WHO WE ARE
End Social Care Disgrace is campaigning for a national care, support and independent living service (NaCSILS). It is a unique alliance seeking to bring together disabled and older people, unpaid carers, health campaigners, care and support workers and trade unions to put Social Care in the Spotlight and pursue radical change. Keep Our NHS Public is fully committed to the campaign and Tony O’Sullivan, KONP’s co-chair, chairs the End Social Care Disgrace Campaign steering group.
Find out more about the campaign at our website www.endsocialcaredisgrace.org
We are demanding that care and support should be publicly provided, universally available and free at the point of use as initially intended for the NHS. However we also believe that a change in ownership is not sufficient. Just getting the market out and calling for a national CARE service will not suffice. Current provision is often deeply institutionalised, rooted in a medical model, focused almost entirely on trying to meet people’s basic physical needs and delivered within a protectionist welfare model of “doing to”, where those drawing on services are not regarded as full agents and equal members of society.
See our Vision document here
OUR LATEST NEWSLETTER – JULY 2025 – VIEW/DOWNLOAD HERE
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Leeds ESCAD and Keep Our NHS Public campaigners join Disabled People against the Cuts on Day of Action 30 June 2025
CARERS FIGHT BACK Public meeting 12 June 2025
Video above is from our public meeting in Carers Week demanding that the Government scrap the proposed cruel benefit cuts, end the harassment and prosecution of carers regarding inadvertent “overpayments” and guarantee a decent income for carers and disabled people, not poverty and exclusion!
Speakers were:
Paul Ridley full time carer for his two adult disabled sons
Katy Styles full time carer and founder of grass roots, carers led ‘We Care Campaign’
John McDonnell, MP Chair of Labour Carers Group
Jo Walton Chair of ESCaD’s Carers Group
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NEWS
ESCaD goes to Westminster
For full report see here
Thanks to John McDonnell, ESCaD had a hearing in the Palace of Westminster on November 18th. We fielded about 30 activists and ten contributions, both live and on video, across the whole spectrum of social care. There was significant interest from MPs and Peers but not as many attended as we hoped. However it was great to have Lord Prem Sikka, Baroness Ruth Lister and MP Rupa Huq there for much of the meeting and appearances from Adrian Ramsey, co-leader of the Greens, Seamus Logan, SNP lead on Social Care and others.
You can see the three video contributions here:
ARTICLES
Here’s how we could fix social care and support
Published by Left Foot Forward
Brian Fisher
We need a National Care, Support and Independent Living Service
Social care and support is in crisis – that is agreed across the political spectrum. The Casey Commission is Labour’s response. Its timescale may be too long, but we still need to ensure that it takes a holistic and radical approach. This is the transformation in social care we need, based on the programme drawn up by the End Social Care Disgrace campaign.
Read full article Left Foot Forward
Social Insecurity Report from Amnesty International
Successive governments have failed to protect basic rights. Instead of dealing with what’s driving poverty and soaring living costs, this government is choosing to make cuts. It’s doing that by framing people who are disabled, ill, and unemployed as a ‘burden’. That narrative isn’t new, but it’s still working. Blame is being shifted onto the people most in need, while those in power avoid responsibility.
Amnesty UK has been investigating how cuts, sanctions and systemic failings of the social security system are pushing people deeper into poverty. Our new report, Social Insecurity, shows the UK is breaching its human rights obligations, and it’s time for change.
Read report
Report – Easy read version
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WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP
◼︎Order our free postcards for stalls, protests, events, conferences etc by emailing a delivery address to [email protected] or texting 07419 295754.
◼︎ Write to candidates in the national elections using the template letter and links on the ESCaD campaign website at https://endsocialcaredisgrace.org/national-election-campaign/
◼︎Join our hustings on Zoom on Tuesday 25th June 6.30 – 8pm with John McDonnell (Labour), Dr. Palavi Devulapali (Green Party) et al. Register in advance here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuc-2trj8tGtzu5B53PXzldlwi7XEls0kB
◼︎Join our circulation list by Emailing: [email protected] and donate here if you can: https://endsocialcaredisgrace.org/donate-to-nacsils/
◼︎Put our motion to your trade union or political party branch and ask them to affiliate See https://endsocialcaredisgrace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ESCaD-Motion-updated-4.24.pdf.
◼︎Become an ESCaD Activist and help to build the campaign. Our open working groups are the heart of the campaign and very much welcome new people. Currently they are – Politicians, Carers, Trade Unions and Publicity. All meet approximately monthly on Zoom and we have quarterly joint Activists / Steering Group meetings. To express an interest, get more info and details of meetings Email: [email protected] and/or text 07419295754
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