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You Heard it Here First - the DRN Team Effort and Also General Election Dates Inside
Operation Purple Vote (OPV) is looking to set up an Artificial Intelligence (AI) facility to support the Disability Resilience Network (DRN)
Philip J Connolly
Aug 7, 20232 min read
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Historic Mission
How we are where we are with disability politics in 2023.
Philip J Connolly
Jul 24, 20233 min read
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Transforming Support and Creating Uncertainty and Inconsistency
Below we set out the uncertainties and inconsistencies raised by the recent DWP white paper.
Philip J Connolly
Jun 12, 20235 min read
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Looking For a Black Swan
There are many legitimate influences on good policy making but one essential element is the asking of questions. If we ask better...
Philip J Connolly
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it! Looking back from 2025.
The beautiful game just got more beautiful - here's how the DRN did it!
Philip J Connolly
Jan 17, 20231 min read
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The Bluffers Guide to Obtaining Old and New Resources
Most NGOs have two arms to them. The first is the one that established them as providers of information, advice and guidance, possibly...
Philip J Connolly
Sep 26, 20223 min read
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Mass Membership: feedback on our scenario planningÂ
We will become the biggest network for disabled people and those with a long-term health condition because you decided to join us.
Philip J Connolly
Feb 21, 20223 min read
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"Creating our Own Weather" DRN's theory of change
Rainforests occupy only 6% of the earth's surface but 50% of the world's animals live there. Why? Its because rainforests create their...
Philip J Connolly
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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Disability Unleashed
The starting point of being counter-cultural is your determination not to have your life mapped out in the statistics that describe the norm
Philip J Connolly
Jun 7, 20214 min read
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Catalysing Reactions for Seismic Change
Covid-19: Were the consequences avoidable and will the aftermath benefit from what you the readers know and do? “A stitch in time saves...
Philip J Connolly
Feb 24, 20215 min read
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The Rock and Roll Years
Last year I was asked by Sky news if they could interview me as a person with Parkinsons disease on what I thought the challenges would...
Philip J Connolly
Jan 18, 20213 min read
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