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Tackle the topics and issues related to the work we do with this hub of news articles about Difference and disability rights in the North East. 

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Report 2026 Disabled Northeast: A disabled woman navigating a pavement with accessibility barriers in Darlington town centre

Access to the Everyday Report 2026: What Disabled People in the North East Are Telling Us

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February 12, 2026
Recruiting Disability History Month. An image of a female wheelchair user. She is wearing a red dress and is chairing a meeting.

Help Shape Disability History Month in the North East! We’re Recruiting!

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January 27, 2026
Your Access to Work Story. Graphic image of disabled people in the work place. the word "access" is repeated over and over as an overlay.

We Want to Hear Your Access to Work Story

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January 13, 2026

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Stylized illustration using a halftone dot pattern effect. The center shows an empty purple chair symbolizing MPs who didn't attend the welfare reform meeting. On the left are stacked yellow coins marked with pound sterling symbols representing proposed benefit cuts. On the right is a teal-colored protest sign reading 'THESE CUTS WILL KILL.' The image conveys the stakes of welfare reform and political absence.

Driving Difference 2024-25

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January 12, 2026
Insight Impact Disability History Month

From Insight to Impact: Disability History Month 2025 Across the North East

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December 19, 2025
Budget 2025 Disability North East

Budget 2025 Disability North East: Fix the Systems, Not the Rules – What This Week’s Budget Means for Disabled People

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December 1, 2025
Finding Power in Disability History. Historic images of disability protest. Overlaid with colourful geometric patterns

Breaking the Myths and Finding the Power in Disability History

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December 1, 2025
Support Makes Work Possible: Collage-style graphic featuring the logos of organisations that support Difference North East. Visible logos include: ONE IT Services & Solutions, Disability Action Research Kollective, Newcastle Libraries, Northumberland Estates, Northern Stage, and Alphabetti Theatre. The background is dark with layered textures and circular date markers.

The Support That Makes Our Work Possible

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November 25, 2025
Claiming the Normal. Photograph of Kev Howard's work for 'claiming the Normal' being exhibited in Newcastle Library

Claiming the Normal: Everyday Lives Through the Lens of Kev Howard

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November 17, 2025
Zine Workshop, Disability History Month. Two contrasting scenes of disability activism blended together with a purple and blue halftone pattern. On the left, a group of protesters hold banners reading “Benefits Cuts Kill” and “DPAC.” On the right, a person stands by a roadside holding a flag that reads “Welfare Not Warfare

Zine Workshop – Disability History Month: Make Noise Without Social Media (Ages 12–15)

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November 14, 2025
Donate Books This Disability History Month: Split-screen duotone image separated by bold white zigzag border: left side shows a young wheelchair user with glasses reading a book in vibrant magenta; right side shows a wheelchair user reaching for colorful children's books on shelves in yellow-green tones, creating a halftone print effect

Share Disability Stories: Donate a Book This Disability History Month

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November 4, 2025
Disability Discrimination Act Disability History Month: Black and white photographs with magenta overlay showing disability rights protesters marching with 'THESE CUTS KILL' banner, illustrating activism during Disability History Month and context for Disability Discrimination Act

30 Years On: Reflecting on the Disability Discrimination Act and Launching Disability History Month 2025

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October 31, 2025
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An illustrated graphic of a pink fist with red painted nails, next to the words Keep Going

Beyond Lip Service: ‘Doing’ EDI by Sara Chezari

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July 10, 2023
A man is sitting on bench with his dog. He is wearing dark glasses and is holding a white cane in his right hand.

A Landscape for Everyone

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March 10, 2023
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A collage highlighting barriers to accessible housing. The background features a residential building with ramps, overlaid with a purple hue. At the bottom, members of the Labour Party are celebrating a general election victory, holding flags and cheering. On the right, a graphic of a wheelchair user is depicted in front of chained stairs with a lock, symbolizing inaccessibility

Access Denied – Demand Accessible Housing! In the North East, Only One Accessible Home is Planned for Every 119 Who Need Them!

