Don't axe Access to Work for deaf and disabled! Wednesday 29 October 2014: 12 till 1pm, Old Palace Yd, SW1

Subject heading above by Swheatie of KUWG

Content below from Ellen Clifford at Inclusion London

StopChanges2ATW – Westminster rally

Wednesday 29th October 2014 : 12 – 1pm: Old Palace Yard

 

On Wednesday the DWP select committee is holding its final oral evidence session for its inquiry into Access to Work. Mark Harper, Minister for Disabled People, will be giving evidence.

 

The StopChanges2ATW campaign will be attending the evidence session as observers and then holding a rally in Old Palace Yard to protest against changes to Access to Work that are driving Deaf and disabled people out of employment and undermining our employability.

 

Speakers will include Andy Greene, Disabled People Against Cuts, Geraldine O’Halloran, Inclusion London and co-founder of StopChanges2ATW, Jenny Sealey, artistic director of Graeae Theatre Company, , David Buxton CEO of the British Deaf Association.

 

For more information contact: ellen.clifford AT inclusionlondon.co.uk

 

For more information about the changes to Access to Work and how they are impacting on Deaf and disabled people go to: http://stopchanges2atw.wordpress.com/

Kind regards,

 

Ellen Clifford

Campaigns and Communications Worker

Inclusion London

336 Brixton Road, London, SW9 7AA

Tel: 020 7237 3181, (office SMS: 0771 839 4687)

Tracey.Lazard AT inclusionlondon.co.uk

www.inclusionlondon.co.uk  

 

Visit our Power Up Project website for information on free training and events for London’s disability sector run by Inclusion London and Transport for All. www.powerupproject.org.uk