All posts by Hannah-Lou Blackall

I was in Westfield Stratford shopping centre a couple of weeks ago and thought it might be nice to get my nails done,

Heading down to the Accentuate Symposium in Brighton began with a bit of an interesting twist.

Crazy trip, dying wheelchair, MDC work experience and Paris.

I attended a conference about ‘The United Nations Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities’. This convention came in to existence in June 2009, and it identifies the rights of disabled people more clearly rather than making new ones.

I have been volunteering this week for Trailblazers, which has given me the opportunity to see first hand what is happening in the office. It has also meant that I have had the opportunity to see London in the post Olympic and Paralympic game period.

The day was busy, but I think it really does demonstrate the way in which our campaigns can progress.

It started out as an eventful volunteering session at the MDC office, after being inducted into the office life and meeting others there, I jumped straight in to calling our Northern Ireland fellow Trailblazers to invite them to their Belfast regional m

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been very involved with the launch of the ‘Locked Out’ report, which was launched last Wednesday at the APPG for young disabled people, and that Paul Maynard chaired.