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Leeds Disabled People Campaigning for disabled people. Allies welcome. #socialmodel #nothingaboutuswithoutus #Disabledpeopleagainstcuts #disability

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Leeds DPAC stands in solidarity with our trans siblings.

We remember the dead so we can fight for the living.

Transgender Day of Remembrance, 20th November 20205.
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Join us and York Dpac for our online talk and discussion on the impact of eugenicist ideology on disabled people and all marginalised groups on 4th December 6pm.

Register at www.eventbrite.com/e/eugenics-p... or scan the QR code.
Disabled People have much to fear from the discredited pseudo-science of eugenics. This presentation explores key themes followed by an opportunity for questions. The session contains some distressing content. We advise caution as there will be depictions & discussion of harm being done to disabled people and other groups. • Slides will be audio described • BSL interpretation • Closed captions available Poster for event with Leeds DPAC and York DPAC logos. Image shows drawing of tree with title of EUGENICS across it. Sub text reads "Eugenics is the self direction of human evolution" and "Like a tree eugenics draws its materials from many sources and gives them organic unity and purpose". The roots of the tree have words associated with eugenics on it, such as genetics, anthropology and heredity. Contact Leedsdpac@gmail.com for further information or if you have any access requirements or support you may need to attend the event.
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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🚨🚨🚨 CANCELLED Due to unforeseen circumstances the event scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled due to Sha having to return to London. Apologies have been sent from the organisers. Donations are still being accepted to the Gaza sunbirds donation page gazasunbirds.org 🚨🚨🚨
October 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Leeds DPAC urgently calls on other local DPAC groups and DPOs in the UK and internationally to publicly stand against Israel's unrelenting genocide and occupation of Palestine…
#freepalestine #disabilityjustice @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

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Leeds DPAC urgently calls on other local DPAC groups and DPOs in the UK and internationally to publicly stand against Israel's unrelenting genocide and occupation of Palestine… …and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, including disabled Palestinians and those being disabled en masse by Israel with the support of the US and European powers, including the UK government. Forced displacement, forced starvation, and disablement via bombing, sniping, trauma, systematic torture and the constant threat of violence are disability issues that affect the whole of the Palestinian population. As disabled people and allies facing our own issues as a result of the international attack on human and disability rights, it is imperative that we are concerned with the collective liberation of all peoples, recognising that our struggles are deeply connected. Leeds DPAC recognises that the violent state repression of the Palestinian solidarity movement is a crackdown on all civil rights, including disabled people's right to protest too. We understand that Palestine is a Disability Justice issue for the reasons outlined in this article and by many others. Friends and allies – we call you to speak out for a free Palestine and an end to the persecution of all those speaking up in the UK and across the world.
August 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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From Leeds Alternative Pride (linktr.ee/altprideleeds)
See you all at park square on the 9th! leeds alternative pride is a more accessible, covid conscious, sponsor free, anti-cop, anti-racist, feminist, vegan (in other words - decolonial) alternative to commericialised, pink washing, mainstream pride events! please do: wear a mask; bring your own container, cutlery and cup to reduce waste; only bring vegan food; be mindful of others... and have a great time! if you have specific access requests or questions please dm or email if you'd like a pdf poster version please email: alternativeprideleeds2023@gmail.com scroll for plain text! alt text available also as always
July 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Leeds activist picnic.
Part of disability pride month.

