Guidance

Apply to join a Regional Stakeholder Network for disabled people

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

From:
Disability Unit
Published
5 April 2023

Applies to England

Documents

How to apply

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Application form (Word)

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Details

The Regional Stakeholder Network (RSN) began in 2019. It is run by the Disability Unit to enhance the government’s existing work with disabled people.

There 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’s representative organisations.

They meet at least 4 times a year. The meetings provide an open forum to share views and experience across all policies and services that affect disabled people.

We use the term ‘disabled people’ 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.

Published 5 April 2023