The end of a year always sparks a period of reflection and we certainly aren’t resisting this opportunity to take a look back at the past twelve months. 2024 has been a challenging time for DW with an organisation restructure seeing us waving goodbye to two valued members of staff. However, we have continued to […]
Year: 2024
Disability Wales issues an urgent call for the Welsh Government to publish its long-awaited draft Disability Rights Action Plan
Disability Wales (DW) gave evidence at the Senedd on Monday 14th Oct in response to the Equality and Social Justice Committee inquiry into ‘Disability and Employment’. DW issued an urgent call for the Welsh Government to publish its long-awaited draft Disability Rights Action Plan drawing on the extensive work of the Disability Rights Taskforce which met […]
Disability Wales in support of British Deaf Association’s disappointment with Qualifications Wales dropping GCSE BSL introduction
Disability Wales stands in solidarity with the British Deaf Association (BDA) in expressing deep disappointment at Qualifications Wales’ decision to drop the introduction of a British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE in Wales. This decision represents a missed opportunity to promote inclusivity and equality for Deaf individuals and the wider BSL community across the country. BSL […]
Disability Wales member survey 2024
Calling all our members! As stated in our recent stakeholder announcement, Disability Wales is undertaking a change programme which will redesign and redevelop the organisation to ensure that we are fit for purpose in the future. A key part of this programme is ensuring that our members voices are heard, which will help inform our […]
Disability Wales stakeholder announcement
Disability Wales is undertaking a change programme which will redesign and redevelop the organisation to ensure that we are fit for purpose in the future. Disability Wales (DW) along with other voluntary organisations is working in a fast-changing world. This is challenging and we need to respond positively. As such we have been looking at […]
Factsheet: General Election 2024
The General Election is taking place on 4th July 2024. This General Election will be different from previous years due to the redrawing of boundaries. This means that Wales will only have 32 MPs in Westminster instead of 40. The Boundary Commission for Wales gives a good explanation of the changes – Boundary Changes for […]
Unfair, unfounded and unsafe: Welsh Government proposals on raising the weekly maximum charge for adult non-residential care and support
Welsh Government’s proposals to enable local authorities to increase the maximum weekly charges disabled people must pay for much needed social care and support are unfair, unfounded and unsafe, state organisations representing the interests of Deaf, Disabled People, Older People and Carers. DW’s report Barely Surviving (2023) catalogued the dire impact of the cost-of-living crisis […]
Press Release: UN Rapporteurs Questions UK Government Over Benefits Deaths and Austerity
On 18 March 2024 the UK Government provided their oral defence to the United Nations Committee for the Rights of Disabled People, regarding the UK’s “grave and systemic” violations of the UNCRDP. This comes after they refused to attend the last evidence session in August 2023 – requesting a delay to March 2024 – when […]
Press Release: Disabled People’s Organisations deliver closing submissions at the Covid Inquiry in Wales
At the conclusion of Module 2B of the Covid Inquiry in Wales today Disabled People’s Organisations have criticised Welsh and UK Government handling of the pandemic and called for widespread Inquiry recommendations. In the closing statement delivered by Danny Friedman KC in Cardiff, Covid-19 Public Inquiry core participants Disability Wales and Disability Rights UK said […]
Press Release: Disability Wales & Disability Rights UK cite “mass death and real suffering” of Disabled people in Wales at UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) Disability Wales and Disability Rights UK have today addressed the Covid-19 Inquiry in Cardiff on the “mass death and real suffering” experienced by Disabled people in Wales during the pandemic and said that despite the Welsh Government’s awareness of the risks, it failed to properly plan for the crisis resulting in: […]
