PIP Review Confirms What Disabled People Have Been Telling Us
We’ve heard it from people across the North East for years: PIP isn’t working. This week, the government’s own review agreed. The interim findings from the Timms Review, the first […]
Andy Burnham Free Bus Pass
We’ve sent this open letter to the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, urging him to extend a change he already championed as Mayor of Greater Manchester, scrapping time restrictions on […]
Book Donation Drive 2026
Disability History Book Drive 2026 Last year we asked our community for help getting good disability books into more hands across the North East. It worked, and we’re doing it […]
Join the Artists Database
Difference North East are looking for Disabled zine makers, visual artists, and creative facilitators, based in the North East. We are creating a database of disabled creatives who can run creative workshops for young people: and we would love to hear from you.
Living Library Disability History Month 2025-2027. Were you there in 1995?
Were you there in 1995?
Difference North East wants to hear from Disabled people who were alive in the North East during the 1990s, when the Disability Discrimination Act was passed.
We are building a Living Library: a digital archive of recorded stories, available online and in libraries across the North East.
To take part you need to be a Disabled person born before 1990, living or working in the North East, and a free member of Difference North East.
You decide what you share. Nothing goes live without your approval.
Callout closes Friday 26 June 2026.
Email bex@differencenortheast.org.uk and allison@differencenortheast.org.uk
Researcher Callout – Researcher Disability Living Library Archive
Difference North East is looking for a Disabled researcher based in the North East to help uncover and preserve local disability history.
Working across 2026 and 2027, you’ll dig into archives held by local authorities and other institutions, exploring stories of figures like Mary Greaves, disability rights protests in the 1990s, and the history of workhouses and special schools in the region.
The role pays £275 per day for 10 days per year, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Grant.
Applications close midday 1st July 2026. Send a short expression of interest to bex@differencenortheast.org.uk and allison@differencenortheast.org.uk.
Living Library Disability History Month 2025-2027. Were you there in 1995?
Were you there in 1995?
Difference North East wants to hear from Disabled people who were alive in the North East during the 1990s, when the Disability Discrimination Act was passed.
We are building a Living Library: a digital archive of recorded stories, available online and in libraries across the North East.
To take part you need to be a Disabled person born before 1990, living or working in the North East, and a free member of Difference North East.
You decide what you share. Nothing goes live without your approval.
Callout closes Friday 26 June 2026.
Email bex@differencenortheast.org.uk and allison@differencenortheast.org.uk
Share your PIP experience – Timms Review
Share your PIP experience Timms Review The government is reviewing Personal Independence Payment (PIP). We’re making sure disabled people’s real experiences are part of that conversation and we need to […]