Black Triangle calls upon our members and supporters to support the Campaign to Save the Independent Living in England and Wales. The Scottish Independent Living Fund has been saved by the SNP Government at Holyrood and was something we demanded in our submission to the Welfare Reform Committee.
SOLIDARITY!
Please help us save the independent living fund!
“I got up this morning, brushed my teeth, showered, ate breakfast, got dressed, checked my e mails, went to work, had lunch with colleagues, met with friends on the way home from work, popped in on my mum to see she was alright before coming home to do a couple of hours work on my open university degree before bed. I was able to do all this because of the money from the Independent Living Fund that helps pay my Personal Assistant to support me to do the things I can’t manage to do directly because I have a condition that means my hands do not work and I get around using a wheelchair” – ILF recipient.
By Paula Peters of our sister organisation Disabled People Against Cuts DPAC
The money from the independent living fund helps pay for a personal assistant, and enables disabled people who need support to have a quality of life to do the same things everyone else can do. Live.
The government says “ILF recipients will be reassessed by their local authority, and will be funded by the local authority” The money given to the local authority to meet a disabled person’s support needs will not be ring fenced.
The local authority can spend that money meant for disabled people and their support needs on other resources. Disabled people who need the support fear less or no support at all and then being placed into residential care, far from friends and family. Imagine this; your local authority has cut your support needs.
You would have to rely on the local pop in service from carers you do not know, to keep you clean, warm up a meal in the microwave, and convenient at the time for the carer but not a convenient time for you. If you need night care, you would then be forced to wear incontinence pads or even worse catheterised.
You would then be only able to shower once a week, have no social life, have to perhaps use a hoist and then excluded from every day activities outside, forced to give up your pet if you had one, no garden, forced into isolation, having to sack the personal assistant you relied on for many years with no redundancy for them.
Now you are thinking you do not want to go on anymore.
Its how do I go on like this with little support?
Due to the lack of support you are now isolated at home cut off from society and from friends and family and as the lack of support means no independence, no social life, can’t work, no quality of life, it would make anyone feel down, and even depressed. It’s awful to contemplate isn’t it?
Disabled people want right
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Rights to live independently in the community, to have our support needs met, so we can have a quality of life, and do the same things as everyone else does.
Live.
Society forgets that we are human beings, people, we are mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends, neighbours, colleagues, but society sees the impairment, not the person we happen to be.
We are judged, discriminated against, and called a drain to society.
Well, we are not!
People can be born with an impairment, or at some point in their lives can even be struck down with a devastating illness, hit by a car, lose your mobility need to use a wheelchair to get around, have a breakdown, could lose your job and need to claim benefits to live.
The social security system was put in place to protect those who needed the support, who may be too ill to work. You need the support every day to carry out the simplest of tasks. Life is unexpected, it’s cruel and its tough, it can change in a flicker of an eye lash, and it can happen to YOU.
Life is really hard living as a disabled person every day. Trying to manage life with all the same worries as non disabled people. Money, keeping a job, family life, health issues, how to get around using public transport. It’s bloody tough.
“The independent living fund gave people with severe impairments the support needed to live life as we chose, so we could work, go shopping, feel part of society, a human being. A non disabled person is not used to thinking about how they would go to the toilet, get in and out of their home, get to work but we need to plan all those things in advance and ensure we have the support to do them.”
-ILF recipient.
Our demand is to keep the independent living fund open, open it up to new claimants and open up independent living to all disabled people so we can keep our independence, and with support, have a quality of life and live.
All I ask of you is for your help. Help us save the independent living fund from closing on 30th June 2015.
As disabled people, we want rights to live independently as possible, having a quality of life despite what we battle with every day with our disabilities and illnesses.
Why?
Because we’re worth it!
We are human beings and we want to be treated as such, not the stock the government and great swathes of society think we are. We are worth it! Help us keep the independent living fund open and help us in the fight for our rights so we can have a quality of life living in society as best as we can.
