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Creating a fairer Britain
We want to hear from anyone who has been bullied or harassed and from organisations that work for/with disabled people, including voluntary and community sector organisations, public authorities (such as local councils, police, housing, social services and education) and public transport operators.
The deadline for providing evidence is Friday 10th September 2010.
If you have been harassed because of your disability, or someone close to you has been affected, we want to hear about your experience. We want to hear from people who are Deaf or disabled, including those with mental health conditions and long term health conditions, as well as their family, friends or associates. We want to know what happened and what public authorities and public transport operators did – or didn’t do – to help.
Your experiences – positive or negative – will help the Commission to show what police, social services, schools, bus companies and other agencies can do to put an end to the harassment of disabled people in public places and behind closed doors. If you’re not sure what to tell us, we have a questionnaire to help get you started.
You can give your evidence anonymously but providing a name and contact details will help us if we need to contact you to find out more about what happened. Your personal information will be treated as confidential.
Individuals wishing to submit evidence may prefer to complete our downloadable questionnaire or by contacting the helpline on the numbers given below.
If you require any reasonable adjustments that are not met by the above methods, please contact us to discuss your requirements.
We are seeking responses from:
We are specifically interested in finding out about:
Evidence does not have to address each individual point. For example, it can focus on addressing the causes of harassment or on the actions of a specific public body.
Submissions from organisations or public bodies should:
The Call for Evidence questionnaire can be downloaded in a range of formats:
There are a number of ways to provide evidence to the Inquiry:
Please note: The deadline for providing evidence is Friday 10th September 2010.
The deadline for providing evidence is Friday 10th September 2010.
You can respond through any of the following methods:
We would like to thank you for providing evidence to the Disability Harassment Inquiry. We will consider all responses we receive. However, due to the anticipated level of response, and to ensure confidentiality, we will not automatically acknowledge your response unless you specifically ask us to.
For details of the terms of reference and scope of this inquiry please read the Statutory Notice in full.
To check how we will protect your information please read about Data Handling and confidentiality for this inquiry.