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Apply to join a Regional Stakeholder Network for disabled people

An application form for people to join their local Regional Stakeholder Network group. 皇冠体育app Network helps to ensure disabled people's voices are heard throughout England.

Applies to England

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皇冠体育app Regional Stakeholder Network (RSN) began in 2019. It is run by the Disability Unit to enhance the government鈥檚 existing work with disabled people.

皇冠体育appre are 9 regional groups in England:

  • North West

  • North East

  • Yorkshire and the Humber

  • West Midlands

  • East Midlands

  • South West

  • South East

  • East of England

  • Greater London

Each regional network consists of 10 to 40 members made up of local disabled people, parents and carers of disabled people and disabled people鈥檚 representative organisations.

皇冠体育appy meet at least 4 times a year. 皇冠体育app meetings provide an open forum to share views and experience across all policies and services that affect disabled people.

We use the term 鈥榙isabled people鈥� to mean people facing disabling societal barriers due to their impairments or conditions (regardless of their age). This includes physical impairments, mental ill health, hearing impairments (including deaf people with BSL as first language), visual impairments, learning difficulties, neurodiverse people, and those with chronic illness or fatigue.

Updates to this page

Published 5 April 2023

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