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Youth film reveals the hidden gems of black theatre
TweetThe term black theatre might conjure up images of a niche and very 20th century concept, but from Ira Aldridge playing Othello in Covent Garden in the 1830s to the 1990 production of Amani Napthali’s Ragamuffin and to grime star … Continue reading
Posted in media & communication, Music & arts, Race, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged charity, housing, music & arts, young people
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Care home to concert stadium: learning disabled Tom’s rock quest
Tweet Tom Spicer is wearing a huge pair of headphones and an expression of mild anxiety. Backstage at the Honda Centre, Anaheim, California, at one of the world’s biggest rock gigs, Tom is about to find out whether he will … Continue reading
Art in aid of disability
TweetThere are 20m people across the world who need a wheelchair and don’t have one, according to the World Health Organisation, and the average life expectancy of a paraplegic in a developing country is far shorter than in the western … Continue reading
How your old jacket might be just the job
TweetEver considered what someone who’s homeless wears to a job interview? If you’re trying to get back on your feet and into work or training, whether you’re homeless, long-term unemployed or disadvantaged, what you need is smart clothes, but what … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Third sector, Uncategorized
Tagged business, charity, housing, third sector
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Face the facts, not the film fiction
TweetIt’s an uphill struggle for those with so-called invisible difficulties (people with conditions on the autistic spectrum, for example,) to achieve mainstream representation or indeed capture the attention of broadcasters, newspaper editors, politicians and the public. So imagine the challenge … Continue reading
Local government finance: sailing into the perfect storm
TweetGovernment is passing down an unprecedented austerity drive to local government. In the perfect storm of cuts, rising unemployment and ageing population, the budget failed to throw much of a lifeline to local government. But as the Treasury resigns councils … Continue reading
This is a pants story
TweetWhose pants do you pop on? Whose name’s in your knickers? Who’s behind your briefs? Who styled your smalls? And just where is this intro going? Enough already. While retail guru Mary Portas last night kicked off her pledge to … Continue reading
All-embracing arts
TweetSome of the UK’s most inspiring performers are taking part in a two-day disability arts showcase that kicks off in Leicester tomorrow. Embrace Create Connect, 15-16 March, is a national conference for performers with a learning disability and for those … Continue reading
Posted in Learning disability, Music & arts, Uncategorized
Tagged learning disability, music & arts
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Netbuddy: the special needs Mumsnet
TweetWhen Emma Sterland’s older brother Ben, who has Down’s syndrome, was three, their mother saw another child with Down’s walking past their Surrey house. Back then, in the late 1950s, learning disabled people were hidden away in institutional care, and … Continue reading
A photographic platform for learning disability
TweetHad to share these images from a forthcoming exhibition created with people who have learning disabilities. The show, The Girl With The Heart Shaped Hands, opens on Tuesday March 20th and has been organised by learning disability charity Outreach 3Way. … Continue reading
Posted in Learning disability, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized
Tagged charity, learning disability, third sector
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