Simone Aspis Prospective Parliamentary
Candidate for Brent East |
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Simone Aspis is a disability rights activist and a self-employed consultant and trainer. She has lived in Brent for 10 years and is well known in the local community. Simone has stood as a candidate in three previous elections. In the GLA elections last May, she was the Green Party's constituency candidate for Brent and Harrow and gained 9% of the vote. Simone has campaigned on inclusive education for disabled people for People First and is an active member of Brent Association of Disabled People and Brent Advocacy Concerns. She is a member of the Green Party Education Policy Working Group and has contributed to Green Party policy making in a number of areas. Simone has given interviews for both local and national radio and has written for several newspapers. Last autumn Simone presented the Channel 4 program "Your Voice, Your Vote", which looked at how the voting system could be made more accessible to people with learning difficulties. |
