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Wendy Chamberlin with Julie Adnams Hatch

Interim Chair meets Wendy Chamberlain at Disabled Representation in Parliament Paper launch

Following an invitation to Westminster from Chloe Smith MP, our interim Chair, Julie Adnams Hatch, attended the launch of a paper on Improving Disabled Representation in Parliament on Tuesday, 1st March 2022. It was reasonably well-attended, despite the travel difficulties caused by the tube strike, and was a great opportunity to also meet with a variety of other disability activists, including Barry Ginley, Chair of the Conservative Disability Group.

KM
5 Mar 2022
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National Hate Crime Awareness Week

During National Hate Crime Awareness Week, LDDA executive member and wheelchair user Julie Adnams Hatch shares how a recent experience of hate crime affected her. She explains how to report hate crime and why it's so important to record every incident. This #NationalHCAW we want to talk about disability hate crime.

15 Oct 2021
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Adam Robertson, Diversity Lead for East of England Lib Dems

Disabled Candidates Being Excluded from Running for Public Office

The Liberal Democrats Disability Association calls upon the Governement to reinstate immediately the EnAble Fund for Disabled Candidates running for Public Office. The current restrictions on political campaigning due to Covid-19 have seen disabled candidates being unfairly disadvantaged. LDDA believes that the current Conservative Government is not fulfilling the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities which sets out that disabled people have the right to 'participate effectively and fully in political life on an equal basis with others.'

AR
15 Feb 2021
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Co Chair’s report for AGM 2020

This is the second report by Gemma Roulston, and Phil Stevens. Our 2 years is coming to an end. It has gone quickly. This means that Gemma has to stand down, due to having been chair for the maximum 4 years (2 years with Robert Adamson, and 2 years with Phil Stevens).

GR
28 Sep 2020
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