13.2 Members noted: a) the statement issued in mid-August from the Chair of the EHRC ahead of the of the UN’s examination UK’s track record on disabled rights had received widespread people’s media coverage and that the Commission live from ‘Tweeted’ the event itself. b) the statement issued in late August on the UNCRPD’s disability report which said is a damning assessment by “This UN experts of the failure to protect disabled rights people’s across many areas of life in the This was featured in UK.” the press and on radio and well as on our social media channels. c) the CRPD report being produced ‘Concluding Observations’ in BSL and EasyRead versions to help people engage with the recommendations and help stakeholders in their influencing work. This should be ready early in the new year. Action Fox: to confirm to members when this has –Rachel been done. d) Communications plans for the Housing Inquiry report, which would include filmed case studies. In addition, stakeholder engagement was underway and suppliers appointed to develop content for toolkits aimed at local authorities, disabled people and disabled organisations. people’s e) In relation to the Accessible Stadia project, that a statement had been issued in mid-October and ran in the broadsheets which said report from the Premier League is a step “Today’s in the right direction, but it is clear that some clubs still have a way to go to meet the needs of disabled supporters. We (The Commission) have met with every single Premier League club and are now in the final stages of discussions to agree on specific action they will need to take to avoid facing legal The own report has been action.” Commission’s delayed but should be published by the end of November. Action Cook: to share the report with members when –Sam published. f) interest from programme makers in Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’ covering our work on Clinical Commissioning Groups that may be breaching the human rights of disabled people.
13.2 Members noted: a) the statement issued in mid-August from the Chair of the EHRC ahead of the UN’s examination of the UK’s track record on disabled people’s rights had received widespread media coverage and that the Commission live ‘Tweeted’ from the event itself. b) the statement issued in late August on the UNCRPD’s disability report which said “This is a damning assessment by UN experts of the failure to protect disabled people’s rights across many areas of life in the UK.” This was featured in the press and on radio and well as on our social media channels. c) the CRPD ‘Concluding Observations’ report being produced in BSL and EasyRead versions to help people engage with the recommendations and help stakeholders in their influencing work. This should be ready early in the new year. Action –Rachel Fox: to confirm to members when this has been done. d) Communications plans for the Housing Inquiry report, which would include filmed case studies. In addition, stakeholder engagement was underway and suppliers appointed to develop content for toolkits aimed at local authorities, disabled people and disabled people’s organisations. e) In relation to the Accessible Stadia project, that a statement had been issued in mid-October and ran in the broadsheets which said “Today’s report from the Premier League is a step in the right direction, but it is clear that some clubs still have a way to go to meet the needs of disabled supporters. We (The Commission) have met with every single Premier League club and are now in the final stages of discussions to agree on specific action they will need to take to avoid facing legal action.” The Commission’s own report has been delayed but should be published by the end of November. Action –Sam Cook: to share the report with members when published. f) interest from Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’ programme makers in covering our work on Clinical Commissioning Groups that may be breaching the human rights of disabled people.
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