Campaigns

You can email your MP/MEPs directly from WriteToThem.com. 

Disability Charities must challenge threat to Disability Benefits

Letter to Colin Revell, NDI: ... Persuading disability charities to speak out against the threat to disability benefits is absolutely crucial... Unless leading agencies like Mind, Arthritis Care and the MS Society are prepared to openly oppose these proposals it will be very difficult to halt them... ( More )

Letter to MPs/ MEPs for Gary McKinnon

Letter to President Obama for Gary McKinnon

Make UN Article 19 a reality.

Why dislike "person first" language?

Disabled People's Charter

Stop the Difference - Personal Assistance for all 

Act now: Stop inequalities, Stop segregation, Human rights for all. Make article 19 of the UN Convention a reality. This calls for personal assistance as a human right

We urge governments and the European Parliament to start consulting with organizations run and controlled by disabled people with experience in independent living.
 
Sign Petition - Click here to sign our campaign

EU Human Rights Commission on...

UK process for ratification of UN Convention begins

MAR 03, We welcome the statement by Jonathan Shaw, Minister for Disabled People, announcing that the Parliamentary process for ratification of the UN Convention has begun.

Toolkit for action 

is now available at London Coalition Against Poverty . It includes: 

• A Briefing on the ‘Welfare Abolition Bill’
• An Action Guide with ideas for action and a list of
  possible targets
• A leaflet for you to use on your actions
• Information on subvertising the disgusting 'Targeting Benefit Thieves' posters, 
• and more!

You can find your own MP here too and send an email. It also gives the telephone number if you'd like to ring your MP instead or as well as. You can write to your MP at: House of Commons, London, SW1 0AA.

For DAN actions see DAN page.

DISCLAIMER, DAN is separate from NDI and while we broadly support their aims NDI does not undertake direct action and is not a direct action network.

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