Read It, Sign It and Send It - Willowbank students and staff discuss the New Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland

Willowbank Community Resource Centre and Equality 2000 teamed up on 8^th February to call for a strong and inclusive Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland to make it a fair, peaceful and safe place to live. 

At the meeting the two groups, who provide services for people with disabilities and work to promote disability equality in action, formulated their response to the Government consultation.  Having made previous submissions on the issue the group’s focus at this meeting was to update members on recent developments, in particular the NI Human Rights Commission’s advice to the Secretary of State, and the NIO’s response in the form of the current consultation.  

Following discussions about the latest developemnts members decided upon the expansions which would be made to their previous submission to ensure that the rights of people with disabilities are included in the Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.