Instead, the Government have introduced watered down regulations (RPEEPs) that fail to keep Disabled people safe.
You can still request a PEEP under existing legal protections. Our PEEPs toolkit can help.
🔗Learn more and access the toolkit, + BSL and Easy Read: buff.ly/f3Rh9ak
The Government are failing to learn the lessons of Grenfell. We say Disabled people deserve better.
Almost half of those who died in the Grenfell disaster (41%) were Disabled people. The subsequent inquiry recommended fire evacuation plans, called PEEPs (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans).
Andrew Lee & Raymond Johnson @ the #PowerUpTogether event today on the #IndependentLiving movement- achievements & challenges
The history & future of our collective peer support & action. Still so much to fight for - stop more of us falling into poverty, of being locked away, of losing independence!
Read our joint letter to the government, in Easy Read:
www.inclusionlondon.org.uk/wp-content/u...
✅The government wants to learn from lived experience: people with learning difficulties + autistic people. It wants to pay organisations to help
❌But key documents aren't in Easy Read, despite requests. So groups with the most lived experience are the least able to apply👎
Via @johnpring.bsky.social
Rent controls now! Council homes not luxury flats! National Housing Demonstration. Saturday 18 April, Soho Square Gardens, W1D 3QP, 1pm. A photo of three people protesting in front of a block of flats. Logos of participating organisations including Inclusion London.
Rent controls now! Council homes not luxury flats!
Join us on 18th April at Soho Square Gardens, London to speak out for the right to safe, affordable housing.
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Bromley councillor election candidates Kevin Kennedy-Brooks (Labour), Sonay Erten (Green Party) and Alan Tweedle (Liberal Democrats) sit at a long table with the event chair George Hana. George is using a wheelchair and holding a microphone.
Democracy in action! Yesterday we attended the @xbyxbromley local council election hustings. It was brilliant to see local Deaf and Disabled people quiz their candidates on issues that matter to them.
Could you run an election hustings in your area? Our elections toolkit can help! buff.ly/KNB3CzI
Switch to Universal Credit is robbing thousands of ‘most vulnerable people’, reports @newjournal.bsky.social
The Government have failed to protect thousands of vulnerable people who have been forced to negotiate a complicated switch over to Universal Credit.
Read the full story 👇
Fact: Disabled people deserve to be safe in the event of a fire.
Use our free Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) toolkit to know your rights and request a plan to keep you safe. 👇
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Rent controls now! Council homes not luxury flats! National Housing Demonstration. Saturday 18 April, Soho Square Gardens, W1D 3QP, 1pm. A photo of three people protesting in front of a block of flats. Logos of participating organisations including Inclusion London.
Rent controls now! Council homes not luxury flats!
Join us on 18th April at Soho Square Gardens, London to speak out for the right to safe, affordable housing.
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In response, we are launching a set of resources to:
- Explain why RPEEPs regulations do not provide adequate fire safety for Disabled people.
- Support Disabled people to request a PEEP now.
- Gather evidence about people’s experiences of requesting PEEPs.
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Disabled people can still request a PEEP under existing legal protections, including the Equality Act 2010. However, many people are unaware of this or face barriers when trying to secure an evacuation plan.
Almost half of those who died in the Grenfell disaster (41%) were Disabled people. The subsequent inquiry recommended fire evacuation plans, called PEEPs.
Instead, the Government have introduced watered down regulations (RPEEPs) that fail to keep Disabled people safe.
Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans Toolkit. A toolkit for Disabled people: How to get an evacuation plan to keep you safe in a fire. A simple image of a fire with a white arrow emerging from it. Inclusion London logo.
The Government are failing to learn the lessons of Grenfell. That's why we created our Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans toolkit, to support Disabled people to advocate for their right to be safe in a fire.
Learn more and access the toolkit, available in BSL and Easy Read 👇
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Cartoon - white male in bed, on phone to a Work Capability Assessor depicted as a robot. Around the man is medication, dirty plate and glass and walking aid. He is looking out the window at people out dog walking. The man says "you can see from my medical notes that any activity causes me pain. I can have good days. I managed to take the kids to the park last week, but then I was bedridden for days." The robot replies "park? Sounds lovely" is that the part half a mile away? Do you push them on the swings?" the robot is ticking items on a form that say 1. Can walk over 100 meters 2. is physically active 3. Fit for work. The medical notes can be seen slipping off the end of the table.
