MAD PRIDE and the Mental Health Resistance presents
Here We Go….A Gathering of Nuts in May
Another FUNDRAISER FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH RESISTANCE NETWORK’s CAMPAIGN AGAINST WELFARE BENEFIT CUTS
SATURDAY 28th May 2011
8PM – LATE
ADMISSION £5 / £2 concessions
THE GROSVENOR I7 Sidney Road, Stockwell SW9 OTP
https://www.facebook.com/thegrosvenorsw9
THE GROSVENOR is close by to Stockwell tube station and Brixton Tube and BR stations. A number of buses stop close by including night buses.
GERTRUDE / THE CLEANERS / EVERAFTER / UGLY SULK / DAVID STUDDERT / RAZZ / ASHLEY EARLS / MC JASON WHY / FLICKERING LIGHT VJ
THIS SATURDAY, in South London in Mad Pride’s Summer Season is upon us. This time with one of Mad Pride’s favourite combos – the deliciously arch and highly tuneful all-woman GERTRUDE. This is a fundraiser for the Mental Health Resistance Network.
From this month, disabled people and mental health survivors in the UK are seeing Welfare Benefits under wholesale attack. 11,000 people a week will be migrated possibly onto ESA or maybe onto Jobseeker’s Allowance. And that may mean for tens of thousands the loss of Disability Premium for which Incapacity was a qualifying benefit. With the loss of Incapacity, ESA , Disability Premium, and perhaps DLA later along with cuts to Housing Benefit and Mortgage Income Support, many people may see a cut of over 60% of their income. And yet we are still determined to celebrate who we are, to enjoy ourselves and to gorge on music, mayhem and madness. Plus it is for the cause!
We have to continue to protest, demonstrate and continue to get the message across to politicians that the Work Capability Assessments are not suitable for assessing our ability to hold down a job. But we can also take time off to come along to festive gigs like this.
For discussion and organization see https://madpride.org.uk
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