Sunday 3rd of August at Kirkstall Abbey
Starts at Midday
Bring food to share

Partners and children are welcome.
ALT TEXT: Leeds activist picnic. Part of disability pride month. Sunday 3rd of August at Kirkstall Abbey Starts at Midday Bring food to share Join us for food, music and a people's assembly workshop on - Deciding campaigns for future activism - How to look after each other and support our activists including: Leeds DPAC Crips against cuts The Yorkshire feminist collective Sisterhood in solidarity Unite community: Leeds, Wakefield and York branch Leeds Palestine solidarity campaign
July 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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alt text: Our next organising meeting will be on Monday 14th July at 7pm. If you are not on our email list and would like to attend please email us at leedsdpac@gmail.com
July 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Posted from @crips-against-cuts.bsky.social Instagram account.
Oi, Labour! The UN wants a f*#£ing word. The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities just sent a letter to the UK government It says what do you think you're playing at? ID2: In particular, the Committee requests clarification on the following: 1. The extent to which an impact assessment has been carried out on the consequences of budget cuts introduced by the Bill on disability benefits. 2. The extent to which the measures envisaged by Bill will impact, in particular, young persons, new claimants of disability benefits, women with disabilities, persons with disabilities with high level of supports, persons with psychosocial disabilities, and persons with disabilities which require access to mental health care and support. 3. The changes introduced by the Bill to the eligibility criteria of Personal Independent Payment, including changes to assessment thresholds and conditionality and sanctions for benefit recipients. 4. The limitations to the Universal Credit Health elements envisaged by the Bill. 5. Any measures to address the foreseeable risk of increasina novertv rates amonast nersons with disabilities if cuts are approved. 6. The consultation to the Government Green Paper 'Pathways to Work', released on 18 March 2025, only to 10 out of the 22 policy changes proposed. 7. The extent to which persons with disabilities and their representative organizations, including deaf persons and their representative organizations have been closely consulted and actively involved in the drafting of the Bill and the parliamentary process for the consideration of the Bill. 8. Limited scrutiny of the Bill by the House of Lords as the former has been considered by the Government as a "Money Bill". 9. Public statements by politicians and authorities portraying persons with disabilities as making profit of social benefits, making false statements to get social and disability benefits or being a burden to society. 10. The extent to which other…
July 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Lula from Leeds Crips Against Cuts speaks to LBC about the Universal Credit and PIP vote in Parliament last Tuesday.
Alt text: Cover photo of Lula, with red hair in red clothes sat in black wheelchair speaking through a microphone. Leeds DPAC logo in bottom right corner.
July 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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June 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Alt text Urgent call to action DPAC Leeds logo Please contact the Speaker of the House of Commons to request that he select the Reasonable Amendment (moved by Meg Hillier and signed by 120+ MPs) to be debated in Parliament. Via his contact form - https://shorturl.at/FX4DG Suggested template at - https://shorturl.at/8RRea (Links also in our LinkTree at https://linktr.ee/LeedsDPAC) And tag him on the following socials: Instagram and X - @commonsspeaker BlueSky - @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk
June 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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To follow what happens you can join the Leeds DPAC Facebook group. Or follow the Leeds DPAC Instagram or Blue Sky. You can also email: leedsdpac@gmail.com for more information or to get involved. You can get in touch with DPAC or become a member on their website.
June 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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We are looking for BSL interpretation for the action. If you can help us please send an email to leedsdpac@gmail.com. There are benches in the square if you need to sit down. We will have masks available. Please wear a mask if you can. Leeds Playhouse has accessible toilets and a Changing Places toilet. There are dedicated disabled parking bays for Blue Badge holders in Playhouse Square, or opposite, near Leeds bus station.
June 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The action is to protest against the changes to disability benefits announced by the government. You can read more about the changes here. We are inviting other disability and community organisations to join us. There will be a fake coffin and a fake funeral director. We will pretend to march in a funeral procession through Playhouse Square. You can wear black if you want to.
June 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Easy read information
This is information about an action planned by Leeds Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC). The action will be on Monday 30th June 2025. It will start at 12pm and end at about 1:30pm. We will meet outside the Leeds Playhouse. The address is Playhouse Square, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UP. Leeds Playhouse is opposite John Lewis and Leeds Bus Station. This is Leeds Playhouse. Click here for a link to bus routes to Leeds.
June 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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No more welfare deaths. Stop the cuts. Join Leeds DPAC for our action - Monday 30th June 12pm. Meet outside Leeds Playhouse, LS2 7UP. Please wear black.

#nomoredeathsfrombenefitcuts
#welfarenotwarfare
#takingthepip
Black poster with white text over an image of a woman in a black shroud holding white flowers. No more welfare deaths. Stop the cuts. Join Leeds DPAC for our action - Monday 30th June 12pm. Meet outside Leeds Playhouse, LS2 7UP. Please wear black.
June 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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This is video of our actions today in Alex Sobel MP's constituency, with Unite Community Leeds Wakefield and York and Unite union

Come on Alex make the right choice! End these cruel cuts!
June 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Alt text: Yellow background, black and green text. Heading “MPs are voting whether to cut disability support. Tell Alex Sobel to do the right thing”. Left side picture of Alex Sobel MP. Right side text “4599 disabled people in Alex’s constituency claim PIP, but cuts to PIP mean less help & more poverty. The cuts also mean an estimated £8.5m annual loss to the constituency’s economy. Alex is on the fence about the cruel bill which will cut disability support, but you can help him make up his mind”. Bold text on green background “Wednesday 24th June 11am - 1pm”. Black text underneath “outside Alex’s constituency office, Arndale Shopping Centre, Otley Road, LS6 2UE. Bottom left Unite community leeds wakefield and york and Leeds DPAC logos.
June 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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NO TO CUTS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE, ALEX SOBEL MP! Let's ask Alex Sobel, MP for Leeds Central & Headingley, to vote against proposed social security cuts for disabled people. Number of people in constituency on relevant disability payments: 4,796 (Joseph Rowntree Foundation). Estimated annual economic loss to constituency as a result of cuts: £8,455, 127 (Health Equity North). JOIN OUR STALL & PROTEST TO SEND ALEX SOBEL A MESSAGE TUESDAY 24th JUNE 11AM-1PM OUTSIDE ARNDALE SHOPPING CENTRE, HEADINGLEY, LEEDS, LS6 2UE.
June 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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@leedsdpac.bsky.social and Leeds, Wakefield and York Unite Community made the front page of the Yorkshire Evening Post for our Dear Rachel campaign outside her constituency office.

