Clare Wightman
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FRSA. Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire. Sparking Community Action // Strengthening People // Shifting Power. In Coventry, Warwickshire and wider
Coventry and Warwickshire
Joined February 2011
So much accomplished in so short a span of life. Well lived.
Louie Ward Herbert obituary in The Guardian. A reminder you can still donate to support his legacy.
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RT @DrFrancesRyan: “When the political and media class wish to leave disabled people hungry and dirty, the disabled community must explain….
theguardian.com
Britain’s political and media class advocate policies that leave disabled people hungry and dirty. Why are we expected to settle for this, asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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RT @SEND_Action: “It seems likely that EHCPs will not survive in their current form, with existing plans phased out over two or more years.”.
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RT @DrFrancesRyan: And the Universal Credit bill has passed. Some of the sickest people in the country will suffer needlessly more now. The….
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RT @SteveBroach: Interested to see what part of the EHCP process Ministers may think we don’t need - is it where:.- we identify all the chi….
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RT @grapevinecandw: #JOB NEWS ⭐️ We’re looking for a Settle and Thrive project worker—someone bold, compassionate and hopeful—to join our #….
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RT @DrFrancesRyan: I’m getting a lot of messages about this. So far we think that existing claimants will *not* be classed as new when they….
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RT @PollardTom: For MPs considering whether they should support this amendment, this joint briefing from @TrussellUK @jrf_uk @scope @MindCh….
ucpipbill.co.uk
On Tuesday 22nd July, members of the House of Lords will debate the Universal Credit Bill. This briefing from organisations including Scope, the Disability Benefits Consortium, Citizens Advice, Mind,...
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RT @DrFrancesRyan: I want to see non-disabled people shouting about the disability benefit cuts. If you spoke out about trans rights, abort….
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RT @Dr_Bekka_UK: 16 million disabled people and we can't get 100k to sign the petition. This 100k goal should have been reached in a day. #….
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We want the Government to halt all planned benefit cuts for disabled people unable to work. Instead of reducing benefits, we want them to rise in line with inflation. We want support, not hardship...
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RT @timboxall: 1) To @UKLabour. It's really very simple. Implement the proposed 4 point #PIP rule & I'll lose not just PIP, but #LCWRA #Uni….
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RT @PollardTom: This is a mixture of minor concessions & repackaging existing plans - it is not a meaningful response to the serious concer….
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RT @Dis_PPL_Protest: #DisabilityBenefits . The first reading of the welfare reform (cuts) bill will be on 18th June 2025 . The second readi….
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RT @SEND_Action: More info coming soon on our campaign to save the rights of children with special educational needs and disabilities.104,0….
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RT @mysticsid1: @ElissaNoves @CutScenesUK It's the end of SEND and the beginning of a new era in Eugenics. .
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Only 3k more signatures needed nd this has to be debated in Parliament!.
97,000. We can do this!.
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RT @DrFrancesRyan: Good on @turn2us_org for putting together a guide for journalists reporting on the benefits system. With the PIP vote co….
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RT @grapevinecandw: JOB OPPORTUNITY ⭐️ Join Grapevine as Senior Community Organiser growing #ConnectingForGoodCov into a strategic collecti….
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RT @grapevinecandw: Just under a week to go until our event on 4 June! A welcoming, supportive space for anyone affected by the government'….
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This a great informative thread👇🏻.
Ahead of Liz Kendall’s speech today – a quick thread on why the welfare state isn’t collapsing and why deep cuts to disability benefits aren’t the answer. (1/9)
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