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SUMMARY:Community Cuppa at Redcar's Footprints Café
DESCRIPTION:Community Cuppa at Redcar’s Footprints Café\nThursday 4th December\, 1:30pm – 2:30pm\nFootprints Community Café\, Redcar \n\nHow’s life where you are? @ Footprints Café\n\nWhere do you face barriers in Redcar? From public transport and shop layouts to rushed appointments and confusing information\, many systems aren’t designed with everyone in mind. \nIf you’ve ever left a place because it was too overwhelming\, or felt frustrated by a service that didn’t accommodate you\, join this chat. This is a safe space to share those everyday perspectives and be listened to. \nYour experiences are valuable evidence that can be used to advocate for practical changes. \n“Your frustration is evidence of a problem\, not a personal failing. Together\, we can build a case for change.”\nWhat We’ll Do\n\nMapping common issues: Share the frustrations you face around town.\nBrainstorming simple fixes: “What would one practical improvement be?”\nFeeling heard: Talking with others who understand the challenges.\n\n\nKey Information\n📅\nDate: Thursday 4th December\, 1:30pm – 2:30pm\n📍\nVenue: Footprints Community Café\, Redcar\n☕\nInformal: This is a separate drop-in from last week. Feel free to attend either or both.\n📧\nQuestions?  Email claire@differencenortheast.org.uk\n\nEmail to Know More! \n\n\nDo you want to fight for disability rights in Teesside? Your story matters. \nJoin Difference North East!
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/community-cuppa-redcar-footprints-cafe/
LOCATION:Footprints Community Café\, Redcar\, 14a High St\,\, Redcar\, TS10 3DU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Accessibility
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SUMMARY:Mary Greaves\, Local Disability Hero
DESCRIPTION:As part of Disability History Month\, Christopher Hartworth will be delivering a presentation and talk about Mary Greaves\, a Disability Activist from Whitley Bay who was involved in lobbying for the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. \nMembers only event. Sign up here and we will contact you with the link. \nThis event will be held on zoom. You might find these resources helpful – how to join and Zoom call and Ground Rules for Difference Events.\nIf you require any adjustments to attend Difference North East events\, please let us know by emailing hello@differencenortheast.org.uk or by phone/text/whatsapp to 07304061207. \nRegister\n\n\n \nPrefer a full-screen version?\n\nClick here to register instead\n. \nJoin Difference North East
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/mary-greaves-local-disability-hero/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Women,Disability History,Disabled representation
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SUMMARY:Imagining Accessible Futures - Members' Workshop Newcastle City Library
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n\nImagining Accessible Futures Members in Newcastle City Library\nA creative workshop for Difference North East members\nImagining Accessible Futures – Newcastle City Library: What could the world look like if everyone’s access needs were met? If our homes\, streets\, and workplaces truly worked for all of us\, what would we be doing\, creating\, and celebrating together? \nJoin us for a relaxed\, creative session where we’ll explore the future we want to build. You don’t need any artistic experience—just your imagination and your ideas. Through simple\, low-pressure creative activities\, we’ll look ahead to the next year of Difference North East’s work and gather your thoughts on what matters most to our community. \n\nTuesday\, December 9\, 2025. 1:30-3:30pm Bewick Room\, Newcastle City Library\n2 hours\nSmall group (max 8 people):  plus carers & facilitator\nAccess: If you need BSL interpretation please let us know ASAP & please let us know any other access needs in advance\nIn-person only (we may run a digital version in the new year if there’s interest!)\n\nThis is your chance to connect\, dream big\, and help shape Difference’s priorities for 2026\, together. \n  \n\nBook your free place\nSpaces are limited. If you can;t use the form above use this link: \nFill in the form
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/imagining-accessible-futures-newcastle-city-library/
LOCATION:Bewick Room\, Newcastle City Library\, Bewick Hall (Level 2) Newcastle City Library Charles Avison Building\, 33 New Bridge Street West\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 8AX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Disability History,Disabled representation
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SUMMARY:Imagining Accessible Futures – Members’ Workshop Northern Stage
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \n\nImagining Accessible Futures: Northern Stage\nA creative workshop for Difference North East members\nImagining Accessible Futures\, Members Northern Stage: What could the world look like if everyone’s access needs were met? If our homes\, streets\, and workplaces truly worked for all of us\, what would we be doing\, creating\, and celebrating together? \nJoin us for a relaxed\, creative session where we’ll explore the future we want to build. You don’t need any artistic experience\,just your imagination and your ideas. Through simple\, low-pressure creative activities\, we’ll look ahead to the next year of Difference North East’s work and gather your thoughts on what matters most to our community. \n\nWednesday\, December 10\, 2025. 12:30-2:30 Northern Stage\, Newcastle\n2 hours\nSmall group (max 8 people):  plus carers & facilitator\nAccess: If you need BSL interpretation please let us know ASAP & please let us know any other access needs in advance\nIn-person only (we may run a digital version in the new year if there’s interest!)\n\nThis is your chance to connect\, dream big\, and help shape Difference’s priorities for 2026\, together. \n  \n\nBook your free place\nSpaces are limited. If you can;t use the form above use this link: \nFill in the form
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/imagining-accessible-futures-northern-stage/