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July 16, 2024
A set of keys with a small house keyring

#AccessDenied to Housing. Read the Letter to Government!

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July 16, 2024
Text reads " The Renters Reform Bill aimed to: -End no-fault evictions -Ensure decent home standards -Allow tenants to keep pets -Ban discrimination against families and benefit recipients."

80,000 at Risk as Renters Reform Bill Stalls

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May 31, 2024
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A collage showing Difference North East community activities with purple, yellow, and teal overlays. Features disabled activists at meetings, protest actions with "Benefit or Bust" and "Cuts Kill" signs, Books with title reading "Ramping Up Rights", and a sign stating "Eat More Warfare". Images show collective organizing, direct action, and disability rights campaigning across the North East.

Annual General Meeting 2025

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October 10, 2025
Community event promoting Cleveland Police & Crime Plan 2024–2029 highlighting priorities such as improving safety and tackling Cleveland Disability Hate Crime, with Difference Members standing beside awareness banner and with PCC Matt Storey

Shaping Cleveland’s Disability Hate Crime Strategy

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September 22, 2025
Collage of disabled activists and disabled people protesting welfare reforms and gathering in Difference NE community events, overlaid with the words "Department for Work & Pensions" in bold black letters. Some protest signs read “THESE CUTS WILL KILL” and “PIP = 0% FRAUD”. The image is tinted purple and promotes solidarity and resistance in response to the Universal Credit Bill.

Reflecting On The Universal Credit Bill And Why We Now Must Rest To Resist

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July 17, 2025
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A digitally manipulated image features a protest sign with bold, handwritten-style text reading 'NO MORE DEATHS FROM BENEFIT CUTS.' The background is a collage of people engaged in various types of work, including wheelchair users and standing individuals. The image has a glitch-like effect with blue, purple, and green tones.

Disabled Person looking for employment? Nothing is more broken than the DWPs own find a job system.

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March 11, 2025
Abstract digital artwork of urban housing, with a mix of high-rise flats and terraced houses in bold purple, blue, and yellow tones. Represents members talking disability housing and accessibility challenges in the built environment.

Members Make the Difference: Talking Disability & Housing

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February 28, 2025
Christopher Hartworth

People’s Stories: My Journey into Disability

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February 12, 2025
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Living Library Disability History Month. Black-and-white photograph of members of the Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN) protesting in the street in 1995, with wheelchair users and other disabled activists gathered beside a double-decker bus. The image has a grainy documentary style with bright yellow, cyan, and pink colour overlays, giving it a bold, archival activist poster aesthetic.

Living Library Disability History Month 2025-2027. Were you there in 1995?

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May 22, 2026
Share your PIP experience Timms Review. A brightly colored, abstract image featuring a textured, multicolored overlay in yellow, blue, and purple tones over a suited figure and a piece of artwork.

Share your PIP experience – Timms Review

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April 29, 2026
Your Access to Work Story. Graphic image of disabled people in the work place. the word "access" is repeated over and over as an overlay.

Access to Work Parliamentary Inquiry

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March 17, 2026
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Recruiting Disability History Month. An image of a female wheelchair user. She is wearing a red dress and is chairing a meeting.

Help Shape Disability History Month in the North East! We’re Recruiting!

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January 27, 2026
Your Access to Work Story. Graphic image of disabled people in the work place. the word "access" is repeated over and over as an overlay.

We Want to Hear Your Access to Work Story

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January 13, 2026
Real Stories Shape Employment: A heavily distorted images showing disabled people in various work settings. The image has significant digital glitching effects with purple and cyan colour shifts, horizontal scan lines, and pixelated artifacts that obscure details. The corruption creates a halftone dot pattern overlay throughout, giving it a degraded VHS or digital transmission error aesthetic.

Real Stories, Real Change. Help Shape Better Employment Support in the North East

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January 13, 2026
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