Carers threatened with prosecution over minor breaches of UK benefit rules theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Thanks to the lads too who helped us get organised today. 🙏🏾 Two of whom pitched at the last community cash event to grow a gardening business. They’d just come from a local job The young people are so enterprising round here 😍

Our first every short film addressing the issues our girls face at schools in Greater Manchester Thank you BBC Children in Need #WeMoveFund MAMA HEALTH and POVERTY PARTNERSHIP Lankelly Chase GMSystemsChangers Manchester Youth Zone Please watch and share. youtu.be/0DvhObKDNe4

I hope everyone under 30 will show their disgust at this blank refusal by both major parties to give our youth the joy of mobility in Europe. Craven surrender to a minority of ageing Europhobes.Sunak rejects offer of youth mobility scheme between EU and UK theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

The destruction of the human experience. Courtesy of Silicon Valley.

Join us for African Day celebrations in Manchester on June 8th, 2024, in Moston. Save the date in your calendar! This event is a great opportunity to learn more about African heritage.

"The Carer's Allowance is almost like a trap - it's so complicated." Elizabeth Tait says she never intended to wrongly claim £1,623 of benefits while caring for her partner and child. #Newsnight

@Johnmuirawards Pupils have been exploring and investigating different landscapes of the Mendip Hills recently.  During our last visit we were at Velvet Bottom searching for lizards and reptiles, sadly we didn’t find any but the search continues! E-ACT Venturers' Academy

This is very concerning—people join, memories falter, notes at a briefing can be misinterpreted. If the briefing was, say, a PowerPoint, then that is still data that should be disclosed. If just given orally, that needs to be investigated and decisions re-visited.

Saw Laughing Boy last night and felt some of the powerlessness and horror of what it's like to see your child trapped in a unit that is meant to be caring for him, but is doing anything but. I loved Connor Prof Ryan, and congrats @SamAhern3 on a powerful and moving play.

In today's session, we explored the therapeutic process of colour selection that is relatable with people from diverse backgrounds. Every session at CAS has an intelligent level of thoughtfulness that goes into it. Never attended? Let's make it a date! #creativeconnections

Very pleased to be part of the team that have produced this guide to help SEND parents make an informed choice as to Tribunal representation

Great news, the government has dropped the DWP bank spying powers bill, we'll call that a victory! Big Brother Watch National Survivor User Network Disability Rights UK Disability News Service x.com/premnsikka/sta…

Last week we held 2 community drop-ins for partners in the GM SC network. During these drop-ins we discussed:

- GMSC’s Emergent Strategy, - Our current timeline, - Our network map and how to add your organisation to it, - and the most important part: how to get involved in our research to find out if we, as a network, want to become a self-reliant, organised, and governing collective.

You can find details and how to get involved in our May's newsletter! mailchi.mp/403cabe85df4/g…

Save the date 👇🏽👇🏽

In early 2023, partners within GM SC were invited to participate in designing and deciding how a £400K fund would be spent. In the blog post and report below we share what unfolded and what we learned through this process. #ParticipatoryGrantMaking gmsystemschangers.org.uk/from-vision-to…

thank you to Viv Slack for writing this blog post, Debutterfly CIC for the report, @SelvaMustafa1 for the visuals and all the partners who have taken part in this work 🙏🏿

📣Want to take action? Join the movement this #GeneralElection by: ✔️Registering to vote ✔️Applying for Voter ID and/or for a postal or proxy vote if needed Asking your candidates to commit to supporting the #DisabledPeoplesManifesto More info 👇 disabledpeoplesmanifesto.com