Trailblazers news

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Police recently forcibly removed disabled protestors from outside Downing Street after protesting against the government’s welfare reform proposals.

On 19 March 2009, Trailblazers Jagdeep Kaur Sehmbi and Sulaiman Khan agreed to write a weekly special column on the Trailblazers website. The column will be called "Picks of the week” and Jagz and Sulaiman will alternate writing the column each week.

On February 27th Trailblazers marked one month since the launch of the access to public transport campaign survey.

Trailblazers get involved in government consultation on taxis.

Families, Tailblazers and leading clinicians presented a hard-hitting report, published by the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, to MLAs and Government Minister Jeffrey Donaldson MP MLA.

On Wednesday 18 February 2009 London Trailblazer, Suliaman Khan will be attending the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Annual Conference in London.

  Seventeen year old David Allen who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy and lives in Sheffield has taken the Royal Bank of Scotland to court and won, after his local branch

On 27 January, a group of young disabled campaigners from the East Midlands will be embarking on an undercover investigation into the state of the public transport system throughout the region.

On the 27 January, a group of young disabled campaigners from Yorkshire and Humberside will be embarking on an undercover investigation into the state of the public transport system throughout the region.