Just received from CarerWatch
Independent Living fund Drop in
– with BBC Silent Witness actress Liz Carr
2 September 2014; 2 – 4pm; House of Commons Committee Room 19
pic from BBC
This
drop in session will be a chance for MPs to find out more about the
closure of the ILF which currently supports nearly 18,000 disabled
people with the highest support needs to live independently in the
community, to contribute to society in employment, education,
volunteering, as family members, friends and as members of our
communities and to build the local economy through employing teams of
Personal Assistants.
The
surgery will be an opportunity to ask questions and to speak to Liz who
has been enabled, through support from the ILF, to progress an acting
career that has spanned stand-up comedy, presenting for BBC and
primetime television.
Also
in attendance to answer your questions will be an ILF staff
representative and a disabled person who missed out on the ILF through
its closure to new applicants in 2010 and whose experiences reflect
those of many other disabled people now excluded from participating in
areas of life that non-disabled people take for granted.
The Drop in is being organized by PCS Union, Disabled People Against Cuts and Inclusion London.
For more information contact ellen.clifford@inclusionlondon.co.uk or Natasha@pcs.org.uk
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