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Wed 21 May: Mass Lobby of MPs – No cuts to disability benefits!

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Photo of our contingent: WinVisible, Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign, Global Women’s Strike, marching along Parliament Square (UK Day of Action, Welfare Not Warfare, 26 March).

Come and join this event in Parliament, where people are calling on their MPs to reject the government’s disability benefit cuts.  People will be gathering to meet each other and take photos as well. ** Wednesday 21 May — 1pm to 4pm **at Parliament SW1A 0AA – in Westminster Hall, Jubilee Room Station: Westminster tube … Read more

Bread not bombs for Gaza. Let the children eat. No more weapons for Israel.

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Photo of Rashaf, 12 years old, in Gaza. She is emaciated and her ribs are showing above her orange vest. Her face is puffy and her hair is falling out.

WinVisible supports this statement by our friends Doctors in Unite. #WelfareNotWarfare Please email in support, details below: “Emergency statement from Doctors in Unite to Keir Starmer and David Lammy on the deliberate starving to death of Gaza’s children by Israel *.“ “This is an urgent appeal to all healthcare organisations and healthcare workers, as well as … Read more

‘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