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It is impossible not to have been shocked and dismayed by the situation unfolding in Ukraine in the past week. Ukraine has a reported Disabled population of nearly three million people...
03 March 2022

Lumina Learning Neurodiversity Research - Invite

Disability Rights UK is delighted to promote research being carried out by Lumina Learning to help make recruitment and employee development processes more inclusive. Traditional...
12 August 2022

DR UK co-producing Consumer Harms funding bid

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The Fundraising Manager for Disability Rights UK wants to talk to Disabled people about a new funding application to Which? (the consumer protection organisation). The application is...
10 August 2022

Commonwealth Games put on their largest ever integrated para-sports programme

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The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham ended this week. This year's games were the only major multi-sport event with an integrated para program, and this year it's the biggest...
09 August 2022

Council bosses warn of soaring waiting lists for social care

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Some 600 people a day are joining growing waiting lists to be assessed for care and support in England, a survey of members of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (...
09 August 2022

Covid, disability and racism commission launched

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Disability Rights UK CEO Kamran Mallick is to chair a commission exploring the impact on Disabled people of the Covid pandemic and systemic racism. The Voluntary Organisations...
09 August 2022

Council adopts novel approach to protect Blue Badge holders

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A campaigning group on driving issues for Disabled people has welcomed an initiative that offers first time offenders an educational alternative to prosecution for abusing the Blue...
09 August 2022

Debt charities urge Ofgem to protect people with energy debt

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The UK’s three largest debt charities have urged the energy regulator Ofgem to urgently improve protections for people in arrears after publishing a briefing highlighting the scale of...
09 August 2022

MPs warn that social care vision needs cash

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MPs have urged the Government to provide significant extra funding for the “ravaged social care sector” this year and in the longer term. The cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and...
09 August 2022

Disabled people cutting back on food and essentials

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Around four in ten Disabled people are cutting back on food and essentials, latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggests. The ONS survey revealed that 42% of...
09 August 2022