Inclusion Barnet

23/03/2026

Productive User Voice meeting on Friday with research charity IVAR, feedback given to improve reasonable adjustments in urgent care at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals.

The User Voice project aims to represent Disabled people in Barnet. See how you can get involved...

23/03/2026

Last chance to respond to Campaign for Disability Justice survey. Give your experiences of work capability assessments.

Evidence shows that work capability assessments are often inconsistent, inaccurate and ineffective for complex, fluctuating and multiple conditions.

Is this your experience, too? Please tell us by completing this short survey: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/AL0R2J/

By sharing personal experiences with Ministers and officials, we can help them to understand the impact of the policies they create and why change is needed.

Alt text: Have you had experience of work capability assessments? We want to hear about your personal experiences of the process to help bring policy to life.

17/03/2026

If you have had experience of Work Capability Assessments give your views below to Campaign for Disability Justice.

Evidence shows that work capability assessments are often inconsistent, inaccurate and ineffective for complex, fluctuating and multiple conditions.

Is this your experience, too? Please tell us by completing this short survey: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/AL0R2J/

By sharing personal experiences with Ministers and officials, we can help them to understand the impact of the policies they create and why change is needed.

Alt text: Have you had experience of work capability assessments? We want to hear about your personal experiences of the process to help bring policy to life.

16/03/2026

Heard what happens when services are shaped by people with lived experience?

Read our guest blog by journalism student, Michael O’Connell, on how we make access, community & inclusion part of everyday life in the two libraries we run.

From dyslexia‑friendly displays to warm, welcoming spaces: this is the impact of Disabled‑led services.

https://ow.ly/Oq5j50YuJ6B

10/03/2026

Been to A&E Barnet or Urgent Care Centre at Chase Farm? Join our next member meeting on Friday 20 March, 1.30–3pm (Zoom) to hear what’s changed on reasonable adjustments and share what would make urgent care work better for you.
https://ow.ly/Q0Er50YrMI9

05/03/2026

Our March newsletter by and for Disabled people in Barnet is out now! Read about:-
- IB AGM for members
- Touchpoint Benefits Advice reopening
- Details of our March User Voice meeting
- Report highlighting the effectiveness of Healthy Heart
- And much more!
https://ow.ly/4Ra750Ypza5

04/03/2026

Due to the unprecedented number of referrals earlier this year into our Touchpoint Peer Support Service, we have taken the decision to pause to new referrals for a short period of time. We will let you know when we can take new referrals. This does not affect our Touchpoint Welfare Benefits Service, who are available to take new referrals.

03/03/2026

Nothing about us with us. Join Campaign for Disability Justice

It’s unthinkable that anyone could fly a plane. But non-Disabled people think nothing of making decisions for Disabled people without the knowledge, skills or experience to do so.

Disabled people know what does and doesn’t work for us – we can pilot the planes of our lives.

📄 Read more about this in our blogpost: https://buff.ly/duVsOfh

🔗 Join the campaign for for Disabled people: https://buff.ly/dC9u5us

Alt text: Imagine being on a plane flown by someone other than a pilot.

24/02/2026

Read our CEO Caroline Collier and Disability News Service on how cuts to disability benefits are a recipe for greater hardship for Disabled people. Join Campaign for Disability Justice

'Cuts to disability benefits for those who cannot work ‘is recipe for greater hardship’ and ‘will put lives at risk’'

Our campaigns CEO, Caroline Collier, said: ‘It is a recipe for greater hardship which will do nothing to tackle the barriers that exclude disabled people from the labour market, and it should be reversed.'

🔗 Read the full article on Disability News Service: https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/cuts-to-disability-benefits-for-those-who-cannot-work-is-recipe-for-greater-hardship-and-will-put-lives-at-risk/

24/02/2026

Let's influence the Access to Work enquiry and make the scheme work for everyone who needs it. Join Campaign for Disability Justice

Do you have any experience of using the Access to Work scheme, good or bad? The Public Accounts Committee wants to hear from you.

The Committee is gathering written evidence following serious concerns about long delays, growing backlogs and the impact on Disabled people and employers.

This is an important opportunity to influence the inquiry by giving evidence of your own experiences. The deadline is 26 February.

🔗 https://committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evidence/3815/.

This scheme, if it worked properly, could be a huge support to Disabled people in, or looking for, work.



Alt text: Influence the future of Access to Work. Photo of a man at work, he holds a white cane.

24/02/2026

Let's campaign for joined-up thinking on Universal Credit. Join Campaign for Disability Justice

The Government believes its cuts to the health element of Universal Credit for new claimants will encourage more Disabled people into work. Yet the infrastructure to support this goal won’t be in place until the end of 2030. And there is no evidence that people affected by the new cuts will be able to find work.

This is like being thrown into the deep end and told swimming lessons are coming. And it will push even more Disabled people into poverty.

It’s illogical to remove a vital safety net for Disabled people years before making sure the right support is in place for those seeking work.

Join us to raise awareness of this gap and of the need for for Disabled people: https://buff.ly/B1Jcub6

Alt text: Vital safety net is halved years before the right support is in place.

24/02/2026

Missed our member meeting last Friday? Join us next time, 20 March - speak directly with Royal Free NHS reps about reasonable adjustments for Disabled patients at Barnet Hosp Emergency Dept. Plus input to IB’s ethical policy. Email membership@inclusionbarnet.org.uk for more info.