What is the Disability Charities Consortium (DCC)?
The Disability Charities Consortium (DCC) brings together leaders from the UK’s leading not-for-profit disability
organisations
Organisations are groups like companies and businesses.
to work with
the Government
The Government are the people who run the country. They decide how much
tax
Tax is the money that pays for things like schools, hospitals and the police. There are different types of taxes like
income tax
Income tax is the money that is taken out of the money you earn every month. It helps to pay for things we all need like hospitals and schools.
,
VAT
VAT is also called Value Added Tax. VAT is the extra money you pay when you buy things. The money goes to the government to pay for things like schools and hospitals.
and
council tax
Council
A council is also called a
local authority
A local authority is also called a council. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live like schools,
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
(support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live. These include: schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
Tax is the money that people pay to the
council
A council is also called a
local authority
A local authority is also called a council. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live like schools,
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
(support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live. These include: schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. It helps to pay for things like social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
.
people should pay for things and how things like the National Health
Service
A service gives people what they need, like healthcare services that help people when they are ill, and support services that give people support.
should work.
to make sure disabled people’s experiences are reflected in UK policy making.
Members of the Disability Charities Consortium (DCC)
The DCC members are:
- Scope
- Leonard Cheshire
- Disability Rights UK
- National Autistic Society
- Mind
- Mencap
- Sense
- Royal National Society of Blind people (RNIB)
- Royal National Society for Deaf people (RNID)
- Business Disability Forum (BDF).
What we want
The DCC have made this plan (PDF) to set out what we would like to see, as well as providing solutions and areas for change which we think must be at the heart of the Government's National Disability
Strategy
A strategy is a plan to show what an organisation, or a person, wants to do and how they are going to do it.
, to tackle the barriers that disabled people face in their daily lives.
The DCC would like to see the following things in the National Disability Strategy:
- clear and sizeable actions that will be taken, including details of how long they will take, how much money is needed and how the success of these will be measured
- checking and taking
responsibility
Responsibility is managing or being in charge of something.
for progress, including leadership and involvement of disabled people - engagement with disabled people that is
accessible
Accessible means something is easy for people to use or join in with. For example: Accessible writing means the writing is easy to read and understand.
and meaningful. Online data collection must be one part of a wider
consultation
Consultation is finding out what people think about something.
, with many options for people to take part - clear, timely and accessible ways for people to take part and get updates on progress.
- a clear way forward to bringing change to disabled people’s lives.
These are not all that the DCC are asking for, but they are the things that we think are the most important to be included in the National Disability Strategy.
We believe that the publication of the National Disability Strategy should only be the start and that there will need to be ongoing input from a range of communities and organisations represented by disabled people to shape how it is implemented and to make sure that progress is made.
We also encourage others – disabled people and disabled people’s organisations – to share their views.
Mencap would also like to see the National Disability Strategy set out ways to change attitudes and tackle stigma and
discrimination
Discrimination is when someone is treated differently (usually in a bad way) because of things like their disability or their
religion
Religion is to do with the things you believe about the world. For example you may believe there is a god or something else. Examples of religions are Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism.
.
towards disabled people. As well as opening up more routes into things like
employment
Employment means having a job.
and independent living in the
community
A community is the people and places in an area.
.