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Event PALESTINE: REPAIR & RETURN — Stories of Disability and Rehabilitation

By winvisibleblog | 08/02/2025 | 0 Comments
Artwork by Basil Marquosi. Brush strokes in grey, black and white depict the rubble in Gaza and suggest bodies.

We’re glad to attend and share this event highlighting disability — one of a series about Palestine at the P21 art gallery in Somers Town, London NW1. We want to find out more about the situation of disabled people there, especially children and women, and what they want supporters to do. Hope you can come … Read more

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Stop DWP snooping on bank accounts — again

By winvisibleblog | 04/02/2025 | 0 Comments
Houses of Parliament in the distance, people hold a large sign: 228,283 say Stop the government spying on all of our bank accounts. Next to them are two WinVisible women holding placards. DWP stop snooping. Being poor is not a crime. Stop all benefit cuts and sanctions. One is a wheelchair user, the other woman is standing with her little dog.

Together with Big Brother Watch and a coalition of concerned organisations and human rights groups, we oppose the powers in Labour’s Fraud Bill for computers to monitor the bank accounts of all claimants getting certain benefits, to stop people’s benefits and recover money. Being poor is not a crime! On Monday 3 February, some of … Read more

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Disabled women suffer in forced move to Universal Credit

By winvisibleblog | 31/01/2025 | 0 Comments
A diverse group of 10 women hold the WinVisible banner and some placards.

An open letter from WinVisible, highlighting problems with the forced move to Universal Credit, including risk of destitution for some claimants, was sent in to the Work and Pensions Committee. They are MPs from different parties whose task is to scrutinise the DWP. The Chair of the Committee is Debbie Abrahams MP. Our letter features … Read more

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We won! High Court ruled that DWP “consultation” hid benefit cuts

By winvisibleblog | 21/01/2025 | 0 Comments
People with banners line the railings outside the Royal Courts of Justice.

On 16 January, the High Court ruled in favour of Ellen Clifford, that the DWP had acted unlawfully in their 2023 consultation on tightening the Work Capability Assessment, by saying the intention was helping people into waged work, and hiding sweeping benefit cuts. Read the whole judgement here. We supported Ellen’s court case which was … Read more

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Vigil at High Court challenging DWP work capability consultation

By winvisibleblog | 17/12/2024 | 0 Comments
People with banners line the railings outside the Royal Courts of Justice.

On Tuesday 10 December, we joined many organisations at the Royal Courts of Justice. Disabled People Against Cuts held a vigil in support of Ellen Clifford’s court case — challenging the DWP and its consultation in 2023 on tightening the Work Capability Assessment and the “Substantial risk to health” regulation. The government put it forward … Read more

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Event: Candles in the Darkness: Bhopal at 40

By winvisibleblog | 28/11/2024 | 0 Comments
Event poster -- details in Eventbright link. An Indian woman holds a candle. Behind her is a night time candlelight vigil with a floor decoration surrounded by candles, young wheelchair users, a few placards and banners.

Wed 4 December 7pm — free Zoom event organised by our friends at the Bhopal Medical Appeal (Brighton) We’re glad to share this event — a chance to find out more about what happened, and get the latest news on the demands of the survivors. 7pm to 8.30pm UK time auto-captions available. Register here They say: Join the Bhopal … Read more

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Marking #Bhopal40 — demands & events

By winvisibleblog | 28/11/2024 | 0 Comments
Drawing of two Indian women, Hindu and Muslim together, with fists raised, in front of factory on fire. Bhopal 40 years of confronting corporate crime. International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal

3 December 2024 is the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy in India, the world’s deadliest industrial disaster, when a pesticide factory owned by Union Carbide exploded next to the community. It marks 40 years of women gas survivors confronting corporate crime and Dow Chemical — who took over the site but refuse to … Read more

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ESA to Universal Credit – things to know & helpful tips

By winvisibleblog | 26/11/2024 | 0 Comments
WinVisible logo, a woman's fist holding money, inside graphic of Eye of Horus shaped like a woman's symbol. Next to UC letter

Women in our group and the community have been contacting us about the move from ESA to Universal Credit (UC).  We want to share what we found out — what you can do to keep your benefits, what rights you have, and some helpful tips.  Get in touch to add useful info from your own … Read more

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We’re taking part Wed 2 Oct: Learn about your rights! The UNCRPD

By winvisibleblog | 28/09/2024 | 0 Comments
Event image by Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People. Learn about your rights! Drawing of unequal scales of justice. Speaker announcement: photo of Prof Jorge Araya, a Latino man with dark hair, moustache and beard, in a suit and tie. He is Secretary of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and an official of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign/WinVisible was glad to take part in this Zoom event held by Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, “Learn about your rights!”. About the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), with key guest speakers: Wednesday 2 October 11am-3.45pm Speaker info, programme of the day and register here: … Read more

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Thursday 19 Sept: Kate’s talk at London Transport Museum Depot in Acton

By winvisibleblog | 17/09/2024 | 0 Comments
Black and white photo from a Campaign for Accessible Transport protest. Kate, a wheelchair user, is in the middle of about 15 disabled people smiling and laughing. Police stand around them with arms folded.

Event this Thursday 19 Sept lunchtime at London Transport Museum Depot, in Acton. Our Kate Brown is giving a talk. Disabled People are seeing RED 12:45 | Holden Room | Talks last 30 minutes Red double decker buses were public transport, were we not the public? So we hijacked a bus in Oxford Street and … Read more

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