Volunteer Cornwall is backing the national Campaign for Disability Justice.

We all want a decent quality of life for ourselves and those we care about. Yet two million Disabled people are trapped in deep poverty.

Disabled people become trapped in poverty because they’re unable to work or to find an accessible job. Social security doesn’t cover the hidden or additional costs of disability – things like electricity to run vital equipment and transport to get out of your home. And too many workplaces are unwilling to employ Disabled people.

Led by a grassroots Deaf and Disabled Peoples Organisation (DDPO), Inclusion Barnet, the national campaign calls on Government to work with Disabled led organisations to guarantee: Opportunity to work, financial Security and Respect, for all Disabled people, whether in work or not.

Please help spread the word to encourage people to ACT NOW and sign up to support the campaign.

https://www.campaignfordisabilityjustice.org.uk/spread_the_word 

Calls to action:

• Download the Campaign for Disability Justice comms pack to share with your members organisations.
• Add your organisation logo to the website supporter page - please email it as a .PNG file to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• Sign up to support the campaign yourself.

Key messages

• We all want a decent quality of life for ourselves and those we care about, and to live in a society that includes and values us.

The problem

Yet millions of Disabled people are trapped in poverty because they’re unable to work or to find an accessible job. In fact, 62% of the 3.8 million people in the UK who last year couldn’t afford even enough to eat or to heat their home were Disabled people.

Social security doesn’t cover the hidden or additional costs of disability – things like electricity to run vital equipment and transport to get out of your home. And too many workplaces are unwilling to employ Disabled people. 

Change is possible

It’s other people’s negative ideas about what Disabled people can and can’t do, and how things are designed and run, that hold us back. But we know change is possible because we’ve made changes before. For example, more accessible buses and trains, and the right to request flexible working from day one in a job.

Taking action

We want the Government to work with organisations led by Disabled people to make workplaces easier to access and to improve social security so that everyone can live a decent life, whether they’re in work or not.

We support the Campaign for Disability Justice’s call for on Government to work with Disabled people on these key priorities:

• Opportunity

To support employers to create more accessible jobs, and to ensure Disabled people have voluntary access to good quality employment support, without the threat of sanctions.

• Security

To guarantee a decent standard of living for Disabled people, in or out of work, that adequately accounts for the additional costs they face. Improve social security so that everyone can live a decent life, whether they’re in work or not.

• Respect

To lead the way in building a society that respects and values Disabled people and support the development of local Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs).

Find out more on the Campaign for Disability Justice website:

https://www.campaignfordisabilityjustice.org.uk

 

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