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Government recommends sections of the Coronavirus Act 2021 are expired, including Children and Families Act easements.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, ALLFIE launched ‘Our Voice’ project, to listen to Disabled Young people’s voices and address their education concerns. Armineh Soorenian, Project Coordinator, reports back on key take away messages, including isolation and intersectional exclusion.

ALLFIE’s Campaigns and Policy Coordinator, Simone Aspis, on how UK Government’s National Disability Strategy, released today, will do nothing to tackle the on-going onslaught attack on Disabled people’s rights.

Remmington is 16 and lives in Cheshire England. They are an ambulatory wheelchair user and are autistic. They play the flute saxophone and piano, and are passionate about music, advocacy for human rights, and analysis of film, TV and literature.

ALLFIE promotes the inclusion of Young Disabled people in all discussions that relate to their lives. During the Covid-19 pandemic ALLFIE recognised that young disabled voices were being missed, so the ‘Our Voice’ project was created to encourage young people to feel safe and speak up. I have been a part of the ‘Our Voice’ project since its start and have found the sessions incredibly useful and supportive during quite stressful times.

On 26th March, ALLFIE held an interactive webinar in collaboration with partners Inclusion London, Sister of Frida and guests to explore the issues for Disabled women at the frontline and leading, amplifying our voices and celebrating the contributions of Disabled Women and Girls within the disability rights movements.

This Is Not a Contradiction in Terms says Matt Smith, London School of Economics & Political Science.

Though my upbringing was based in Liverpool, I have resided (almost continuously),since the age of 18, in London. In the years following this southward journey, my awareness of disability politics grew as I struggled to access many physical spaces (and consequently, areas of life) as an adult.

State Opening of Parliament on 11 May marked the formal start of the parliamentary year. The Queen’s Speech set out the government’s agenda for the new parliamentary session. ALLFIE’s briefing highlights the relevant areas for inclusive education and our Covid19 campaign.

What do Disabled Londoners need from the next Mayor and Greater London Authority? ALLFIE and Inclusion London’s joint manifesto for the 2021 election sets out key asks from Disabled people and our organisations.

Call to Action: ALLFIE urges Disabled university students (including those considering study), to have their say on Government reforms to the higher education admissions system.

‘Our Voice’ is a Covid-19 national participation project, to amplify Disabled Young people’s voices, and address erasure of their education experiences.

ALLFIE has jointly written to Gavin Williamson MP, Secretary of State for Education, urging him to lift Children and Families Act easements allowing local authorities to depart from duties to arrange provision for Disabled children and Young people in schools and colleges, under the Coronavirus Act.