Northants DPAC Saturday 20th October

Northants DPAC in Northampton getting residents to sign petition to show support against cuts, apart from the petition we had leaflets outlining the following:
The Independent Living Fund (ILF)
The Independent Living Fund (ILF) was set up in 1988 to provide funds for disabled people to manage their own care and support. Funds came from a central Government pot to aid those with the highest support needs to remain independent. ILF was closed to new applicants by the Coalition Government in 2010 preventing many disabled people from accessing this support to remain independent.
The Coalition said They Would Always Support Those with the Greatest Needs
The Closure of ILF Shows they Lied Again.
There are 20,000 existing users of ILF in the UK. The Coalition Government wants to jeopardise their support too by forcing them to rely on local authorities from 2015 by closing the ILF permanently. Local authorities already face severe cuts and cannot provide adequate support. Some local authorities are already saying that residential care homes will be their only option: we expect others to follow….
The Coalition Believe they can Ignore the Years of National Insurance Contributions, Taxes and Unpaid Work You Contributed
Thousands will be forced into Residential ‘Care’ Homes.
We have already seen Well Publicized Forms of Physical, Mental and Sexual Abuse that can occur in these places
It could Happen to You, Your Parents, Your Grandparents, Your Relatives or Your Friends in the Future.
We also had leaflet pointing out we are SICK
SICK OF Benefit cuts
SICK OF the Flawed work capability tests and ATOS and their profits before people
SICK OF services being slashed with CARE support CUTS
SICK of Social Services eligibility criteria cutting support from disabled people
SICK of Disability HATE crime rising
SICK OF HOUSING BENEFIT under attack
SICK OF …Access to work disabling people not enabling disabled people back into work
SICK OF COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT attacks
SICK OF GOVERNMENT chopping DLA !
SICK of ATOS HEALTH CARE KILLING Disabled People
SICK OF BEING LABELLED AS SCROUNGERS AND BENEFIT FRAUDS!!
IF YOU ARE SICK OF THESE ATTACKS THEN JOIN FIGHT TO Defend Our Services and Defend Our Rights
