A consultation is underway over whether to close train ticket offices at railway stations. But how will this impact those with learning disabilities? Ben McCay, who is part of our Spokesperson Network, is Chair of Trustees at user-led charity My Life My Choice and has a learning disability. Here he explains the impact closures could have.
Zain Hafeez, from our Spokesperson Network, arrived in the UK aged 12 from Pakistan. Growing up in the UK under the asylum system, he responds to the passing of the Illegal Migration Bill in parliament this week and what this means for child detainees.
Craig Jones MBE, from the Sounddelivery Media Spokesperson Network Alumni, is Executive Chair at Fighting with Pride supporting LGBTQ+ veterans who 20+ years on have felt the lifelong impacts of the military ban on homosexuality. Today, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issued an apology on behalf of the British state to those affected by the ban.
Zinthiya Ganeshpanchan is Founder and CEO of the Zinthiya Trust, a charity set up in 2009 aimed at supporting women and families in Leicester and Leicestershire to be free from poverty and abuse. She argues why the BAME and BME labels limit the intersecting identities of our lived experience. Zinthiya is from our Spokesperson Network Alumni. This article was originally published by the Charity Times.
We are excited to announce the relaunch of our collaboration with The Voices of Domestic Workers; Future Voices, developing their own network of confident and skilled migrant domestic workers as public spokespeople.
A new report by King’s College London and a group of trafficking-survivor co-researchers found Filipina domestic workers were facing “double trauma”: first at the hands of traffickers, and later through neglect by support services on their return to the Philippines – at times with fatal consequences.
Beth Thomas, manager at Our Place Mentoring Scheme, discusses why mentoring matters, even more so in an increasingly faster-changing world. Beth is part of our Spokesperson Network 2021 alumni cohort.
Alan Stuart, from the 2022 Spokesperson Network, co-founded the Calzy Foundation with his family after losing his son Cal to suicide in 2021 at just 23 years old. They are calling for a 3-digit mental health emergency helpline in the hope it could save others going through mental health emergencies.
New report out today shines a light on the injustices faced by those who were subject to ‘gay ban’ in the military which existed until 2000. Craig Jones and Fighting with Pride from our Spokesperson Network are calling for justice after the reveal of the lifelong impact and trauma of the ban is revealed.
Founder of the Hull Beats Bus, Steve Arnott AKA Redeye Feenix, tells his journey of self-discovery and healing and asks the question: does he need a mental health diagnosis?
