 25, 20244 min read


What are Reasonable Adjustments?
Let me start by asking you have you heard of ‘Reasonable Adjustments’? If so, do you know what it means? It is a fairly recent concept,...
kevinndaws
Nov 23, 20245 min read


Is public transport really accessible?
In an earlier article I mentioned that I attended the recent Unite the Union Disabled members Conference in Birmingham where we did talk...
kevinndaws
Nov 20, 20244 min read


Working with the next generation
Todays children are the leaders of the future.

Scott Whitney
Nov 16, 20244 min read


Conflicting emotions
What do you do when your emotions collide in your head?
It's like being in the eye of a storm or waves crashing against the rocks.

Scott Whitney
Sep 27, 20242 min read


Stuck in the mud
Our photography group topic this month is animals I had to go for an x ray at Manchester MRI hospital. That’s another story. But it...

Scott Whitney
Jun 22, 20241 min read


We should want more than a seat at a table
It’s a common phrase, “We want a seat at the table”. To be honest, I think this phrase is outdated already and a tad boring. Having a...

Scott Whitney
May 30, 20241 min read
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