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UK: £3m for disabled people’s organisations
Posted 18/05-11 at 01.23
The government's Office of Disability Issues has announced that £3m will be made available over the next 4 years to support the development of local disabled people organisations (DPOs). As part of the scheme, from July DPOs will be able ...
UK: What budget cuts will mean for DPOs
Posted 22/11-10 at 19.48
Disability Lib has produced a short, informative report on the impact of the budget cuts on the UK's DPOs. It offers a summary of what has happened, the positive and negative effects and guidance on what DPOs can do to survive in a rapidly changing p ...
UK: Threat to DPOs shown by closing of major organization in Northamptonshire
Posted 04/09-10 at 12.28
The Disabled People's Alliance Northamptonshire (DPAN), which has been run by and championed the rights of disabled people for 16 years, is to close after it lost two major contracts. One has been taken over by a national company not run by disabl ...