You may find this link useful:
<http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLL_en&q=
(charities%20OR%20%22charitable%20organizations%22)%
20and%20%22safety%20net%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ws>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/yjne429>
Also possibly helpful:
<http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLL_en&q=
(charities%20OR%20%22charitable%20organizations%22)%
20and%20%22safety%20net%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=sp>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/yz434km>
as well as news in this environment:
<http://news.google.com/archivesearch?um=1&cf=all&ned=
us&hl=en&q=%28charities+OR+%22charitable+organizations%
22%29+and+%22safety+net%22&cf=all>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/yg7e4hd>
and government sources:
<http://www.google.com/unclesam?hl=en&q=%28charities+OR+
%22charitable+organizations%22%29+and+%22safety+net%22&btnG=Search>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/ygfbrbn>
Finally, research regarding organizations and disabilities and safety
nets:
<http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&restrict=unclesam&q=
organizations%20and%20(disability%20OR%20disabilities)%20and%
20%22safety%20net%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ws>
A shorter URL for the above link:
<http://tinyurl.com/yk9dhtf>
I hope this proves helpful to you and to other members of this list and
all have a great weekend.
Sincerely,
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On Fri, 16 Oct 2009, Mark Priestley wrote:
> Hi
>
> If anyone can help Linda please reply directly to her at [log in to unmask]
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Linda Laurie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Subject: Re: Research - The role of charity as a safety net for the welfare state
>
> I am doing some research into the way that charities have become a safety
> net for gaps in public services. I want to get together information about
> historical examples of charities raising funds for equipment, etc. which
> should be
> funded by the NHS. I am particularly interested in how charities have used
> images of Disability in funding appeals, in order that I can assess whether
> and how
> the images of us as Disabled People used by charities have changed. I have
> come across something called 'The Snowdrop Appeal'.
>
> The Snowdrop Appeal was sponsored by the Birmingham Evening Mail Newspaper
> (now called the Birmingham Mail) in or around 1990. My understanding is
> that the campaign arose as a result of the Birmingham Children's Hospital
> wanting to purchase a scanner which would enable staff to identify early in
> a pregnancy, whether or not a foetus was likely to result in the birth of a
> child with an impairment or "defect". This would (it was claimed) enable
> the hospital to arrange abortions at a stage where there would be less risk
> to the mother.
>
> The emphasis of the campaign was, so I am told, that mother's could be
> informed of the risks at an early stage, enabling them to make an informed
> choice as to whether or not to pursue the pregnancy to full term. In
> reality however the imagery and language around the campaign was, it is
> alleged, highly negative and prejudicial, using the "tragedy" of impairment
> to raise funds and contrasting this with the "purity" of snowdrops in order
> to maximise income for the appeal.
>
> Besides coverage in the Birmingham Evening Mail (which I gather was in the
> main understandably favourable towards the appeal) there was some other
> local media coverage involving Disabled critics of the appeal. One such
> example was an edition of the program called "Central Weekend". This was a
> 'knockabout' live TV program with a studio audience which was shown on
> Friday evenings on regional commercial television.
>
> I understand that Mike Higgins (my partner) together with Bob Findlay and
> possibly Richard Wood may have been on the panel advocating the position of
> the Disabled People's Movement. Extensive (unfunded) research via the
> Internet and with some friends who collect such material has born no fruit.
>
> I wondered whether or not you may be able to circulate a request via the
> list or any other networks you may have, to help me locate either a VHS/DVD
> of the relevant Central Weekend program or (failing that) some other
> coverage of the Snowdrop Appeal.
>
> Many thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
>
> Linda Laurie.
>
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