LOCATION:Northern Stage\, Barras Bridge\, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RH\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE1 7RH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Disability History,Disabled representation
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SUMMARY:Our Voice\, Our Agenda: December 18\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:About the Event: Our Voice\, Our Agenda\, December 2025\nJoin us for Our Voice\, Our Agenda (OVOA)\, Thursday\, December 18\, 2025\, 12:30 PM\, for an independent forum created by and for d/Deaf\, Disabled\, and Neurodivergent people in the North East. \nFrustrated by the government’s tokenism?\nWe are building a space where we truly represent ourselves. This forum is led by our community\, set by our agenda\, and focused on the issues that matter most to us in the North East. \nThis meeting is your chance to help shape a platform where our local skills\, knowledge\, and lived experience are genuinely valued. \nWho Should Attend Our Voice\, Our Agenda\, December 2025\n\n\nMember Organisations: Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs) across the North East \n\n\nCommunity Members: Disabled-led groups and independent disabled people active in their local communities \n\n\nAllies & Allied Organisations: Supporters of disabled people (please send a disabled representative where possible) \n\n\n🗺️ The North East includes: Gateshead\, Newcastle\, North Tyneside\, Northumberland\, South Tyneside\, Sunderland\, County Durham\, Hartlepool\, Stockton-on-Tees\, Middlesbrough\, Redcar and Cleveland\, and Darlington. \nWhat to Expect from Our Voice\, Our Agenda\, December 2025\n\nRead a summary of the last meeting here!\n\nWork together using the social model of disability and a rights-based approach \n\n\nDiscuss what matters most to disabled people in the North East \n\n\nConnect with others committed to co-production and collective action \n\n\nHelp ensure our voices are heard by services\, organisations\, and government — on our own terms \n\n\nAccessibility\nThis meeting will be held on Zoom\, with Closed Captioning and BSL interpretation available (please request interpreters at least 4 weeks in advance\, if possible). \nRegistration\nRegistration is essential. \n\nZoom registration form\n\nIf the form doesn’t load\, please\n\nopen the Zoom registration in a new tab.
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/our-voice-our-agenda-december-2025/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Accessibility,Disabled representation,our voice our agenda
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SUMMARY:When the power goes out\, who gets forgotten? Disabled Climate Action Forum: June Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Disabled people\, Climate Emergency & Power: When the power goes out\, who gets forgotten? As a Disabled people you might fear you already know the answer.\n \nDisabled People\, Climate Emergency\, Power | 17th June 2026 |  4pm–5pm\, finishing on time |  Online via Zoom (register below)Join us for the next meeting of the Disabled Climate Action Forum (DCAF) and help shape research that could change that.\nWho is Danielle\, and why is she coming to us?\nDr. Danielle Johnson is a researcher at Durham University whose work focuses on something that rarely makes the headlines: who gets left behind when the climate breaks down. She’s currently studying what happens when extreme weather knocks out the power grid\, who loses heating\, who loses medical equipment\, whose routines collapse\, whose medication needs refrigeration\, who can’t reach their support network\, who gets missed in the response\, and what more genuinely inclusive emergency planning and response could look like.\nShe already knows disabled are among those people who get hit hardest by extreme weather and other forms of climate disruption. What she needs is what we know. She’s not here to present at us\, she’s here because DCAF members know things her research needs to get right. Danielle has agreed to share her findings with DCAF members before publication and to credit the forum’s contribution in her research.\nThis is your meeting.\nDCAF is run by and for disabled people. Members set the agenda. At this session we’ll hear briefly from Danielle\, then open the floor. Your experience is the point.\n\nNever been to a DCAF meeting? Most sessions are a short presentation followed by open conversation. You don’t need to know anything in advance.We’ll also look at what’s next for DCAF and how you can get more involved in shaping it. You don’t need to be an expert or an activist you just need to be curious.\nCan’t make it on the day?\nThis session will be recorded and shared with everyone who registers. You’ll get the recording whether or not you attend live.Who’s this for?\n\nDisabled people across the North East\nAllies\, carers\, and organisations committed to inclusion\nAnyone who thinks disabled people should be part of decisions about what happens next\n\nThis event is free and open to members and allies of Difference North East.Joining is free and doesn’t commit you to anything\, you’ll get our newsletter and access to events like this one.You can register for this event by filling out the form below.\n\n  \n\nIf you have any difficulty filling in the above form or it does not load\, the form is available here too \nNot yet a member?\n Join here if you identify as disabled. Join as an Ally (if you’re not disabled or represent an organisation)\nWhat to expect on the day\nAround 10 people usually attend. Camera off is completely fine you won’t be asked to turn it on. Your name will be visible to other attendees in the Zoom participant list. If you’d prefer to join under a different name\, you can change your Zoom display name before you enter the meeting. Most people use the chat as much as the mic.Access\n\nThis event will have live captions.\nBSL interpretation is available\, please request by XX so we can book an interpreter.\nTo request access support or ask anything before the event or to let us know about any other access requirements email info@differencenortheast.org.uk.
URL:https://differencenortheast.org.uk/event/dcaf-disabled-climate-emergency-power-outage-june-2026/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Climate
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