30th June is Arthrogryposis Awareness Day and Abi, one of the Steering Group members, tells us more about this mouthful of a word: Your first question is probably how do I say that? Followed closely by what is that…? You say it like it’s written…. Ar – thro – gry -po – sis … see, …
Lydia tells us more about being part of the Steering Group: In my introduction blog, I commented that I have been able to grow and develop various skills during my time on the YDRF Steering Group, including giving presentations and even learning how to set Zoom up for live captioning. The opportunities being part of …
Today we spoke at a meeting of the Decision Session for the Executive Member for Transport, City of York Council, on the future of the extended footstreets, or the pedestrianised areas of York city centre. Below is the statement we delivered. The full meeting can be watched on the council’s webcasts page. The future of the …
Statement Presented to the Council on City Centre Footstreets Read More »
For today’s blog, we turn to Haddy from Speak Up Diversity. Haddy is the Founder and Directory of the organisation which is working to end the systemic and institutional racist policies that disproportionately affects people of colour. Speak Up Diversity welcomes your participation in creating a motion to deliver to City of York Council to …
York to Become an Anti-Racist and Inclusive City Read More »
We thought you’d really want to know about some upcoming workshops from City of York Council. They are running a series of workshops about city centre access including cycles as mobility aids, accessible routes through our city and Shopmobility. We encourage you to attend if you can but if you can’t attend or aren’t comfortable …
Closed To Us. Your Chance To Talk To The Council About City Centre Access. Read More »
In this post, we chat with Lydia to find out a bit more about her as well as why she joined the Forum’s Steering Group. Her love of York and supporting others is clear and we are lucky to have her as part of the Steering Group and hopefully she’s enjoying having the support of …
Raising awareness and visibility of disability wherever we go! When people talk of the York Disability Rights Forum Steering Group, it can feel a bit abstract or distant. So, who are we and what do we do? Who are we? We are a group of 10 or so people, most of whom have a disability …