Cutting Universal Credit is bad enough, but ignoring basic structural failings in the current Work Capability Assessment process make matters even worse.
Please help raise awareness!
@inclusionbarnet.bsky.social @inclusionlondon.bsky.social
#campaign #disability #justice #support #raidcharity
Rent controls now! Council homes not luxury flats! National Housing Demonstration. Saturday 18 April, Soho Square Gardens, W1D 3QP, 1pm. A photo of three people protesting in front of a block of flats. Logos of participating organisations including Inclusion London.
We're backing the National Housing Demonstration, calling for rent controls & more and better council housing.
Join us on Sat 18th April at Soho Square Gardens, London.
If you can't be there in person for access or other reasons, join us online to shout about the need for safe, affordable homes.
Disabled-led organisations Bromley Experts by Experience and Disability Action Haringey are holding local election hustings, giving Deaf and Disabled people an opportunity to quiz candidates on the issues that matter.
Could your organisation hold a hustings? Our toolkit can help!
Inclusion London's Julia Modern told DNS: “Unacceptable delays for assessments for the Access to Work scheme are currently putting the viability of self-employment for disabled people at risk."
Read the full story 👇
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We think it's vital that the review hears the experiences of Deaf and Disabled Londoners. If you've experienced crime and policing in London, you can make your voice heard.
Call for evidence: Three years after the Casey Review found widespread unacceptable behaviour in the Met, including shocking Disablism, the Fairfield Review wants to hear your experiences of the Metropolitan Police.
“We are disappointed to see underinvestment causing a programme that has historically been vital to disabled people’s ability to work instead hold back disabled people’s careers and put our financial security at risk.”
Inclusion London's Julia Modern told DNS: “Unacceptable delays for assessments for the Access to Work scheme are currently putting the viability of self-employment for disabled people at risk."
Read the full story 👇
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Svetlana and Laura from Inclusion London standing in front of a crowd of marchers on a London street. They hold a banner that reads "Inclusion London. Promoting equality for Deaf and Disabled Londoners"
Migrants and people of colour are demonised in the same way, by a vocal minority. The march showed that when we stand together, we are powerful. We don't have to accept a far-right future. We can and must build the future we all need.
A group of marchers including Rensa, Svetlana and Tracey from Inclusion London. Rensa is using a wheelchair and holding a sign that says "the future depends on you!"
We joined half a million people in London to march against the far right with @UKTogetherAll. Disabled people want to live good & independent lives no different from anyone else. But the media demonises us, and far-right ideologies threaten the lives we've built.
Photo by Faryal Velmi
Tell your MP that urgent action is needed to save Access to Work
www.salamandernews.org/policy-desig...
Tomorrow, we're joining deaf + disabled-led groups to march together against the far right
We're gathering from 12pm on Park Lane, outside the Intercontinental Hotel. The march will set off around 1pm. There's a shorter march + online options too. Join us!
www.togetheralliance.org.uk/access
8 people smile and pose with copies of a report. Some are wheelchair users. The report is called "Locked Out: The Housing Crisis Facing Disabled People in Richmond" by RAID.
We joined @raidinfo.bsky.social for their Housing Forum! Our sessions have built up members' campaigning skills around their housing report. They've also helped us with our own housing research! This is just a snapshot of our work, supporting Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations across London.
National housing demonstration. Saturday 18th April 1pm Central London. Rent controls! Council homes not luxury flats! Tenants unite! Another housing system is possible. We must fight to end the exploitation and win back control over our homes. A photo of people shouting in protest in front of a tower block.
The national housing demonstration is also being called by: logos of the participating organisations. The government is putting landlords and developers before our right to a good home. We need to ramp up the pressure to end this rotten system. Join tenants from across the country in the streets on Saturday 18th April. Let's make housing affordable again!
Sky-high rents are forcing people out of their homes and destroying communities.
Another housing system is possible - but we need to stand together and fight for it.
Join us in central London on 18 April to demand rent controls and council housing now.
The Timms Review. Call for Evidence. Submit your views by 28 May. Help shape the future of Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
The Timms Review steering group wants to hear your views and experiences of Personal Independence Payment. Submitting evidence helps us get the best outcome for Deaf and Disabled people.
Deadline: 28th May. buff.ly/zmij8k3
For those who can, we'll be with the @togetheralliance.bsky.social march against the far right this Saturday. But not all of us can protest without fear of reprisal + not all spaces are safe for all of us. We support intersectionality as a priority, not an afterthought, in everything we do.