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Our latest eBulletin is here! 🌍✊ click the link: tinyurl.com/yjv7br5j From #GDS2025 in Berlin to launching the Meath DPO, shaping policy & connecting communities – there’s loads happening!
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#DPOPower #DisabilityRights #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
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New ILMI eBulletin is here!
In this edition, we’re sharing stories of real impact and collective action, from Geneva to grassroots Ireland!
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#ILMI #DisabilityRights #CollectivePower #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #disabledpeople #PWD
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ILMI eBulletin the 14th of March 2025. Hot off the press! on this link: tinyurl.com/5bt846ny
Have a great #bankholiday #weekend from everyone on the ILMI Team
#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #StPatricksDay #StPatricksDay2025 #stpaddysday #paddysday #paddynotpatty #paddysweekend #speirgorm
"the reality" that disabled people are more likely to live in poverty.
"Not because of our impairments, but because of Government inaction to recognise and respond to the costs associated with being disabled," Des Kenny ILMI Chairperson
www.rte.ie/news/ireland... via @rte
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Thank you to Everyone who came today !
Activism – just a buzzword or real power? 🤔
Join us for Real Talk session 3: on Tuesday, March 18th at 12 noon (via Zoom). Let’s explore how disabled people can use collective power to drive real change!
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Sligo DPO met with HSE managers from the New Directions Implementation Group as part of the From Consultation to Co-Creation project with @ILMIreland, @InclusionIre, and the HSE.
This is real partnership—disabled people shaping the decisions that impact our lives sligodpo@gmail.com
We got it Anna thank you. Top of my list for next week. Nina
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ILMI eBulletin the 7th of March 2025 on this Link: tinyurl.com/53bhnuns
Have a happy international women’s day tomorrow however you plan on spending it! Plus a great weekend from everyone on the ILMI Team!
#IWD #AccelerateAction #March8 #InternationalWomensDay2025 #IWD2025 #disabledwomen
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📢 Help Shape the Future of Disability Representation in Media! Are you a young disabled person or a young media professional? ENIL wants to hear from you!
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Huge thanks to everyone who joined Session 1 of Real Talk! 🙌 Shelly & Colm were brilliant
Next up: Session 2 Smashing Barriers
🗓️ Tues 11th March, 12pm (Zoom)
From PA to healthcare & education, why is getting support so hard? Let’s talk about it!
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Real Talk 1: Peer Power – What’s In It for Me?
Tues 4th March 12 noon via Zoom
Peer mentoring can sound abstract, but at its core, it is about disabled people supporting each other. Learn how connecting with peers can offer real, practical benefits in your life
info@ilmi.ie
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ILMI eBulletin the 28th of February 2025 is now available on this link: tinyurl.com/26mkytb9
Have a great weekend from everyone in the ILMI Team
#spring
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Don't Miss Out! All welcome 🔊 Real Talk: Disabled People, By Disabled People
No jargon. No fluff. Just real conversations about peer mentoring, activism & breaking barriers.
📅 5 sessions in March, 12 noon via Zoom
Info: www.activelink.ie/node/113853
📧Register: info@ilmi.ie
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Have a great weekend from everyone in the ILMI Team
🎉 Big day for Wexford DPO on Feb 19! A great workshop with ILMI’s Peter Kearns, plus their first AGM, finalising their constitution. Next up: a Zoom meeting to elect Officers!
Disabled people (18+) in Wexford get involved! Email paulasoraghan@ilmi.ie or call 087 163 0433.
#ILMI #Wexford
On Feb 18, Nicola Meacle spoke at the South Tipperary Disability Groups Forum on what local DPOs can achieve when disabled people unite! 💪 Big thanks to Anne Bradshaw & Josephine Carroll.
Want to get involved in VOICE? Contact Nicola: nicolameacle@ilmi.ie / 087 7189237.
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🔊 Real Talk: Disabled People, By Disabled People
No jargon. No fluff. Just real conversations about peer mentoring, activism & breaking barriers.
📅 5 sessions in March, 12 noon via Zoom, sign up and join the chat!
📧 Register: info@ilmi.ie
#ILMI #DisabledPeople #disability #disabledactivist
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ILMI eBulletin the 💘14th of February 2025 on the link below
In This Issue:
Real Talk
Psychologists
Mayo DPO
Local DPOs
Launch
#happyvalentinesday #ValentinesDay #valentines
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ILMI's #blackfridaydeals eBulletin on this link: tinyurl.com/43ujswp3
In this Issue:
"Engaging Disabled People in #DirectProvision Launch"
Governance for Change
#GE2024
#NoMagicPillplay
#Workability
#GE24 #Election2024 #GeneralElection
#blackfriday2024 #blackfriday #DPO
Question 5 of 5: Hey Candidate! What will you do to improve transport so disabled people can travel freely? Let’s get some real #transport solutions rolling! #GE24 #InvestInInclusion #ILMI
Check out all 5 questions: ilmi.ie/ge24-invest-...
Question four
Hey candidate! How will you ensure that disabled people can access education and employment equally? Let’s make schools and workplaces (fully) inclusive because everyone deserves a shot! #GE24 #InvestInInclusion #ILMI
Check out all 5 questions: ilmi.ie/ge24-invest-...
Question three of five:
Hey Candidate!
Will you commit to funding Personal Assistance Services (PAS) so we can live our best lives, just like everyone else? #GE24 #PASnow #InvestInInclusion
Check out all five questions : ilmi.ie/ge24-invest-...
Hey Candidate! What will you do to create more accessible #housing for disabled people? We want homes! Time to break down those barriers and let us live where we choose!
#GE24 #InvestInInclusion #ILMI
Check out the questions Disabled People are asking their local candidates: ilmi.ie/ge24-invest-...
Question 1 of 5 : Hey candidate, how will you make sure that disabled people are consulted on decisions about our lives? Remember: nothing about US without US ! #GE24 #InvestInInclusion #DPOs
All Questions here: ilmi.ie/ge24-invest-...
#nothingaboutuswithoutus #rightsnotcharity
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It’s Time for Change: We’ve waited long enough for equality. Now is the time to make sure that politicians listen to us. Disabled people need real, systemic changes, not empty promises. Ask the hard questions, demand your rights!
ilmi.ie/ge24-invest-...
#InvestInInclusion #GE24 #ILMI
Your Vote, Your Future: Voting is not just about today. It’s about securing our future as #disabled people. We deserve better #housing, accessible #transport, and #PASnow. Let’s make sure our future is rights-based, not charity-based #GE24 #InvestInInclusion #ILMI
Info: ilmi.ie/ge24-invest-...
