The way that a government treats those who have the least power is a fair rule of thumb as to its level of civilisation. These are hard times, as evidenced by the nightly news. UK government “welfare reform”, public service cuts and other neoliberal policies have had a huge impact on disabled people’s lives. The […]
Projects
Blog post: Graham Findlay
How many times do you feel genuinely excited by a TV programme? Me neither. But slumped on the sofa after a long day labouring over a luke-warm policy paper, I recently had the great good luck to click on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. For those who don’t know, George is an architect with […]
Welsh Fast Track Research Grants 2016
DRILL announces the first projects in Wales to receive small research grants. Please find a short summary of each below. Young people and friendships – what matters to us? The research project will explore with young disabled people aged 14 – 25 years living in South East Wales how patterns of friendship change between […]
Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL)
Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) is an innovative research programme which will gather evidence on the social barriers to independent living and learning faced by disabled people. Research findings will be used to develop pilot projects and inform policy development and practice to bring about real improvements to the lives of disabled […]
