Saturday 22 October 2011.

Hundreds of people gathered in Market Square, Nottingham, to listen to speeches and offer support to the many disabled people being 'hardest hit' by Government Policies of cuts to services. 

There was also music and poetry from inspirational local group Moveable Feast. Speakers shared their views on the present and proposed changes.  A number of local people spoke from their own experiences about what the cuts to benefits and services meant to them as disabled people, trying to live independent and fulfilling lives. 

Many also were part of the 'Occupy Campaign' who were camping out in Market Square to protest at the wider politic, wot appears to be causing all this distress in the first place! 

Disabled people, those with long-term conditions and their families are being hit hard by cuts to the benefits and services they need to live their lives. The Hardest Hit campaign, organised jointly by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) and the UK Disabled People’s Council, brings together individuals and organisations to send a clear message to the Government: stop these cuts.

The Hardest Hit campaign

http://thehardesthit.wordpress.com

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Earlier reports on related matters:

ATOS National Day of Action: Notts contribution 1

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/2051

ATOS National Day of Action: Notts contribution 2

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/2052

Nottingham protest rattles Atos {Feature]

http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/2053

National Day of Action Against Atos 30-09 [UK Feature]

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2011/10/485679.html

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ALAN LODGE 

Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham.  UK

Email:                 tash@indymedia.org

Web:                   http://digitaljournalist.eu

Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]

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