Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a £15 billion package of additional financial support for millions of households across the UK finding it increasingly more difficult to make their money stretch to cover the rising cost of living.
19.05.2022 - 15:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Disabled people and those living with long-term health conditions in West Lothian will take the forefront in a new project examining potential discrimination people face trying to adopt more sustainable lifestyles.
The project, titled ‘Eco-Ableism’, is in collaboration with West Lothian Libraries and The Partnership Centre in Carmondean, Livingston and led by Herriot-Watt University.
A number of environmental policies have been introduced to the UK in an effort to lower greenhouse emissions - but the arrival of these measures can pose significant obstacles to disabled residents and people with chronic health conditions.
For example, people with low-mobility might be unable to carry out ‘everyday tasks’ such as placing recycling bins on a pavement.
A team of academics from Heriot-Watt’s School of Social Sciences are to gain a better understanding of this issue and put forward a series of recommendations to mitigate against the current challenges.
The project team will host a series of focus groups in West Lothian this summer to encourage local groups and individuals to identify the obstacles they face when efforts are made to enact new eco-friendly policies at a local and national level.
Eco-Ableism examples include ignoring disabled people in emergency planning, removing parking bays to make way for cycle lanes, and various other environmentally-oriented policy changes which negatively impact those with disability and long-term health conditions.
Professor Kate Sang from the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, will lead on the research process while maintaining Eco-Ableism as a community-led project, with people’s voices and personal experiences at its heart.
Kate Sang said: “Eco-ableism can be defined as being
Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a £15 billion package of additional financial support for millions of households across the UK finding it increasingly more difficult to make their money stretch to cover the rising cost of living.
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Johnny Depp's defamation trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, has reached a verdict. After deliberating for around 14 hours across three days, the jury decided in unanimous fashion that Depp was defamed by Heard and that she «acted with actual malice,» bringing the six-week long case to an end.Just minutes before the verdict was set to be read, Judge Penney Azcarate sent the jury back to fill out the damages section, adding even more suspense on Wednesday in Fairfax County Circuit Court in Virginia.
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