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North West Regional Stakeholder Network - Government Disability Unit

We want to know what you think are the key things that should be in the government's National Strategy for Disabled People that is expected in early 2021.

It is a really important opportunity to make sure that the strategy includes what is important disabled people or those with lived experience of disability and long-term conditions.

The  North West Network is a group of disabled people/people living with disability and long term conditions and supporting organisations. We meet monthly to discuss issues to pass on to government about experiences in the North West. 

We have created a list of themes and statements we think need to be in the strategy which are in the survey. 

Tell us what you think of our ideas and and what your experiences have been of the issues in each one.

Your experiences will help to make sure the strategy becomes a meaningful document that holds government to account on the changes we want to see. 

Thank you for your help!

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* 1. Advocacy:

Make sure everyone can get advocacy to help people say what matters to them in all areas of their life and to help them with processes that can be difficult to work through, for example in education, health and social care, benefits, housing and justice systems

Is this important to you?

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* 2. Benefits:
Make sure the benefits system is fair so people don't have to live on less money in the North West, compared to the South of England.  Understand that levels of poverty in the North are much greater.

Is this important to you?

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* 3. Benefits:

A benefits system that is based on need, fully supports the right to live an independent live and supports the idea that a person is disabled by a world that doesn't meet their needs, not by their condition. 

The money you get from benefits must be enough to live a full life

Is this important to you?

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* 4. Democracy:

Funding to encourage and support disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions to stand for election as a councillor or an MP

1 in 4 people in the UK is a disabled person/has lived experience of disability or long term conditions. We want to see the same in politics. 

Is this important to you?

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* 5. Democracy:

Make all voting accessible by 2025

Is this important to you?

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* 6. Digital Inclusion:

Make sure that disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions can use computers and smart phones. Bring ideas led by them into future development.

Make sure that if we can’t use technology there are still alternatives

Is this important to you?

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* 7. Digital Inclusion: 

Make sure Further Education funding goes towards improving the skills of disabled people/ people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions, in using computers and smart phones. Make sure they can do this in accessible, community places.

Is this important to you?

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* 8. Disability Hate Crime and Harassment 

Give funding to Police Authorities to work with disabled people and their organisations to identify Disability Hate Crime.  Review how disabled people report Disability Hate Crime and how accessible it is (these are sometimes called third party reporting centres).

Work with the local council to improve the safety of disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions, from crime and harassment.

Is this important to you?

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* 9. Education
Provide funding for care and educational support for every disabled child/child with lived experience of disability and long-term conditions to ensure inclusion in mainstream schools.

Include the Equality Act in the National curriculum to teach young people about equality and diversity.

Is this important to you?

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* 10. Employment:

Provide a trusted employment support service that helps disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions, to find and keep jobs.

The service should be led by people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions.

Is this important to you?

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* 11. Employment:

Extend Access to Work funding or provide new funding to cover job searching and look at wage subsidies (government giving your employer some money towards your wages). This will help get more disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions, into paid work. 

Is this important to you?

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* 12. Employment:

Make it so that employers have to have disability equality training, run by disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions. 

Is this important to you?

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* 13. Equality: 

Make the United Nations (UN)  International Convention on Rights for Persons with Disabilities part of UK law.

The International Convention on Rights for Persons with Disabilities 

Is this important to you?

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* 14. Equality:

Make the Equality Act more important than all other laws.

Is this important to you?

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* 15. Equality:

Extend the Equality Act to cover things you buy, like computers and furniture. 

Is this important to you?

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* 16. Health and Social Care:

Increase funding for health and social care to make sure that people can live full lives


Is this important to you?

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* 17. Health and Social Care:

Give disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions the right to independent living by law and make sure they are involved with planning what the law looks like.


Is this important to you?

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* 18. Health and Social Care:

Make sure support services are not 'just' care, but help disabled people/people with lived experience of disability and long term conditions, to learn Independent Living skills so that they can live a full life.

Is this important to you?

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* 19. Health and Social Care

Make sure Direct Payment policy is the same in all areas and that it supports real choice and control

Is this important to you?

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* 20. Housing:

Make sure all new homes that are built are accessible.

Is this important to you?

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* 21. Housing: 

Make 20% of all housing owned by councils and housing associations accessible by 2025. 

Is this important to you?

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* 22. Housing:

Make rules for building that make sure new buildings or parts of buildings are accessible.

Is this important to you?

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* 23. Information:

Make sure all government information and communication is in plain English, so that it is easy to understand, with easy read, British Sign Language, large print, audio, and braille available if needed.

Is this important to you?

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* 24. Information:

Make sure all websites are accessible

Is this important to you?

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* 25. Street Environment:

Publish national guidance requiring all streets to be designed to meet the needs of pedestrians, cyclists and car users with lived experience of disability and long term conditions.

Is this important to you?

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* 26. Street Environment:

Make local authorities work with  disabled people/people  with lived experience of disability and long term conditions to make sure the design of streets and town centres meets their needs

Is this important to you?

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* 27. Transport: 

Funding to make all train and bus services and cycling affordable and accessible by 2025.

Is this important to you?

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* 28. Voice
Support and provide funding for local organisations led by disabled people/people with lived experienced of long term conditions to make sure care and support services are delivered to meet their needs.

Is this important to you?

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* 29. Please put the themes you have looked at above into the order that is most important to you, with the most important first.

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* 30. Where do you live?

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* 31. What is your age?

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* 32. How would you describe yourself?

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