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  • April 2025

  • Tue 1

    Power & Influence: Disabled Women in the North East

    April 1, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
    The Word, South Shields Market Pl, South Shields

    This is an event we held about disabled women and exclusion.

  • May 2025

  • Tue 13

    Everyday struggles in Hartlepool? Letโ€™s talk solutions- Life in Hartlepool

    Featured May 13, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Community Hub Central, 124 York Rd, Hartlepool TS26 9DE Community Hub Central, 124 York Rd, Hartlepool, United Kingdom

    What are your everyday struggles in Hartlepool? Living in Hartlepool with a health condition or mobility difficulty can make everyday tasks needlessly frustrating. Have you struggled with buses that donโ€™t […]

  • Wed 14
    Disability Community Stockton-on-tees, Graphic promoting Stockton health challenges discussion. Blue slice of cake on a purple background. NeuroKey and Difference NE logo visible in the top right.

    Stockton Health & Everyday Challenges Discussion

    May 14, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Wellbeing Hub Wellbeing Hub, 5 Wellington Sq, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom

    Ever feel like everyday tasksโ€”shopping, working, or getting healthcareโ€”are harder for you than others? Then you should come to our Stockton health challenges discussion! You might put it down to […]

  • Wed 21
    Disability Community Gateshead Tyneside. Background image used by Difference NE featuring a stylized, purplish painting of a steaming glass teacup with a teabag, set on a saucer. The background is soft and abstract with bubble and splash-like textures. The top left includes the Difference NE logo and a yellow tagline reading, โ€œDo you want to fight for disability rights? Join!โ€ There is a large blank grey box in the lower left area intended for overlaid text or digital content.

    Gateshead daily challenges discussion! Booking required

    May 21, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
    Gateshead Central Library Prince Consort Rd, Gateshead, United Kingdom

    Gateshead daily challenges discussion! Ever notice how something as simple as popping to the library or catching a bus can feel needlessly difficult? If youโ€™ve had to plan your day […]

  • Thu 22
    Amble community access discussion Graphic. A tea Cup on a purple background

    Amble Chat: What Would Make Life Here Easier?

    Featured May 22, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
    Drywater Arts Centre The Workshop, Wellwood Street, Amble

    For Amble folk who find some days harder than they need to be! Maybe youโ€™ve noticed: the bus timetable doesnโ€™t quite work for hospital days. Thereโ€™s never a bench when […]

  • Fri 23
    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 โ€œDo you want to fight for disability rights? Join!โ€ and a second logo reading โ€œD.A.Dโ€ with teal letters bursting through a red brick wall.

    Share ideas to improve shops, venues & services in Darlington

    May 23, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
    Dolphin Centre Horse Market, Darlington, United Kingdom

    From PIP assessments to high street shops, life is not designed with everyone in mind, many Darlington services arenโ€™t either and are frustrating to use. If youโ€™ve ever left a […]

  • June 2025

  • Thu 19
    A green-themed poster advertising a โ€œDisability Green Paper Workshop.โ€ It invites people who receive health and disability benefits to share their views on proposed government changes. The event is on Thursday 19th June, from 10amโ€“12pm, at City Library, Room 7. Text reads: โ€œCome and have your say. Discussions from this workshop will be fed into the government consultation.โ€ Contact details for accessibility or more information: 07776955646 and hannah.cooper@newcastlecab.org.uk. Logos at the bottom for Difference North East, Disability North, and Citizens Advice Newcastle. Speech bubble icons are used decoratively.

    Disability Green Paper Workshop

    Featured June 19, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
    The City Library 33 New Bridge Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Have Your Say on Health & Disability Benefits! Disability Green Paper Workshop Do you or someone you care about receive health or disability benefits?? The Government is proposing changes, and […]

  • Thu 26
    why we left the government's disability network and need a disability-led advocacy network. A collage of photos showing disabled people in Difference North east meetings, discussions, and protests. One protester holds a sign reading โ€œTHESE CUTS WILL KILL.โ€

    Our Voice, Our Agenda: Weโ€™ve stepped away from the governmentโ€™s disability network in the North East!

    June 26, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
    Online via Zoom

    We left the governmentโ€™s disability group. They did not listen to us.
    Now, we are making our own group run by disabled people.
    โœ… By us: Only d/Deaf, Disabled, and Neurodivergent people
    โœ… For us: We set the rules
    โœ… Power to us: The government must come to our table
    Join us! Help build this new group.
    ๐Ÿ“… When: June 26, 2025 โ€ข 12:30 PM
    ๐Ÿ“ Where: Zoom (link below)
    โณ Hurry! Founding member spots close June 20.
    Sign up now!
    BSL & captions provided. Email hello@differencenortheast.org.uk for access needs.

  • Mon 30
    MPs welfare cuts meeting. Pathways To Work Ignores Disabled Voices: Abstract image of disabled people in the workplace, overlaid text repeating "pathways?" over and over.

    Final Opportunity: An open invitation to North East MPs

    June 30, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
    Online via Zoom

    We invited North East MPs to meet disabled people on June 30. If they donโ€™t come, their area loses ยฃ250+ per disabled person.

  • July 2025

  • Wed 9
    Promotional image for a book launch event. On the left is the cover of the book "Ramping Up Rights: An Unfinished History of British Disability Activism" by Rachel Charlton-Dailey, featuring two waving Disability Pride flags on a green background. On the right, text reads: โ€œRamping Up Rights with Rachel Charlton-Dailey. Weds 9 July Stockton Library. Book launch & conversation on disability justice.โ€ The background shows a protest scene with banners and people, tinted in purple. A black and green box at the bottom says, โ€œDo you want to fight for disability rights? Join! Difference NE.โ€

    Ramping Up Rights: An Evening with Rachel Charlton-Dailey

    Featured July 9, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Stockton Central Library Church Rd, Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom

    Join us for an evening of disabled resistance, solidarity, and stories with the 'Ramping Up Rights' Book Launch! Ramping Up Rights Book Launch! To mark the launch of Ramping Up […]

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  • Tue 15

    Canceled Online Chat: Everyday Challenges: Simple Solutions? Online Accessibility Discussion.

    July 15, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Online via Zoom

    Struggling with things others seem to manage easily? Join our online accessibility discussion. Youโ€™re not alone. Many people face daily barriersโ€”whether itโ€™s healthcare systems that donโ€™t understand, public transport thatโ€™s […]

  • September 2025

  • Thu 18
    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.

    Setting the Agenda: How Can You Get Really Involved in Climate Action?

    September 18, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

    A community event for disabled people and allies across the North East, The Disabled climate action forum! ๐Ÿ—“ 18 September 2025 | ๐Ÿ•• 6:00 PM (UK time) | ๐Ÿ’ป Online […]

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