Poster: Manchester People First - Women’s Group
Poster: Manchester People First - Women’s Group
About This poster is advertising a women’s group run by Manchester People First. We are currently unable to date the poster. Manchester People First is an organisation of and for people with learning difficulties. The Manchester branch was set up in 1992 and runs courses and... read more »
Poster: Take Action Now, ‘Go To The Edge’
About This poster is one of a set of four looking at positive imagery and identity. The set was produced by GMCDP’s Young Disabled People’s Forum around 1998 in both A4 and A2 sizes. Catalogue: A4 GB124.G.GMCDP/6/52; A2 GB124.G.GMCDP/15/4. Description This poster is landscape oriented with a red... read more »
Postcard : Save The Independent Living Fund - 2014
About In 2014 this postcard was used as part of the ongoing campaign being fought by disabled individuals and organisations to stop the government’s planned closure of the Independent Living Fund. Despite initial victories in the courts, the fund was closed in 2015. Catalogue: GB124.G.GMCDP/4/38. Description This is... read more »
Postcard: Out Of Place - 2003
About This postcard promotes the launch of Lois Keith’s book ‘Out of Place’. The book is about a disabled child who fled the Nazi regime on the Kindertransport during the 2nd world war. ‘Out of Place’ was written after Lois Keith won the Sue Napolitano Award... read more »
Postcard: Young Disabled People Do It Too – 1998
About This is one of a set of 5 postcards. In 1998 a young disabled people’s project in Chester collaborated with cartoonist Angela Martin to create this series of postcards. They explore and challenge stereotypes about disabled people’s sexuality. Catalogue: GB124.G.GMCDP/6/46. Description A colour, landscape oriented A6 postcard. “Young... read more »
Poster: Accessibility 98
About In 1998 Manchester City Council hosted an open day, ‘Information & Communication Technology’. The event was in Manchester Town Hall. There were information stalls, practical demonstrations and presentations. Description A cream coloured A4 landscape oriented poster. Across the top of the poster are four simple illustrations,... read more »
Poster: Sign Language Interpreting Service, South Africa
About This is a poster from South Africa advertising a Sign Language Interpreting Service. It was produced by the Deaf Federation of South Africa. It may have arrived in the UK when two young women from Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People visited South Africa... read more »
Flyer: Independence Festival – 1997
About The Independence Festivals were the first national festivals of disabled people's art and culture in the UK. They ran each year from 1997 to 2001. The first three were in Manchester, then Birmingham in 2000 and Leeds in 2001. Description This A5 flyer is portrait oriented... read more »
Flyer: Young Disabled Women's Day – 1995
About This flyer promotes an event for young disabled women to coincide with International Women’s Day in 1995. The event was being organised by Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, which has prioritised dedicated work with young disabled people since 1990. Description This portrait oriented A5 flyer... read more »
Postcard: ‘Mum's The Word’ – 1994
About This is a promotional postcard for the Channel 4 TV documentary series in the 1990s called ‘People First’. It was a series about disability issues and disabled people. Description This portrait oriented postcard is A6, printed on both sides. The front of the postcard has a light... read more »