Flyer: Children In Need protest – 1993
Flyer: Children In Need protest – 1993
About This leaflet was given out on Friday 28 November 1993, when members of GMCDP and UNISON's Disabled Members Group disrupted a live BBC outside broadcast in Albert Square, Manchester. It was objecting to ‘Children In Need’ and their negative portrayal of disabled people. Catalogue: GB124.G.GMCDP/4/28. Description This... read more »
Flyer: Call to Action Live Independently - 1993
About This flyer is advertising a rally on 5 May 1993 in Manchester. GMCDP members took to the streets to protest about the introduction of a ceiling on community care costs. The new measures meant that anyone whose care cost more than £500 would be... read more »
Flyer: ‘Would This Man Frighten Your Children’ - 1988
About On 25 January 1988, Granada Television’s headquarters in Manchester were picketed by disabled protestors after the company overturned a decision to cast disabled actor Nabil Shaban in a children’s television drama. The image is a flyer used at the protest. Description The flyer is portrait oriented on... read more »
Disabled Person’s Registration Certificate 1968
About This is a card giving proof of being registered as a disabled person. Personal details have been blocked out. Under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944, the Government set up a Disabled Persons Employment Register. Employers with 20 or more employees were required to... read more »
2000, July, BSL Recognition March, London
About This photo shows staff and members of Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People’s Young Disabled People’s Forum being interviewed by the media. The photo shows the group at the rally on 8 July in Trafalgar Square, London, following a march calling for the recognition of... read more »
1999 Independence Festival Manchester
About This photo, from 3 July 1999, shows the band Heart n’ Soul performing on stage in Albert Square during the afternoon of the Independence Festival. A British Sign Language Interpreter and audio technicians are also on the stage with the band. Identifiable people Keith Stephens walking... read more »
1994 Dale Street, Liverpool
About This demonstration was held on Dale Street in Liverpool. It was highlighting the lack of designated parking facilities for disabled people in the city centre. Identified people. Alan Holdsworth on the ground. To the far left of the photo are disabled activists Lynn Warburton and... read more »
1994 Leeds Train Station Sensory Garden Protest
About In 1994 a sensory garden was created at the side of Leeds train station. The opening was performed by celebrity Jimmy Saville. This photo is from the opening. Disabled people were protesting because money had been spent creating a garden while the train station... read more »
1991 Children in Need, Leeds
About This protest was outside the BBC Studio in Leeds. It was in opposition to the Children in Need event, part of which was being filmed in the studio. Children in Need is an annual fund-raising event organised by the BBC. Disabled people object to... read more »
1990 Disability Consortium Rally, Manchester
About Over 500 people gathered in Albert Square, Manchester, for this rally on 27 October 1990. It was one of three rallies organised on the same day calling for a better benefits system for disabled people. Gill Crawshaw is sitting on the ground under the... read more »