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Viewpoint September - from Changing Faces
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Welcome to Viewpoint, the new monthly email for Changing Faces supporters


Viewpoint replaces our monthly newsletter, and focuses more on the issues that Changing Faces is there to address. Each month we'll bring you original views from our team and beyond, news from Changing Faces, and links to some of the stories that have been making headlines.


We hope you enjoy Viewpoint and we welcome your feedback!

Viewpoint: Time for an end to horrible words


Dr Jane Frances, Education Advisor at Changing Faces, writes... 

Words like ‘beast’, ‘freak’, ‘ugly’ and ‘undateable’ are loaded. Why else would tv companies come up with titles like Beauty and the Beast: the Ugly face of Prejudice, and The Undateables (of which everyone seems to say “If you can just get past the stupid title it’s a really good programme”) and, most recently, The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime? These words stir up something horrible – something cruel and voyeuristic – every time.

When I was new at Changing Faces, just meeting my first families and visiting their children’s schools, one mum, whose little girl had a birthmark, recalled how her son came home from school and asked, “Mum, what does ugly mean?” This was the word his classmates used to identify his little sister the day she started school.

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News from Changing Faces

Changing Faces calls for disfigurement to be fully recognised in Equality Act
In evidence to an influential House of Lords inquiry, we have called on government to increase the protection given to people with disfigurements by the Equality Act. Read more....

Impact Review 2015
We've just published our Impact Review, detailing our achievements over the last twelve months - including the graphic above. Did you know, last year we had more than 23 MILLION social media hits, and more than 15,000 people downloaded our self-help guides? Read more....

Public Fundraising Officer in Edinburgh
We're recruiting for a new fundraising officer to secure local funds and support volunteers to undertake fundraising activities across Scotland. Hurry - the closing date is Monday! Read more...

Big thanks to Lloyds!
James Partridge: "Lloyds Bank Financial Institutions have been doing some serious fundraising for Changing Faces in the last couple of weeks, and I was delighted earlier this week to meet Bill Cooper to collect a cheque from them. My heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed!" Read more....

Express apologises to Changing Faces
Victoria Wright, a Changing Faces Champion, explains the significance of our complaint to IPSO which resulted in the Express apologising for the 'tasteless' online gallery. Read more....

In the headlines


Press regulator IPSO to develop new guidelines on reporting of facial disfigurement, following complaint from Changing Faces - Press Gazette

He's been called a 'monster' and stared at by strangers - but little boy with cleft lip has just one response: he SMILES back - Daily Mail

Model with rare genetic condition which has left her bald and without any teeth reveals how embracing her unique appearance helped to boost her fashion career - Daily Mail

A letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki: on bullying of people with rare medical conditions - Carly Findlay's blog

Schoolboy calls for more disabled characters in children's books and asks why villains 'are usually deformed' - The Guardian

And finally...

With Downton Abbey back on our screens - Sunday 9pm on ITV1 in case you've missed it! - we were delighted that our patron Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary in the hit series , sent us her #SummerFace photo on Instagram!

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