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Drastic fall in income sparks call for DPOs to work together

18/09/2011 – 9:00 am

Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) need to work together to raise their profile and find ways to cope with a drastic fall in their income, disabled activists have been told.
Research by Disability LIB, a partnership project of seven organisations – most of which are DPOs – found that the total income of 100 representative English DPOs [...]

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Concern over replacement of ODI director

28/07/2011 – 9:00 am

The government has replaced the disabled director of its Office for Disability Issues (ODI) with a non-disabled civil servant, without advertising the post externally.
Tim Cooper is moving to a new job as chief executive of Advance, a supported housing and employment charity, after two years as ODI’s director.
ODI was set up in 2005 by the [...]

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