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The Regional Stakeholder Network (RSN) beganwas set up in 2019.2019 Itby the Disability Unit (DU). Its main purpose is runto bychampion the Disabilityrights Unitof disabled people. It aims to enhancemake sure the government’svoices existingand workviews withof disabled people.people across England are at the heart of the work of the UK government.

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.