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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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Disabled climate action forum: A cup of coffee with plant Earth inside with the writing DCAF on it

Disabled climate action forum: A Cup of DCAF?

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September 22, 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
All day Buss pass - Access all hours! Too Late to be fair! An image of the speaker of the House of Commons speaking as result were read out. On the right a digital image of the angel of the north in gatehead. on the left a logo saying "im on board, access to the day, straightway"

Too Late To Be Fair: The Simple Question of All-Day Bus Access

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September 19, 2025
True Cost of Gluten-Free Living. Collage of images from the BBC segment about the NHS consultation. Image is colourise yellow, blue and purple.

How a Proposed NHS Change Shows the True Cost of Gluten-Free Living

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September 16, 2025
A bus in front of the angel of the north. Discover five big ideas from Sustrans and Transport for All to make transport more inclusive for disabled people. See how Difference North East is shaping transport planning in the Tees Valley and beyond.

5 Big Ideas to Make Transport Accessible for Disabled People

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September 5, 2025
Your Voice Shapes Change - Disability Survey, A stylized graphic featuring a hand holding a marker and ticking a checkbox next to a smiling face on a feedback survey with three options: happy, neutral, and sad faces. The background is a purple grid overlay with a faint image of disabled activists in wheelchairs, smiling and raising their hands. In the bottom left corner, text reads: “Do you want to fight for disability rights? Join!” and “Difference NE.”

Your Voice Shapes Change: North East Disability Survey Open Until August 31st

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August 1, 2025
Accessible climate leadership. Disabled climate action forum. Image of a meeting of dsiabled people, colourised purple. Text on the right-hand side says "climate justice is disability justice". Logos of DCAF and Difference NE, appear below.

We navigated barriers at Newcastle’s forum. Now we’re building accessible climate leadership.

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August 1, 2025
Welcome Policy Officer. A promotional graphic introducing Charlotte, the Difference Policy Officer at Difference NE. The image features a smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, wearing a patterned blouse. Text on the left reads “Meet Charlotte, Difference Policy Officer” and at the bottom: “Do you want to fight for disability rights? Join!” and “Difference NE.” The background is a dark overlay with faint images of people holding protest signs.

Welcome Charlotte Hall: Joining Our Fight for Disability Justice in the North East!

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July 30, 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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Image of the Byker wall, colourised Purple

The Disability Housing Crisis

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June 14, 2023
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Hartlepool Disability Rights: A group of twelve people stand together, smiling, in front of a white wall at an indoor event. They are of varying ages and genders, some using mobility aids.

“We Want What You’ve Got”: Hartlepool’s Rights Fight

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June 10, 2025
Disability Rights Community, Darlington. Stylised image with a purple background and purple overlay. A teapot pours liquid into a teacup that is already stacked inside another teacup, causing it to overflow. To the left is a sugar pot with a spoon, and to the right is a decorated cake topped with macarons and fruit. At the top left, there are two logos: the "Difference NE" logo with the text “Do you want to fight for disability rights? Join!” and a second logo reading “D.A.D” with teal letters bursting through a red brick wall.

Disability Community, Darlington, Tees Valley

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June 1, 2025
Oxevision Lampard Inquiry NHS surveillance - A black and white hand-printed poster with the words “STOP OXEVISION.” The text is surrounded by images including a person slumped over, another figure looking at a screen in a room decorated with lights, and a third figure sitting or kneeling. The style is expressive, with rough textures and bold line work

Surveillance is not safety: Now more than ever

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May 20, 2025
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Claire has shoulder length brown hair and thick rimmed glasses. She is wearinga blue dress with large white flowers. She is smiling at the camera. She is holding an award shaped like a star and standing in front of a backdrop featuring the stockton on tees infinity bridge.

Disabled people are not superheroes: What you say, and how you say it, matters.

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October 22, 2024
An image of a group of people attending a blue plaque unveiling

Nothing about us, without us: Not consulted! Not invited!

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July 24, 2024
Lucy and Debbie are smiling and looking at the camera. Lucy has shoulder length brown wavy hair and is wearing dark rimmed glasses. Debbie has chin length blonde hair and is wearing glasses on her head.

The Social Model of Disability and Parenting

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February 21, 2024
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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
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Our Voice, our Agenda. Stylised graphic showing the Angel of the North in purple with the words “Our Voice, Our Agenda” across its wings, set against a textured purple background. Colourful outlines of the Tyne Bridge and the Tees Transporter Bridge appear below, symbolising the North East of England.

Our Voice Our Agenda: Employment Barriers for Disabled People in the North East – Key Issues and Next Steps

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October 10, 2025
Three colleagues are at work, they are smiling and talking.

Have you booked your Disability History Month speaker yet?

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October 7, 2025
Welcome Policy Officer. A promotional graphic introducing Charlotte, the Difference Policy Officer at Difference NE. The image features a smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, wearing a patterned blouse. Text on the left reads “Meet Charlotte, Difference Policy Officer” and at the bottom: “Do you want to fight for disability rights? Join!” and “Difference NE.” The background is a dark overlay with faint images of people holding protest signs.

Welcome Charlotte Hall: Joining Our Fight for Disability Justice in the North East!

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July 30, 2025
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