🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨🚨🚨 The United Nations is calling for the UK Government to stop the Universal Credit (PIP) Bill because it will ‘deepen the signs of regression’ in disabled people’s human rights. UN letter to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. “The Committee has received credible information indicating that ifContinue reading “United Nations tells UK Govt to Stop Regressing our Rights!”
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GM Equality Panels Letter Opposing the DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper
Open Letter to All Greater Manchester MPs Regarding the Government’s Green Paper on Benefits 20 May 2025 To the Members of Parliament representing Greater Manchester, We are writing to you as members of the Greater Manchester Equality Panels regarding the Government’s recent ‘Pathways to Work’ Green Paper on changes to benefits. We are deeply concernedContinue reading “GM Equality Panels Letter Opposing the DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper”
Mental Health Wellbeing Grants for Disabled People
Grants have Launched! The deadline to apply is Monday 7th July! Full Details and Accessible Formats HERE The Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel (GMDPP) co-produced a report with GM NHS Health and Social Care Partnership on Mental Health Wellbeing and Disability. This then led to a series of strategic grants being administered by GMCVO (Greater ManchesterContinue reading “Mental Health Wellbeing Grants for Disabled People”
GMDPP Comment on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel (GMDPP) statement on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: The GM Disabled People’s Panel is comprised of 16 organisations led by disabled people, we have a breadth of views across our organisations on Assisted Dying. However on the specific matter of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillContinue reading “GMDPP Comment on Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill”
GMDPP Panel Application Form 2023
Applications for Disabled People’s Organisations to join the Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel (GMDPP) are open. The deadline is 12th June We will accept applications in written, audio or video format. The default form is an editable word doc, the text size can be enlarged to any you wish as can line spacing, colours etc.Continue reading “GMDPP Panel Application Form 2023”
DPO Forum England Response to DWP Green paper
Application for new members
We are looking for new member organisations! Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel (GMDPP) gmdisabledpeoplespanel.com The GMDPP is made up of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPO- that is organisations majority run and staffed by disabled people) across GM. It operates at the highest strategic level with the GM Mayor Andy Burnham and GM Combined Authority to advise, consult, influence,Continue reading “Application for new members”
Statement on Shielding & Covid Strategy
GM Disabled People’s Panel’s position on shielding: The issue is not about shielding itself but the way that it has been implemented which has led to the harmful exclusion of disabled people. Rather than being used as an essential aspect of a multifaceted strategy, it has been relied upon with other approaches sidelined. Even thoughContinue reading “Statement on Shielding & Covid Strategy”
GM Big Disability Survey- Covid19
The full report, with full findings, and Recommendations is now available- The Greater Manchester Disabled People’s Panel (GMDPP) created a survey to find out how disabled people in Greater Manchester were managing during the Covid 19 pandemic. The Panel is unique, no other city region has managed to establish one, it is made up ofContinue reading “GM Big Disability Survey- Covid19”
GMDPP Support Black Lives Matter
The Greater Manchester Disabled Peoples Panel (GMDPP) support the Black Lives Matter movement. We believe it is important that this is publicly stated and that active anti-racism is an integral part of how we work. We note that many of the Black people killed by police also identify as disabled people [1]. In the UK,Continue reading “GMDPP Support Black Lives Matter”
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