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Looking For a Black Swan
There are many legitimate influences on good policy making but one essential element is the asking of questions. If we ask better...
Philip J Connolly
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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
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
We have a new anthem
This year we reveal an anthem for the resilient, a song to unite us all.
Martine Waltier
Jan 4, 20232 min read
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
The Bluffers Guide to Obtaining Old and New Resources
Most NGOs have two arms to them. The first is the one that established them as providers of information, advice and guidance, possibly...
Philip J Connolly
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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
Air Pollution is Making More of us Disabled
Dr Dean Schraufnagel of Illinois University has led a review of 70,000 scientific studies and concluded that every organ of the body is...
Philip J Connolly
Jul 14, 20223 min read
From being motivated to being motivational - becoming a movement
Most people are motivated to campaign on disability issues due to either the poverty of disabled people or their lack of participation. ...
Philip J Connolly
Jun 23, 20223 min read
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
The Unity Plan: how the DRN builds an inclusive economy with you
2000 people have connected with the Disability Resilience Network - the DRN. It is our hope that you can be connected too!
Philip J Connolly
May 5, 20223 min read
"To the metaverse and back to the universe"
Your invitation to join the DRN purple trade mission and secure your place at our exhibition
Philip J Connolly
Apr 25, 20224 min read
Rethink on Barriers
Of course there are barriers and they are in the main real and even hazardous. But! But have barriers been overthought? For decades the word
Philip J Connolly
Apr 10, 20223 min read
"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
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
Positively Disruptive Leadership
Finding leaders isn't difficult once people know what leadership isn't.
Philip J Connolly
Mar 7, 20224 min read
Preparing for Our Demise
It is a bit strange that on the eve of building something new and important, that we should even be thinking of “demise”.
Nigel Niles
Feb 28, 20223 min read
Mass Membership: feedback on our scenario planning
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
"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
The Purple (Disability) Planet: The DRN Invitation and Challenge to the BBC
David Attenborough was once asked, what gave him hope. He replied "the indomitable spirit of humans and the resilience of nature."
Philip J Connolly
Jan 31, 20224 min read
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