People with learning disabilities are "routinely bullied" - and a leading Newcastle charity figure wants to see "10,000 disabled people in Parliament Square" demanding change.
Nick Ball is retiring after 40 years in the social work and charity sector, most recently 11 years as deputy chief executive at Byker-based Skills for People (SfP). He's worked with the three North East universities to help bring through the next generation of social workers, and he's passionate about creating a world where people with disabilities are empowered to fight for their rights themselves.
As he steps back from the charity - which is marking its 40th anniversary across 2023-2024 - he told ChronicleLive how he was proudest about creating job opportunities for people with lived experience of disability, and helping those people to be in a position to raise the issues they experience on day-to-day basis. He also spoke of how he felt the work of SfP was vital.
