What are human rights and how do they safeguard the lives of disabled people? Human rights abuses don’t only happen abroad, brought to our attention by headlines of torture and accompanied by stark images of violence or genocide. Human rights abuses happen at home too and can affect all of us, so we need to...Continue Reading

Celebrating the power of community and what can be achieved when we work together Despite the combination of the ‘hostile environment’, Brexit and Covid-19 leading to enhanced, and sometimes entrenched, divisions in our society, this gorgeous image of pebbles on the beach expresses the more common reality that is often overlooked – individuals can acknowledge...Continue Reading

Safeguarding adults | Zetetick’s Zero tolerance policy The abuse of disabled people, including autistic people and people with learning disabilities, is absolutely rife in our society. The scandals that have come to light over the last 10 years, starting with the BBC Panorama programme on Winterbourne View back in 2011, more recently in 2019 at...Continue Reading

The digital divide – what is it? The digital divide is a term that describes how certain people and communities are excluded from access to the internet and the online services that most of us take for granted.  There are several reasons why people are excluded from the digital world. These include:  not being able...Continue Reading

The housing crisis | Social justice: The Diggers vision lingers on Zetetick Housing is working in the midst of a housing crisis that has grown over the last 11 years. For 15 years we have attempted to house the disenfranchised, those with learning disabilities and autism and all the associated disabilities and mental health challenges....Continue Reading