Independent Living NOW!
The Independent Living NOW! Campaign will run from April 2010 to March 2011 and provides an opportunity for all disabled people in Wales to make their voices heard ahead of the 2011 Welsh Assembly elections.
The campaign was launched on 28 April 2010 at Future Inns, Cardiff Bay and has six main strategic aims:
· to raise awareness and understanding of what Independent Living means for disabled people in Wales
· to call for a National Strategy for Independent Living
· to develop a Manifesto for Independent Living throughout the campaign to influence policy makers
· to collect disabled people’s stories to establish an evidence base for Independent Living in Wales
· to develop a stronger coalition of disabled people’s organisations and disability activists
· to develop stronger links to the wider Independent Living movement
The first ILN! Campaign Briefing was held in Porthmadog on 26 May 2010. Organised in partnership with Arfon Access Group and CIL De Gwynedd, who hosted the event, over 30 people attended the briefing and contributed their ideas to the development of our Manifesto for Independent Living.
The second Campaign Briefing was in Powys on 7 July and was organised in partnership with Disability Powys and Dewis CIL. Again, we had some very interesting discussion about the priorities for a Manifesto for Independent Living.
We were also invited to give an update on the campaign at a well attended event in Wrexham on 28 June which was organised by the Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham, the Centre for Disability Studies at Glyndwr University, and Wrexham Council.
Planning is now underway for the final ILN! Campaign Briefing in SW Wales.
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Comments
Really pleased to see somethings being done to raise awareness of independent living for disabled people in Wales.
