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‘Disabled woman faces eviction threat over £6K bill for ‘disgusting’ meals she never even ate’

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Image of newspaper article with brown pile of food in a foam box.

WinVisible is supporting Alice Talbot since 2021, who lives at Charlie Ratchford Court a supported living place run by Camden Council. She contacted us as she didn’t want the meals: Care dinners: Would you fork out £4.50 for this meal? She also wanted to challenge the high care charges, which are on top of rent … Read more

Tues 29 April – Bring People Home from Psychiatric Hospital

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Bring People Home From Hospital. Easy Read picture. Drawing of a hospital building, at the window on the top floor is a woman in distress. The building has labels: mental illness - autistic -- learning disability. Then an arrow to her outside her home, using a wheelchair and someone is next to her providing care and support.

Day of Action  Tuesday 29 April 2025  11.30-3pm Leaflet below and full details here — things you can do to support the campaign, before the day, on the day and from home remotely and online. Nearest step-free tube – Westminster Meet at: the Mahatma Gandhi statue, back of Parliament Square,  London SW1P 3JX. WinVisible and … Read more

“Group demands better maternity care for disabled women”

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Black and white photo of a standing woman's middle. She is holding a baby to her above her belly which has the pregnancy line. News: North London group demands better maternity care for disabled women.

Shared from North West Londoner 5 April 2025 by Grace Wiszowaty “A Camden-based organisation are calling for North Central London NHS services to combat discrimination within maternity care. WinVisible’s campaign comes in light of a report published by The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and The Missing Billion on 6 March, which found … Read more

‘Disability cuts will lead to deaths’ — Camden New Journal

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Image of Camden New Journal page. Disability cuts 'will lead to deaths'. Photo of three women on the newspaper page. Text in blog post.

by Frankie Lister-Fell Credit: Camden New Journal Thursday 27 March, page 6 “People are going to die” as a result of the disability benefit cuts, a Camden-based disabled rights group warned this week. Hundreds of people turned up outside No.10 yesterday (Wednesday 26 March) to throw bouncy balls at the big iron gates outside the … Read more

Welfare Not Warfare UK Day of Action Wed 26 March

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Photo of woman on mobility scooter holding a football facing police line Downing St

Dear friends, we’re taking part with Disabled People Against Cuts and others: Balls to the Spring Statement#WelfareNotWarfare Wednesday 26 March11am at Downing St, London SW1A 2AAWestminster tube (step-free) Against the cuts to disability benefits announced last week, and cuts to public services expected in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement.Speakers, including WinVisible March to Parliament Square … Read more

Channel 4 News: disabled mums speak out about discrimination in pregnancy and childbirth

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Disabled mum Rameeza smiles down at her baby who is lying down facing her, with one little hand raised. The image is in a purple frame with the Channel 4 News logo.

We were glad to work with Channel 4 News for a report on 5 March 2025, where disabled mums Rameeza Mehmud (from WinVisible), Rupy Kaur Roberts, Carly Tait and Marie Tidball MP, spoke out about discrimination in pregnancy and childbirth. Watch the video here (captions). Marie Tidball MP, who describes upsetting treatment before her daughter … Read more

Urgent message re: female childhood abuse survivors on disability benefits

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Placard with image of a red hand -- Hands off "substantial risk to health" protection for claimants -- WinVisible

Dear WinVisible, “I’m writing to ask for your help, as a disabled survivor of extreme, life threatening and sadistically violent childhood abuse that lasted from my birth until I ran away at 16.  I have not and will never recover from this or the Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder that is the result, so I’m in receipt … Read more

At last, DWP to pay UC claimants who lost out

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Supporters of the legal challenge against Universal Credit and loss of severe disability premiums outside the High Court.

On Wednesday 12 February, DWP manager* Neil Couling was questioned by MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee, about payments to sick and disabled former ESA claimants who had to claim Universal Credit early because of moving borough, and so lost their severe disability premiums. Watch the session here, this comes up at around 10am. … Read more