We are calling on all
our members and supporters to contact your MPs and ask them to attend an
Emergency Meeting on the Future of Disabled People’s Independent Living in the
UK.
Contact your MP now
at https://www.writetothem.com/
Please let us know if
you get any responses at mail@dpac.uk.net
...
Dear (insert name
of MP),
I am inviting you to
attend an Emergency Meeting on the Future of Disabled People’s Independent
Living in the UK taking place in Parliament this Tuesday.
House of Commons, Now
commitee room 14!
4 – 5pm, Tuesday 26th
November 2013
We are at a pivotal
moment for the future of independent living for disabled people in the UK. Disabled people have come together to record and express their testimonies about
the reality of life for disabled people under austerity. These will be shown to
the UN disability rapporteur but first disabled people would like to share them
with our own Parliamentarians and politicians.
In the wake of the
Court of Appeal judgment on the closure of the Independent Living Fund, with the
Care bill going through Parliament and as funding cuts result in ever
diminishing support packages the question of how we fulfil disabled people’s
right to independent living is sharply relevant.
Independent living
for disabled people is important to me because… (add something about your
personal situation and why independent living is important to you)
The Emergency meeting
hosted by Kate Green, shadow Minister for Disabled People, will include a drama
created especially for this event to enable disabled people with a range of
experiences to express their stories in an accessible and inclusive way. It will
also preview a powerful film by journalists Ros Wynne Jones and Kate Belgrave
showing a day in a life without the Independent Living Fund of ILF recipient
Mary Laver.
There will also be a
chance to speak to disabled people and hear our ideas for how to support
disabled people’s independent living.
Yours
sincerely,
