Get involved with Disability Pride month
11 Jul 2025
Celebrate, mark and commemorate the history and achievements of our disabled community this July

Disability Pride Month, celebrated every July, is about celebrating differences, challenging stigma, and amplifying voices that traditionally may have been overlooked. While it’san important moment of pride for people with disabilities, it’s also a great opportunity for all colleagues across the Uni to learn, reflect, and actively contribute to a more inclusive workplace.
Our Disabled Staff Network (DSN) has organised various events, open to all colleagues, to get involved with this July.
What’s on?
- Fighting Benefit Cuts: A Q&A with #TakingthePip co-founder and Coronation Street Actress Cherylee Houston: 16/07/2025, 12:30-13:30
- Benefits Cuts Panel: How will proposed benefit cuts impact UoM staff and students: 22/07/2025, 12-13:30
- Disability Pride Virtual Pub Quiz! Zoom Pub Quiz to test your disability knowledge, drink, and socialise from the comfort of home: 01/08/2025, 18:00-20:00
Disabled Staff network (DSN) and Neurodivergent Staff Network
The networks provide a voice within the University for disability equality. They’re open to all members of staff (including PGR students) at the University who consider themselves to have a disability or long-term health/medical condition, members of staff who have a specific interest in this area of work, and anybody who has or considers themselves to be neurodivergent and their allies.
To join, or get in touch, reach out to:DSNetwork@manchester.ac.uk or submit your request at Neurodivergent Network.