If you are the parent of a SEND and/or EHCP child, you’ll want to respond to Buckinghamshire Council’s Specialist Teaching Service Consultation. The Specialist Teaching Consultation could mean big changes for the way your child is supported in school or college. The deadline is Sunday 9th January, so please don’t delay.
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Back in the Saddle – Update 16
Time for another update. I’ve made it as far as Nottingham now. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve managed to cover 3km a day on several occasions! I don’t want to tempt fate or speak too soon, but maybe, just maybe, I’m finally starting to come out of this fatigue flare. Keeping fingers firmly crossed, touching lots of wood and all that sort of thing anyway.
Strange to think that if I’d been able to keep to my original target, of about 5km a day, I’d only be about 40 or so days away from John o’Groats right now. But hey, I’ve kept going and I am getting closer to the end point with every slow turn of the pedals. Hopefully, I’ll be able to carry on building up my strength and stamina and will get there by the middle of next year.
Read MoreOmicron Emergency Booster Programme Announcement & BuDS’ Reaction
The Prime Minister has warned of an emergency situation in the UK because of the growth of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The Government have not announced any further precautions against the spread of Omicron, but they have called for all adults to get a booster vaccine dose as quickly as possible. Read on for more.
Read MoreOmicron Update (2)
Over the last few days, data has been published by the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) relating to the severity, transmissibility and more of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. BuDS has looked through this published data, and summarised the findings below. Read on for more.
Read MoreInternational Human Rights Day 2021
Today is Human Rights Day. BuDS is committed to disability rights. That means we defend and promote the absolute right of disabled people to live, work and play like everyone else. We don’t want pity or charity doled out to us or to be ‘looked after’ – we want our rights to live independently and not to be disabled by society.
Removal or weakening of human rights law affects disabled people more than most other groups, because we have to fight for our rights more often and in more areas. If the Government goes ahead with its plan to abolish the Human Rights Act, to leave the European Charter of Human Rights or to write a new ‘Bill of Rights’, we will join with others to defend the rights of disabled people.
Plan B Announcement & BuDS Reaction
The Government have announced the return of a few weak precautions against Covid-19 from next Monday, bringing England broadly back into line with the precautions already in force in Scotland & Wales. However, nowhere has been closed and, incredibly, the Prime Minister is still encouraging people to socialise over Christmas as normal. Read on for more…
Read MoreOmicron Update
There were a number of updates yesterday (7 December) about the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19. These come from Government sources across the UK, and summarise official scientific data. Read on for more.
Read MoreCovid-19 Risk Assessment Week Ending 6 December 2021
Sadly, Covid-19 infection levels in Bucks have once again returned to CRITICALLY HIGH levels, with more than 1 in every 50 people now infected. The number of people in hospital remains high and vaccinations are still moving too slowly. With Omicron now feely circulating in Bucks and England, the pandemic in Bucks is becoming more dangerous as we approach Christmas. Read on for more…
Read MoreThe 2021 BuDS AGM
After an extremely successful year, BuDS held its Annual General Meeting on 20th November 2021, to round up the year, and celebrate the achievements of our volunteers, Trustees and staff.
The meeting was held via Microsoft Teams, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, starting at 3pm and finishing at 4.45pm. The AGM was attended by 23 members and 12 guests.
Read MoreInternational Day of Disabled People 2021
Happy International Day of Disabled People!
The world has come a long way since the forced institutionalisation of disabled people in the early 1900s, but there is obviously a long way still to go. This year, International Day of Disabled People is focused on fighting for rights in the post-Covid era.
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit everyone hard, and reductions in health services, financial uncertainty, and health concerns have affected disabled people a lot.
Although we are not quite yet in a post-Covid world, as our weekly updates will show you, BuDS strongly believes that we should always be striving to make places as accessible as possible.
With this in mind, we would like to tell you about some of the work that we have been doing to help fight for better accessibility for disabled people in Buckinghamshire during the Covid-19 pandemic, and hopefully beyond.
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