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When did the Government leave?
Conservative MP and ex-climate adviser Chris Skidmore has warned of a "vacuum and silence" in government on climate change. BBC 5/7/2023

Philip J Connolly
Nov 6, 20232 min read
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Journalists here is your chance to balance the neo nasty stories maligning disabled people
Changes are being proposed to the criteria within the Work Capability Assessment, the main test for health related out of work benefit.

Philip J Connolly
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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Transforming Support and Creating Uncertainty and Inconsistency
Below we set out the uncertainties and inconsistencies raised by the recent DWP white paper.

Philip J Connolly
Jun 12, 20235 min read
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The Social Value Act, the Disability Employment Gap and the Need for Action on the Ground.
An Open Letter to the UK’s Disability Charities In recent years, I have been researching the use of the Social Value Act in the UK. This...
Chris Lonsdale
Feb 7, 20235 min read
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The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it! Looking back from 2025.
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it!

Philip J Connolly
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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Disabled people and the General Election
It is still up to two years to the general election so why act now? In a word - timing.

Philip J Connolly
Nov 1, 20224 min read
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Disability, Self-Sufficiency and Mutualism
Ok, so you've signed a petition, been on a march, added your details to the sum of evidence and yet still been ignored. What’s left?...

Philip J Connolly
Aug 18, 20223 min read
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New Energy for the Unity Plan
If the disability sector is to advance then it will need to find new energy but where is this energy going to come from?

Philip J Connolly
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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"Touchyfeely": enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them
Enabling disabled people to create markets that in turn employ them.

Philip J Connolly
Mar 31, 20223 min read
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Semiotics of Disability
Semiotics is the study of anything that communicates something. The anything is regarded as a sign and the something is its meaning....

Philip J Connolly
Mar 21, 20224 min read
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Mass Membership: feedback on our scenario planningÂ
We will become the biggest network for disabled people and those with a long-term health condition because you decided to join us.

Philip J Connolly
Feb 21, 20223 min read
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"Creating our Own Weather" DRN's theory of change
Rainforests occupy only 6% of the earth's surface but 50% of the world's animals live there. Why? Its because rainforests create their...

Philip J Connolly
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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Mission Ignition
The Disability Resilience Network is asking for two years of your free time, say about five hours a week.

Philip J Connolly
Jan 24, 20224 min read
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The Book of Numbers
The Disability Resilience Network seeks to capitalise on the wisdom of the crowd.

Philip J Connolly
Jan 18, 20223 min read
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The Inclusive Economy - The Disability Resilience Network (DRN) Goal Â
The DRN is a network and we are already welding national representation to local activism. Our evolving structure will allow us to conduct c

Philip J Connolly
Jan 10, 20223 min read
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Tipping points for a mass movement
Tipping point theory tells us how small differences can make a new reality or break an old one.

Philip J Connolly
Jan 2, 20224 min read
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