Take part in the Save the ILF Campaign:
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Join the PCS ‘Save the Independent Living Fund Email Your MP’ Campaign http://action.pcs.org.uk/page/speakout/save-the-ilf
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Visit, ‘Like’ and share the ILF Postcard campaign page on facebook
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Take part and show support for the campaign – Print this picture, take a selfie with it and post to the ILF Postcard campaign page on facebook to support #SaveILF
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Please show your support for the campaign by sharing and tweeting from the tweetpage dftr.org.uk/SaveILF or your own tweets using the #SaveILF hashtag
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Ask your MP to sign EDM for #SaveILF https://www.writetothem.com/, unless they’ve already signed-check here http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2013-14/1234
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Ask you MP to ask for an adjournment debate for the Save ILF Campaign https://www.writetothem.com/
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See also “Top Corrie Stars support the Save ILF Campaign”
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Tweet these Independent Living Fund Videos and articles:
An Important Request on ILF from Mary Laver http://shar.es/BjyqK #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of the #ILF means to disabled people -Mary’s story http://campaigndpac.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/what-the-closure-of-the-independent-living-fund-means-to-disabled-people-mars-story-2/ #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of the #ILF means to disabled people – Justine’s story http://campaigndpac.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/what-the-closure-of-the-independent-living-fund-means-to-disabled-people-justines-story/ #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of the #ILF means to disabled people – John, Paul and Evonne’s story http://campaigndpac.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/what-the-closure-of-the-independent-living-fund-means-to-disabled-people-john-paul-and-evonnes-story/ #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of the #ILF means to disabled people – Roxy’s story http://campaigndpac.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/what-the-closure-of-the-independent-living-fund-means-to-disabled-people-oxys-story/ #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of the #ILF means to disabled people – Kathy’s story http://campaigndpac.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/what-the-closure-of-the-independent-living-fund-means-to-disabled-people-kathys-story/ #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of ILF means to disabled people – Richard’s story http://www.dpac.uk.net/2013/03/what-the-closure-of-ilf-means-to-me-richards-story/ #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of ILF means to disabled people – Penny’s story http://www.dpac.uk.net/2013/03/what-the-closure-of-ilf-means-to-me-pennys-story/ #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of ILF means to disabled people – Anthony and David’s story http://www.dpac.uk.net/2013/03/what-the-closure-of-ilf-means-to-disabled-people-anthony-and-davids-story/ #SaveILF #ILF
What the Closure of ILF means to disabled people – Kevin’s story http://www.dpac.uk.net/2013/03/what-the-closure-of-ilf-means-to-disabled-people-kevins-story/ #SaveILF #ILF
Second Closure of #ILF and our analysis of the equality analysis by DWP http://shar.es/Bm4hM #SaveILF #ILF
DPAC statement on government announcement on closure of the #ILF http://shar.es/BHRcl #SaveILF #ILF
How the closure of the ILF will affect lives http://dpac.uk.net/independent-living-fund/#sthash.dLgkwYIe.dpbs #SaveILF #ILF
What Local Authorities said about the Closure of ILF http://www.dpac.uk.net/2013/02/what-local-authorities-said-about-the-closure-of-ilf/ #SaveILF #ILF
A Nasty Cut people affected by the closure of the #ILF http://www.dpac.uk.net/2013/02/a-nasty-cut-people-affected-by-the-closure-of-the-independent-l5142/ #SaveILF #ILF
Second Closure of Independent Living Fund and our analysis of the equality analysis by DWP http://shar.es/BjygQ #SaveILF #ILF
9 Responses
The Independent Living Fund is promised to remain within the Yes Campaign for Scottish Independence from the Referendum on 18 September, and to be opened to new claimants (closed since 2010) once Scotland is Free.
So at least the Scots will be saved from Austerity obsessed London.
The disabled and chronic sick lose benefits, which also means lose vouchers to a food bank. No job, no benefit, no food, no state pension at 60 to women or nil state pension for life from 2016
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/state-pension-at-60-now
Requested, please, are Labour and The Greens party members to share in amongst their social media and Labour party social media the existence of my petition, so as to change Labour’s Ed Miliband and Ed Balls to revoke the Pension Bill and Flat Rate Pension, leaving so many with no money in old age forever.
Resist Nazism and Free to be a Slave Market Neo Liberalism
Resist Poverty Squalor Oppression and Nazi Style Degradation of the Poor
Better the Red Flag than Oppression and Slavery
The Victimisation of the Poor has to End.
The Nazi’s used to Persecute the Poor and Vulnerable.
It is the Greedy and Selfish Rich who Need to Account for their Conduct Not the
Oppressed Poor
We Need a Revolutionary Socialist Society and State Not a Repulsive Slavery Society and State.
