Welcome Charlotte Hall: Joining Our Fight for Disability Justice in the North East!
July 30, 2025
We’re delighted to welcome Charlotte Hall to the Difference team
We’re delighted to welcome Charlotte Hall to the Difference team
The Universal Credit Bill – What Happened and What’s Next
On Wednesday, 9 July 2025, MPs voted on changes to benefits. These changes will make life harder for many disabled people. Only 9 North East MPs voted against the changes.
This was upsetting. But we are proud of how disabled people came together to fight back.
The fight is not over. The Bill still has to go through more checks. More changes could happen.
We need to rest, take care of each other, and get ready for what’s next.
Because care is resistance. Rest is resistance. Community is resistance.
Join us. Together, we are a roar.
The government’s Pathways to Work plan ignores disabled people. It makes big changes to benefits (like PIP and Universal Credit) but won’t let people have a proper say.
❌ Key problems:
There were no meetings in the North East (only Leeds/Glasgow).
Online sessions filled up fast.
Easy Read versions came 3 weeks late.
💬 Disabled people say:
“I needed work adjustments but was ignored.”
“Train stations still aren’t accessible.”
“They said my cerebral palsy ‘wasn’t disabled enough’.”
We demand:
Stop the changes.
Listen to disabled voices first.
Fix the unfair system.
Act now! Sign our campaign or email hello@differencenortheast.org.uk.
“Nothing about us without us!”
What is happening with welfare reforms? How will it affect the North East of England?
Watch Bex Bowsher, Chair of Unfolding theatre and Difference North East Development Manager, talk about the positive impact of making governance accessible.
How do cuts to welfare affect disabled people in the North East, this article looks into it.
What’s it like trying to get a job when you are Neurodivergent? This looks into the difficulties experienced by one member.
This looks at the reasons why disabled people can’t get work.
This reports on what disabled people think of the Working Well Scheme.
“If the world were truly accessible, what job would you have?”
That’s how we started our latest Members Make the Difference discussion, and the answers said a lot about the barriers we, as disabled people, face.