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Celebrating Trustees Week
08 November 2023 | News
... community support, they’ve gone on to set up their own businesses, study subjects that interest them, get married ...
Sacked mother of Disabled children wins tribunal
23 June 2021 | News
... be penalised if they are not able to work flexibly to meet business needs or demands of a service.” Sacked mother of ...
DRUK speaks on diversity in employment at Recfest
14 July 2019 | News
... know what Yasmin if everyone we employed was like you, the business would go under”. The UK’s £32.2 billion ...
ESA transfers underpayment inquiry
29 April 2018 | News
The Public Accounts Committee will examine Employment and Support Allowance on Monday 21 May 2018.
More on the Public Accounts Committee website
Since 2011, the government has been transferring people onto Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) from other previous benefits.
Channel 4 produces new guide to employing disabled people
25 February 2018 | News
... and retaining disabled talent, the guide also explains why businesses should want to hire disabled talent. These ...
We welcome Public Accounts Committee findings on continuing healthcare funding
16 January 2018 | News
NHS continuing healthcare funding (CHC) is a package of care provided outside of hospital that is arranged and funded solely by the NHS for those 18 or older who have significant ongoing healthcare needs.
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Sue Bott, Deputy CEO of Disability Rights UK said:
NAWRA receives reply from Esther McVey over potential ESA underpayments
23 January 2018 | News
Letter to new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about income related ESA.
Last year, NAWRA (National Association of Welfare Rights Advisers) members identified many former Incapacity Benefit/Severe Disablement Allowance claimants who had been migrated to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), and only been awarded contributory ESA.
This is because the DWP had failed to apply the regulations and their own guidance and undertake a financial assessment to check entitlement to any top up of income related ESA.
I Can Make It at CAN DO in Newcastle
23 November 2017 | News
I Can Make It meets CAN DO in Newcastle and gets featured in a summary of an important conference on social value.
On Friday 17th November, our Champion for I Can Make It in the North-East, Jonathan Mears, attended a meeting of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Branch of CAN-DO, which offers volunteering opportunities for people with disabilities aged 18-35.
Universal Credit rollout inquiry
17 September 2017 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee invites submissions on the ongoing rollout of the full Universal Credit service.
Deadline for written submissions was Friday, 13 October 2017.
The Committee is particularly interested in receiving updates and new submissions on developments since April 2017 and recommendations for policy change on the following points:
New statutory guidance issued in relation to the Specialist Employability Support programme
11 September 2017 | News
DWP advises that provider contracts have been extended for service that helps unemployed disabled people move closer to the labour market.
The DWP has issued new statutory guidance relating to the Specialist Employability Support (SES) programme from September 2017.