Sweep Aside the Tyranny of Neo Liberalism just like Neo Nazism
Embrace a State where the Poor and Vulnerable are Protected
Defend Welfare Benefit’s Oppose Destructive Wrecking of Welfare Benefits
We Need a Caring Government and Social Justice Now and Forever
Demand a Halt to Quality of Life Wrecking and Victimisation of the Poor
No to Neo Nazism No to Neo Liberalism
It is Not the ” Outspoken ” who Need to Hang their Heads in Shame it is
the Blatantly Oblivious and Out of Touch
Poverty Oppression and Misery is Poverty Oppression and Misery No Matter
wherever the Sun is Shining or Not
No other Species on Earth is in La La Land Half as much as Too Many in this
Country
I Stand by what I Say about Too Many being in La La Land the Evidence Speaks
for itself
Modern Britain is a Nasty Evil Nihilistic Wasteland of Oblivion with an
Excreable Housing Situation and an Obscene Gulf between Rich and Poor
Repulsive Britannia
Instead of ” Every Man for Himself ” All For One and One For All
Social Justice at Home and World Peace Throughout
JUST RECEIVED MY THIRTY FIRST LETTER FROM THE DWP REGARDING MY ESA THAT WAS REFUSED……………………
MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE GIVEN IN BY NOW, AND MOST PROBABLY HAVE, BUT I AM LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE…………………
“I JUST WON’T LET GO”
TO KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN CHEATED, LIED TO, SUBJECTED TO CRUELTY AND TORTURED, JUST TO SAVE THE TREASURY MONEY, IS THE LOWEST OF THE LOWEST.
OUR POLITICIANS DECIDED TO STEAL FROM THOSE LEAST LIKELY TO FIGHT BACK.
YOU THE DISABLED, AND THE POOREST IN SOCIETY.
BULLYING THOSE AT THE BOTTOM SEEMS TO BE THE NEW SPORT OF THE TOFFS.
TO STOP ME APPEALING TO THE UPPER TRIBUNAL I HAVE BEEN REBUFFED BY FOUR DIFFERENT JUDGES UP TO NOW,
JUDGES, WALL, CRACKNELL, McDONALD AND BIRD……………..
“EACH ONE HAS NOT ONE IOTA OF FEELING FOR THE CLAIMANT, OF THEIR PREDICAMENT, DISABILITIES OR LIFESTYLE”
THEY HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN TO UPHOLD THE DECISIONS OF CHARLATAN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, PLEASE STOP LAUGHING!!!!
JUSTICE AND LAW WENT OUT OF THE WINDOW YEARS AGO, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOTHING SHORT OF PARASITES WHO LEECH OFF THE MISERY THEY DOLE OUT EACH DAY.
EVERY TIME THEY PUT THEIR MONICKER ON A DWP STRUCTURED STATEMENT, THEIR POCKETS BULGE EVEN FURTHER.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED, IN UK LAW, TO BE HEARD BY YOUR PEERS.
LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF PEER IN THE DICTIONARY. IT STATES “A PERSON OF EQUAL RANK OR MERIT”.
OUR JUDICIARY IS NOTHING OF THE SORT, STATE CONTROLLED YES MEN………………………..
ALL THE DECISIONS AGAINST THE POOR AND DISABLED ARE SO CLEARLY BIASED, AS TO BE BEYOND BELIEF………………………
…………………..EVEN YEARS AGO I WAS TALKING TO A LOCAL MAGISTRATE OVER A BEER.
I ASKED HIM IF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS AT A LOCAL LEVEL WAS INFLUENCED IN ANY WAY?
HE REPLIED THAT THE JOB OF A LOCAL MAGISTRATE WAS MORE OF A SHOW FOR THE ACCUSED, TO LET THEM THINK THAT THEY WERE SEEING JUSTICE IN ACTION.
HE SAID HIS JOB WAS EASY BECAUSE MOST DECISIONS WERE ALREADY PROMPTED BY THE CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE BEFOREHAND. HE JUST DID AS HE WAS INSTRUCTED.
TO THIS DAY I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN WHAT HE TOLD ME………………..
ODDLY, THE ZERO MARKS THAT I WAS AWARDED BY EMMA BRODRICK HCP, DO NOT ECHO THE EIGHT DOCTORS STATEMENTS THAT I UNCOVERED IN MY FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST FOR ALL DOCUMENTS THAT THE DWP HELD ON ME………….
I WOULD URGE ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO IS HAVING A DING DONG WITH THE DWP, TO REQUEST ALL INFORMATION THAT THEY HOLD.
IT COSTS NOTHING AND WILL GIVE YOU THAT VITAL BIT OF AMMUNITION TO FIGHT YOUR CORNER………………..
MY PERSONAL INFORMATION WAS OVER SEVEN INCHES DEEP AND CAME IN THREE GIANT ENVELOPES!
SO ONWARD I MARCH, CONFIDENT THAT I HAVE DONE NOTHING WRONG OTHER THAN CHALLENGING THE STATE SPONSORED THEFT OF MY BONAFIDE BENEFITS…………..