Cherie Booth QC
"It is only through changing attitudes and perceptions can we really begin to challenge disablism. It is only through changing the way we think about disabled people, recognising that they are part of society and not an after-thought and putting this into practice through inclusive designs, accessible buildings and well-thought out support packages, can we really say that disabled people are treated equally."
Cherie Booth QC
Human rights lawyer Cherie Booth QC has been a Scope Patron since December 2002. She has a special interest in our Education work and has supported our In the Picture campaign to promote the inclusion of disabled children in early years picture books.
She most recently supported Scope at the fourth annual Charity Day organised by BGC, a leading global electronic brokerage company. Read more.
Earlier in 2008 Cherie travelled to Doha with senior staff and supporters of Scope to address the third annual International Forum of the Shafallah Centre, a leading service for disabled children in Qatar, and in March Cherie joined leading activists from the disability sector at a reception organised by Scope to celebrate the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Read more about this event.
In 2007 Cherie supported Scope on over a dozen occasions, including a reception she hosted at 10 Downing Street to celebrate Scope's first-ever Time to Get Equal Week and a May Ball she attended at the Champneys health resort in Tring, Hertfordshire, which helped raise around £80,000 on the night.
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