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Opportunity or trap
- Author:
- JACKSON Ced
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 147, September 2000, p.18.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Explains how the new system of Direct Payments to disabled people offers an opportunity for voluntary organisations to pioneer new services.
Towards personal independence
- Author:
- COWLEY Dawn
- Journal article citation:
- Voluntary Voice, 161, February 2002, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- London Voluntary Service Council
Reports on the Independent Activities Project (IAP) a Hounslow-based pilot scheme to empower adults with a physical and/or sensory disability to take control of their lives and play an active part in the local community.
Volunteering by people with disabilities: a route to opportunity
- Author:
- NIYAZI Filiz
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Volunteering
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 25p.
- Place of publication:
- London
One way in which disabled people can demonstrate their independence is by taking up voluntary work. The problem is, however, that the premises are not always physically accessible. Their advertising does not always make it clear that disabled people are as welcome as anyone else. Despite their much-vaunted equal opportunities policies, they are not always prepared to foot the bill for the extra support disabled volunteers sometimes need (there are not always extra costs involved). And the kind of training they provide for their volunteers rarely takes account of disabled people in its design, content and delivery.
Same difference? Older people's organisations and disability issues
- Authors:
- PRIESTLEY Mark, RABIEE Parvaneh
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 17(6), October 2002, pp.597-611.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article addresses some important areas of commonality in the political interests of older and disabled people. It reports findings from survey and interview research with local organisations representing older people, and their engagement with disability issues. The authors review similarities in the claims and mobilisation of older and disabled people, and by reviewing the groups that participated in the study. The main part of the article identifies substantive policy issues that were perceived as important to older people. Here, there are considerable areas of overlap with the claims of disabled people's organisations (for example, in relation to information, independent living, accessible housing, transport, social support, and incomes).