Daily Archives: 14/08/2011

Cuts to bus services are raising access barriers, say MPs

Extensive cuts to bus services are making it harder for disabled people to access employment, education and voluntary work, according to a new report by a committee of MPs.
The transport select committee said the cuts to rural, evening and weekend services were affecting the lives of disabled, older and young people, and were also damaging [...]

Unlimited art will have international flavour

International collaborations are again at the heart of the third and final round of disability arts projects commissioned for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
The 12 new commissions will share £700,000 funding from the £3 million Unlimited programme, which celebrates arts and culture by disabled and deaf artists and aims to create new work in the [...]