For several years now, October has been the month to focus on smoking – or rather, not smoking.
Stoptober is the campaign to encourage the 19% of adults who still smoke to try and kick the habit. If you manage to stop for 28 days, you are five times more likely to stop for good – so getting support in the early days and weeks is very important. There are various resources available -
Find out more here
Tomorrow (Thursday 12th) sees an adjournment debate in the House of Commons on upholding the rights of disabled people. This is the only Parliamentary time that has been secured to discuss the serious findings of the UN disability committee concerning the negative impact of welfare reform on disabled people’s rights in the UK. Email your MP and ask them to attend – the more members there, the more important the subject is taken to be.
Don't forget that you can apply to join the Independent Living Facebook group, if you would like to spend more time discussing these themes with other interested people.
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