Kingston Disability Network

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  • International Day of Disability

    Thank you to everyone who came along to our event on December 3rd, the International Day of Disability. At our event, we heard speeches from KDN Executive Leadership, Ashley and Keegan, alongside Steering Group members Roy, Scott and Karen. Councillor Anita Schaper also offered her speech, offering her personal connections to disability activism and committing the Council to working with the KDN as we grow.

    RBK’s Community Safety Officer, Lieneke Eleveld, has shared with us some excellent resources regarding hate crime, including some targeted towards disabled people. We are working on getting these files uploaded onto our website, but if you’d like to take a look into these in the meantime, please contact us and we can share physical copies.

    As we look to the future, we took on your feedback and will use it to improve accessibility and inclusion for our upcoming meetings, starting 2026. Keep an eye out for more!

  • Event – Book Club (9/10/2025)

    Hook & Chessington Library
    9 October 2025
    1-2pm


    To celebrate Black History Month
    with Black Disabled Authors

    Notable black disabled poets include:
    Audre Lorde, known for her legal blindness and experiences with cancer,
    Leroy F. Moore Jr., a physical disability advocate and founder of Krip-Hop Nation, and
    Ashanti Anderson, a queer, disabled poet whose debut collection is Black Under.
    Other significant voices are:
    Alayna Powell, who explores disability within a religious context, and
    Jasmine “Queen Jasmeen” Schlafke, a slam poet and disability justice advocate.


    For more information about this event please contact:-
    Hook & Chessington Library,
    13 Hook Rd, Hook, Chessington KT9 1EJ.
    Email info@kdn.org.uk or
    Phone 020 8547 5006.

  • Up and running…

    The Kingston Disability Network (KDN) is now up and running, with nominations being sought for Officers and Members of the Steering Group, comprising up to 11 Members who will be responsible for the running of the Kingston Disability Network.

    To date the network has been organised by Kingston upon Thames COuncil’s Engagement Team, who have arranged the meetings and speakers. It was always the intention for KDN to be co-produced, so by setting the date of our first AGM (17 July 2025) the scene has been set for elections of Officers and Members to kickstart KDN as an independent group.

    The elections will be overseen by The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council’s Engagement Team. If you are already a Member of the network, either representing your organisation or as an individual, and are interested in self-nominating for any of the roles on the Steering Group, please make your nominations via the Google Form (Button below)

    Link to Google Form