The CPF and Conservative Disability Group are hosting a discussion to find out just how accessible politics is from everything from joining an Association and attending meetings, to going to Party Conference or attending meetings in Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly and town halls. If disabled people want to stand for an Association officer position or elected office - how accessible is that process?   Let’s explore these issues and more and ensure that our politics is as accessible as it can - so everyone can have their voice heard.

In countries across the world, parliaments, offices, hospitals, schools and GP surgeries have emptied due to coronavirus yet many of those organisations have carried on business almost as usual.  Coronavirus has revolutionized our perceptions of what can be achieved remotely. Could coronavirus be the catalyst to enabling disabled people far better access to politics then ever before?     

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