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