Follow the LinkTree link in our profile to read the full article.
Picture of the front page photo from the Yorkshire Evening Post. Headline reads 'Stop the benefits cuts' with sub headline of 'Leeds disability group lobbying the Chandelier and Leeds MP Rachel Reeves to U-turn on welfare reform' Then reads 'Full Story - See Page 9' Picture of activists holding the blue Leeds DPAC banner. Left side of the banner says 'Rights not charity' with the Leeds DPAC logo in the middle and 'Welfare not Warfare' on the right side. They are pictured in front of a shop front To the right of the photo there is a photo of a man wearing a cap and DPAC t-shirt holding a whiteboard with sticky notes on asking constituents to add messages to Rachel.
June 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Easy read information on We Demand Change event to be held on 15th June. Access PDF version and tickets via LinkTree it linktr.ee/LeedsDPAC
June 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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WE DEMAND CHANGE SUMMIT!
🗓 Sunday 15 June
⏰ 12pm
📍Beaverworks, 36 Whitehouse Street, Hunslet, Leeds, LS10 1AD.
🎟 Get your ticket here bit.ly/wdc15june
Opening plenary with Richard Burgon MP, Artin Giles (We Demand Change), Emma Hewitt (Leeds DPAC), Lewis Nielsen (We Demand Change), Louise Regan (PSC) and Salma Yaqoob. Workshop sessions - Uniting the fight against oppression and the far right - Welfare not warfare: fighting the war against the poor - The rush to climate disaster: mobilising together to resist and overcome - Party time: debating the left and elections - Workers organising the fight back on the front line - From Palestine to Sudan: resisting the global drive to war
June 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Emergency rally for the Madleen, TODAY Monday 9 June, 5pm, Leeds Art Gallery

This night, in the early hours of 9 June, Israel stopped a UK-flagged ship carrying 12 volunteers and aid to Gaza in international waters.
Emergency rally for the Madleen, TODAY Monday 9 June, 5pm, Leeds Art Gallery This night, in the early hours of 9 June, Israel stopped a UK-flagged ship carrying 12 volunteers and aid to Gaza in international waters. Israel has no jurisdiction in international waters and is illegally blockading the Palestinian waters off the shore of Gaza. The aid carried by the Madleen included baby formula and prosthetics for kids, both currently blanket blocked by Israel from entering Gaza.
June 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Easy read information for Leeds DPAC 'Dear Rachel Reeves' event in Bramley on Saturday - everyone's voice is important, please share and join us!!

You can also view the easy read document on Google docs: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This is information about an event planned by Leeds Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and Unite Community. The event will be on Saturday 31st May 2025. It will start at 10am and end at 11.30pm. The event will happen at the Bramley Shopping Centre in Bramley, Leeds. The address is Bramley Shopping Centre, Bramley, Leeds, LS13 2ET. Bramley Shopping Centre is on the corner of the A657 and Waterloo Road. This is Bramley Shopping Centre. Click here for a link to bus routes to Bramley. The event is to protest against the changes to disability benefits announced by the government. You can read more about the changes here. The event is organised by Leeds DPAC and the Unite Community. There will be a stall outside Costa Coffee and some speakers. We will be sharing information about how the proposed cuts will affect people in West Yorkshire. We will be reading out the letters we have collected from people across Leeds and surrounding areas to Rachel Reeves, Leeds West MP. We would like people to send us more letters to read out or share on social media. You can send your letter or a video of you reading your letter to: leedsdpac@gmail.com or on Instagram or Blue Sky. There will be no BSL interpretation at the event. We will hand out printed copies of the letters and add subtitled videos online afterwards. There are benches if you need to sit down. We will have masks available. Please wear a mask if you can. Bramley Shopping Centre has an accessible toilet. There are dedicated disabled parking bays for Blue Badge holders, outside the main entrance on Broad Lane. For more information you can join the Leeds DPAC Facebook group. Or follow the Leeds DPAC Instagram or Blue Sky. You can also email: leedsdpac@gmail.com You can get in touch with DPAC or become a member on their website.
May 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Captioned video: Leeds DPAC member reading a letter to Rachel Reeves Chancellor and MP of Leeds West & Pudsey about the proposed cuts #dearrachel #disabiltyrights
#disabledpeopleagainstcuts Send us your letters to Rachel and join our action in Bramley on Saturday.
May 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM