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Scrap care charges — no to Dilnot revisited

By winvisibleblog | 21 May 2020 | 0 Comments

We’re alarmed as today on the news it was reported that before Coronavirus, the government was in discussions to revive the Dilnot Commission “lifetime cap on charges” for social care.  Which is accompanied by higher taxation of people individually to fund social care.   This is not the answer to the social care crisis. WinVisible and … Read more

My memories of Seàn McGovern and the Remploy struggle

By winvisibleblog | 19 May 2020 | 2 Comments

Seàn McGovern 27 January 1957 – 6 May 2020 My memories of Seàn and the Remploy struggle by Claire Glasman, WinVisible expanded from the Morning Star Seàn and Claire outside Parliament circa 1999, with Kate Adams from Incapacity Action.  The placard says “Money for life not bombs”.  We were protesting about Blair’s government investing in … Read more

Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic

By winvisibleblog | 11 May 2020 | 0 Comments

Here is the Disability News Service report on evidence from disability organisations to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee inquiry on the impact of COVID-19 measures.  There are a lot of shared concerns. Coronavirus: MPs hear of disabled people’s struggle to survive pandemic By John Pring on 7th May 2020 Disabled people have described how they … Read more

Our sister Manjeet Kaur 1979-2020

By winvisibleblog | 07 May 2020 | 1 Comment

We are very shocked and saddened to hear of the death of our courageous “sister”, Manjeet Kaur, former chair of the organisation RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Participatory Action Research), who was born on International Women’s Day 1979.  She passed away on 25 April. We first heard about Manjeet in 2014 when the Home Office dismissed … Read more

Food access under lockdown — our testimony

By winvisibleblog | 02 May 2020 | 2 Comments

WinVisible was invited to send evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee of MPs (EFRA) for their inquiry into COVID-19 and food supply focussing on older and disabled people’s access to food. Separately, a legal case against supermarkets is being prepared by Fry Law, click here if you want to join. Our evidence … Read more

Testimony to MPs: unequal impact of Coronavirus measures

By winvisibleblog | 01 May 2020 | 6 Comments

WinVisible has sent our group testimony to the Women and Equalities Select Committee of MPs urgently looking into the impact of the Coronavirus measures on discriminated groups.  Women in our group and network contributed their experiences.  We say: “The reality for disabled women, the majority of disabled people, is that the measures against Coronavirus are threatening … Read more

Raise Child Benefit to £50

By winvisibleblog | 29 April 2020 | 0 Comments

WinVisible has joined in signing an open letter to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak calling for Child Benefit to be increased to £50 per week per child.  From Thrive Teeside (in the North East of England) the letter is supported by women’s and community groups, and prominent people.  The letter also calls for the abolition of … Read more

“Virus measures threaten the lives of disabled people”

By winvisibleblog | 26 April 2020 | 0 Comments

Our letter is out in the Camden New Journal, 24 April 2020, read it here.  And below with links to further info: The reality for disabled people, mainly women, is that the measures against Coronavirus are threatening our lives through starvation, and denial of medical treatment and social care. Most self-isolating sick and disabled people … Read more

Thailand: double harsh reality under COVID-19

By winvisibleblog | 21 April 2020 | 0 Comments

Katchakorn Thawisri, Woman Human Rights Defender working on the rights of disabled people, from the Global Campus Chiang Mai Foundation Women with disability/ Women Human Rights Defenders: Double harsh reality in the time of COVID19 Pranom Somwong from Protection International, Thailand (an organisation which supports community activists)  reports on the situation of disabled women in the … Read more

COVID-19: WinVisible backs Hammersmith & Fulham’s support of disabled people

By winvisibleblog | 16 April 2020 | 1 Comment

Hammersmith & Fulham Council is well-known as the only borough in the whole of England to have free homecare services.  Other resident-friendly policies include no bailiffs to recover debt, universal free school meals for primary-age children and a free meals pilot for secondary-school students.  Meals are provided to all school students, not just low-income families, … Read more