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Petition update, 12 January 2009

More details from petition creator

Young disabled people trying to work towards independent living are constrained by the chronic shortage of accessible accommodation.

It is shocking that the vast majority of disabled young people have little or no choice about where they live and who they live with. Many young people are faced with a stark choice between inappropriate care in a setting for older people or remaining in the family home.

*Over 40% of disabled young people between the ages of 16 and 24 live in unsuitable accommodation.

*There is an estimated 300,000 shortfall in wheelchair standard housing.

*Over 40% of wheelchair users experience difficulty moving around their existing home.

*Since 1997 there has been a 44% increase in the number of homeless households in priority need because a member has a physical impairment.

Urgent action is needed to tackle the housing crisis facing disabled people in the UK. Filure to take immediate action will leave thousands of disabled young people to stagnate in settings that deny them the opportunities that other young people take for granted.

Current signatories

Tom Goode, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• J RICHARDS
• Joshua Pearcey
• Laura Ellis
• Scott Bradbury
• Geraldine Downing
• Wendy Howell
• Rachael Christophides
• howard dalziel
• Brian Ankers
• G Horton
• Barbara Randall
• David Stuart Main
• Sally Ann Matthews
• Lin Ockenden
• SHEILA DENT
• Phil Lewis
• Karen Pepper
• Anne Strach
• Nigel Fordham
• Elaine O'Keefe
• Jeffrey Poulter
• Diane Jeffries
• Lauren Reid
• Janet Josephs
• Maria Litras
• Lynda Thomas
• RAY FURZE
• Stefanie Nixon
• John Rylance
• Alison Sanders
• Pat Kirby
• Claire Kiberd
• Irini Roumboglou
• Kellie Raftery
• Beverley Ballentine
• Alastair Emblem
• Mehreen Syed
• Kelly Daly
• Judi Gray
• Jessica Keating
• V Wichall
• Sarah Kurylowicz
• Paul Cornell
• Sandra Ruddick
• Maggie Harding
• Kevin Noble
• Stephen Jean-Paul
• Wendy Sargeant
• Cathy McKenzie
• Peter Lamin
• Daniel Shea
• Anna Ibbotson
• David Reynolds
• Rosemary Dale
• gerard bowdren
• Carol Taylor
• M Gardner
• Brian K Gibbs
• Jonathan Storey
• Mick Walters
• Geoff Smith
• Avis Johns
• Alec McKenzie
• David Mckinley
• Heather Nunn
• Laura Carroll
• Lynda Fisher
• Sam Dean
• Jonathan Rowles
• Martin Warren
• Geoff Cooper
• Jacqui Grant
• Andrea Park
• Matthew Searles
• karen manning
• nicola evans
• Alison Grieve
• Mike Langworth
• George Duncan
• liz morris
• Loretta Smith
• Paul Stockley
• Maryanne Richardson
• Andrew Whiting
• Pam Field
• John Ellis, Maureen Ellis, Matt Ellis
• Martina Weitsch
• Carole Hoskins, John Hoskins, Phylis Browne
• Maite Jenner
• Lydia Pike
• Wendy Lansdown
• Helen Mullen
• Jill Clark
• David Rust
• Carol May
• michael mcdonnell
• Carol Harnett
• janet ann wood
• Joanne Lyons
• Geoffrey Poulter
• Joan Maynard
• Bill Smith
• Andrew Tarrant
• Bernie Morris
• Bramwell Hill
• Brenda Hill
• June Rogers
• James Robertson
• Graham Warren
• Gemma Fowler
• Katherine Gwynn
• Jane Ackroyd
• Alison Tucker
• Nora Russell
• Sandra Wilson
• Linda Griffin
• Philip Caple
• Donna Tipping
• Tola Awogbamiye
• Abigail Lock
• Maureen Rutter
• Brad Taylor
• Georgina Kelly
• Duncan Trow
• Amber Harris
• J BARKER
• Sue Stratis
• Nick Henwood
• Mo Howells
• Simon Brown
• Hannah Gordon
• Bill Bishop, Liz Bishop, Emma Bishop
• Kate Baldwin
• Mrs J Thomas
• Nia Rowlands
• Peta Hannan
• Adam Perry
• AARON SKELTON
• Lucille Newby
• Alan Wilson
• Richard Martin
• ewan powell
• John Bradley
• robyn harris
• Susan Idreos
• Pauline Bruce
• adam bonner
• Tara Arnold
• Funmi Alake
• Christopher Bright
• Kerry Reeves-Kneip
• Helen Wood
• Brian Attwood
• John Chamberlain
• Kim Pearson
• Sue Attwood
• Naji Uduigwome-Fredericks
• Lianna Ovenden
• Gemma Attwood
• Julie Baseley
• Diane Acaster
• Jennifer Newsome
• Nick Manasseh
• Jenni Brockwell
• Jane Di Lieto-Danes
• Jeffrey McDade
• Judy Watson
• Samantha Graham
• Katie Smithers
• kerri-anne Cully
• Megan English
• Brenda McDonald
• Sylvia Boahene
• Maureen McClelland
• Nathan Humphreys
• Raymond M Smith
• Ian Datlen
• LJ Billing
• Wendy Haywood
• Mary Bishop
• penny masters
• Nicola Leyland
• Eleanor Donohue
• Maggie Leonard
• Lydia Anti
• Catherine Hingston
• Lorna Boyd
• Paula Davey
• Gail Hanrahan
• Alison Tucker
• Gren Coy
• Jill Lammond
• Sheila Corrigan
• Julie Jones
• Sally James - Layton
• Kamal Yasin
• Maria Caluori
• Jenny Kentish
• Janet Nelsey
• Sarah Almond
• Nichola Clarke
• Belinda Ellicott
• Jenny Adams
• Gavin Hellis
• Caroline Hillman
• Mary Paterson
• Anthony F C Hillman
• Ian Thompson
• Andrew Wassell
• Phil Thompson
• sarah preston
• sasha fowler-costache
• Gillian Johnson
• Emma English
• brigitta Scales
• Paula Stretch
• Sue Hammond
• Suzanne Harper
• Sian P Awford
• Catherine Mainstone
• Cherry Sturt
• Dennis Green
• Sharon Pack
• Mark Moseley
• Stephanie Fowler
• lisa king
• Lesley Hardy
• Barbara Wroblewska
• Hannah Kennedy
• Virginia Stacey
• alan mainstone
• Chris.B.Waters
• Andrew W Dalby
• David Ayrton
• Angie Lazenbury
• Heather Law
• Esther Bennett
• Marilyn Nunney
• Teresa Miranda
• Simone Meiszner
• Biddy Steele
• hannah nathaniel
• Andy Fyall
• Bernadette Murphy
• Barry Newboult
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• Hilary Todd
• Vernon Gregg
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• sharon kemp
• Mrs Margaret Ulph
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• audrey Ebison
• eddie pickering
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• James Taylor
• Thomas Stocker
• Christine Craig
• M E Des Forges
• James Smith
• John Anderton
• Margaret King
• Roy Hollingsworth
• Martina Pearl
• Martin Price
• denise simpkins