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Draft letter to disabled people's organisations in marginal constituencies.
How do we persuade you to talk to all the people you can that you don't know about Operation Purple Vote?
Philip J Connolly
Jan 15, 20242 min read
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Election year is part one of our great reset. 2024 is Our Year!
The Government has downgraded the voice of disabled people within Whitehall departments by abolishing the post of Minister for Disabled...
Philip J Connolly
Jan 8, 20242 min read
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When did the Government leave?
Conservative MP and ex-climate adviser Chris Skidmore has warned of a "vacuum and silence" in government on climate change. BBC 5/7/2023
Philip J Connolly
Nov 6, 20232 min read
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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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Being Special
What makes the Disability Resilience Network advocacy model special?
Philip J Connolly
Jul 3, 20232 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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pAIn?
How will Artificial Intelligence impact on the disability workforce?
Philip J Connolly
May 9, 20232 min read
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The Emperor Exposed
Disability Resilience Network response to Disability Confident, trade bodies and the UK government.
Philip J Connolly
Apr 25, 20233 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 Social Value Act, the Disability Employment Gap and the Need for Action on the Ground.
An Open Letter to the UK’s Disability Charities In recent years, I have been researching the use of the Social Value Act in the UK. This...
Chris Lonsdale
Feb 7, 20235 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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Disabled people and the General Election
It is still up to two years to the general election so why act now? In a word - timing.
Philip J Connolly
Nov 1, 20224 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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Disability, Self-Sufficiency and Mutualism
Ok, so you've signed a petition, been on a march, added your details to the sum of evidence and yet still been ignored. What’s left?...
Philip J Connolly
Aug 18, 20223 min read
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Rethink on Barriers
Of course there are barriers and they are in the main real and even hazardous. But! But have barriers been overthought? For decades the word
Philip J Connolly
Apr 10, 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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The Book of Numbers
The Disability Resilience Network seeks to capitalise on the wisdom of the crowd.
Philip J Connolly
Jan 18, 20223 min read
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The Inclusive Economy - The Disability Resilience Network (DRN) Goal Â
The DRN is a network and we are already welding national representation to local activism. Our evolving structure will allow us to conduct c
Philip J Connolly
Jan 10, 20223 min read
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Tipping points for a mass movement
Tipping point theory tells us how small differences can make a new reality or break an old one.
Philip J Connolly
Jan 2, 20224 min read
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Thoughts from a Creative Disruptor
I was recently asked by one disability activist what do you do once you have told your story. Perhaps your own successful story of...
Philip J Connolly
Feb 15, 20214 min read
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