Vice Chair @NEF | Governance | Leadership | Change | Inclusion | Consultant | Speaker | Mental Health Champion | Disability Advocate | Long Covid | ♿️
Greenwich, London
Joined December 2010
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Alison Cowan retweeted
Help us lead the way towards a new economy and become one of our trustees! Take a look at the spec on our website and see if you fit the role.
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Bob Kerslake offered warm and generous support throughout my time working with him at @NEF, he suggested mentoring me through a move to a non-exec career despite being massively busy, and most recently helped recruit our new CEO. I learned a lot from him. We’ve lost a v good egg.
Alison Cowan retweeted
🎉So exited about this
The first @scope Disability Equality Awards. Celebrating individuals, organisations and others driving disability equality forward.
Nominations are open!
Introducing the Scope Disability Equality Awards! 💜
To mark Scope’s 70th anniversary, we’re holding the very first Scope Disability Equality Awards to shine a spotlight on the people driving social change.
Find out more and start nominating now 👇
fal.cn/3mWEQ
ALT A young woman is in the middle of a busy shop, smiling at the camera. The logo for the new Scope Disability Equality Awards is in the corner, and there is text saying: "Shining a light on equality champions".
Alison Cowan retweeted
We are braced for the biggest fall in living standards in decades, and disabled families will be among the hardest hit. 💰
The measures announced by Government today don’t go nearly far enough.
💡 As we wait for today’s energy price cap news, we’re worried about what this will mean for disabled people.
📈 Rocketing bills will be catastrophic for many across the country. But disabled people will be among the hardest hit.
Here’s why 🧵 1/6
news.sky.com/story/energy-cr…
Alison Cowan retweeted
And it isn't just @scope research showing this. Today Parliament has published research DWP have refused to share that highlights how many disabled people are struggling to get by committees.parliament.uk/com…
Among the poorest fifth of households, disabled households allocate almost as twice of their expenditure on energy bills than non-disabled people. A price of 54% will be catastrophic without immediate Government support #pricecap
Alison Cowan retweeted
Really proud of this new report I've written with @NEF on how we could reshape our benefits & tax systems to provide genuine social security for all. If you're interested in big, radical policy ideas please do have a read, share it & tell us what you think neweconomics.org/2022/01/soc…
I’ve not read a book (or tweeted) in a while because my brain’s not been working well and that makes things difficult. However @DanRhodes101 is one of my all time favourite writers, I’ve just greedily gobbled up his new book and it’s made me very happy. teapawt.net/DanRhodes101/status/14…
Alison Cowan retweeted
Make It Count is now live and our challengers are taking on all kinds of activities to suit them!
If you’re feeling motivated to get involved or get active, we’ve put together some top tips on getting into accessible and disability sports in this thread 👇🧵
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ALT Text asset and 'make it count logo': "Top tips for getting into disability sport."
An excellent #Paralympics thread you should read ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Ready for the #Paralympics? Excited for some fantastic sport?
Fab - there's not long to wait. But let's just take a second to talk about some things you shouldn't say - and why - about the Games
#ParalympicsGB #Tokyo2020
Alison Cowan retweeted
ITV News chat to Rhys Porter about how he’s defying cruel online trolls, and using his passion for football to take part in @scope’s virtual challenge event ‘Make it Count’! Go Rhys! 👏🏻 👏🏻makeitcount.scope.org.uk/fun…
A 13-year-old boy living with cerebral palsy was sent abusive messages on TikTok after posting a video of himself playing football
itv.com/news/london/2021-08-…
Alison Cowan retweeted
Every disabled person is different. People with invisible conditions can sometimes struggle to get support.
Catch Scope’s @jamestaylor2 talking about this tonight at 7.30pm on @ITVTonight’s ‘Hidden Disabilities: What’s the Truth?’.
#ITVTonight
Alison Cowan retweeted
Richard is joining our movement of movers this summer, as we get ready to Make It Count.
Choose an active challenge that’s right for you, and help us a world where disabled people are never excluded again.
Get involved: fal.cn/3gKug
ALT Richard sitting in his wheelchair outside in a grassy area. Text: "This challenge is for disabled people and non-disabled people alike. Everyone should be able to take part in sport."- Richard - Make It Count
Learning from my reverse mentor Richard @Speedincaesar is one of my favourite things about my @scope job. He was in the paper yesterday helping us launch our new fundraising product #MakeItCount. It’s a good read.
I made The Metro
metro.co.uk/2021/07/13/disab…
Alison Cowan retweeted
Love the new @Channel4 para’s campaign ‘there has to be something wrong with you’ #tokyo2020 and thrilled @scope got to be part of the launch with @alex_brooker, @kyliegrimes and @iankatz1000 #superhuman
ALT Me, Alex Brooker and Kylie Grimes
Alison Cowan retweeted
Laura’s getting ready to Make It Count this summer, with our new accessible fundraising event.
Join Laura, and our movement of movers, as we shake it up this summer. Get involved 👉 fal.cn/3gEQS
ALT Laura sitting down and smiling on a step at the gym and raising two dumbbells above her head. She's wearing a Make It Count t shirt. Text: "I want everyone to have the chance to find the physical activity that they really enjoy and that is right for them." – Laura
Alison Cowan retweeted
Football tournaments don’t cause #DomesticAbuse, but they can be used as an excuse by perpetrators for their actions. Help us answer every call from a woman living in fear. Donate now. #Euros2020 #England bit.ly/2TJnijE
Alison Cowan retweeted
#DomesticAbuse happens because abusers choose to abuse, not because the football's on, yet we know tournaments can aggravate pre-existing abusive behaviours.
Help us answer every call from a woman at risk, please donate now: bit.ly/2TJnijE #Euros2020 #ItscomingHome
