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Tues 23 Aug: action vs ticket office closures

By winvisibleblog | 22 August 2022 | 0 Comments

On Tuesday 23 August morning, protests against ticket office closures are happening at around 30 train stations across England, organised by We Own It with the RMT and TSSA unions. The main protest will be at King’s Cross station in London from 8.30am, with other protests in different regions. More info here on how to … Read more

Staff our stations!

By winvisibleblog | 19 August 2022 | 0 Comments

We’re glad to contribute to the Transport for All joint letter signed by 15 organisations against ticket office closures. WinVisible also supports the @RMTunion strike on jobs, pay and conditions. In the RMT survey, 89% of station staff said that the plans would worsen the experience for disabled passengers and those who need more support. … Read more

Children’s social care review feeds disability discrimination

By winvisibleblog | 10 August 2022 | 0 Comments

A year ago, in August 2021, together with Legal Action for Women which co-ordinates Support Not Separation, we sent in joint evidence to the Independent review of children’s social care. The Review was: “A once in a generation opportunity to transform the children’s social care system and provide children with loving, safe and stable families.” We … Read more

Disabled mums: “we’re the experts!”

By winvisibleblog | 10 August 2022 | 0 Comments
A woman with a cane is pulling a buggy behind her. She is wearing a high-vis jacket.

“Actually we are not bad mums, if anything we are more amazing because on top of disabilities we always put our children 1st and do stuff that people wouldn’t even know how to manage.” Disabled mums respond to the Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign.

COVID-19 Inquiry: putting our survival on its agenda

By winvisibleblog | 18 July 2022 | 0 Comments

The independent COVID-19 Inquiry launches this week.  All through the pandemic, we have been speaking out against deliberate policies by the government, medical authorities and Councils amounting to a cull of older and disabled people, disproportionately hitting women and people of colour. 

Councils can’t take Cost of Living payments in charges

By winvisibleblog | 17 July 2022 | 1 Comment

People feared that the cost of living payments were going to be taken by Councils for care charges, as they take our disability benefits without caring whether we can afford it. Now, the government Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that cost of living payments under the Social Security (Additional Payments) Bill … Read more

We are disabled mums

By winvisibleblog | 02 July 2022 | 0 Comments

We are disabled mums. Having a disabled mum is not “harm” to our children. We want Councils to provide us with support, not punish us under “child protection”.

Join the Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign to keep families together.

National Lottery grant helps our work carry on

By winvisibleblog | 21 June 2022 | 0 Comments

Thanks to the #NationalLottery Community Fund, WinVisible’s vital work with disabled women of many different backgrounds carries on. In challenging times, this grant helps disabled women support each other to secure our entitlements, especially those of us facing hardship and multiple discrimination. Disabled women say WinVisible is “a lifeline” and “on your side”. Thank you … Read more

Cost of living payments

By winvisibleblog | 17 June 2022 | 2 Comments

The government will make extra payments to people getting means-tested benefits, tax credits, and disability benefits (including DLA for children), under pressure to respond to the cost of living crisis. Cost of living payments People getting low-income means-tested benefits will get a cost of living payment of £650. This will be split into two instalments … Read more

“87,000 people can’t keep up with care bills” 

By winvisibleblog | 26 May 2022 | 0 Comments

Care charges. Chaminda Jayanetti writes: “Nearly 90,000 adult care users are behind on their care charge payments, with around one in four of all chargeable care users issued with reminder notices or more serious enforcement action.” Article on Open Democracy international news website. We’re quoted: [WinVisible] said care charges were a form of “violence against … Read more