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How does limiting the Access to Work Scheme get more Disabled people into work?
20 February 2025 | News
... It has spent the last 8 months telling us that more Disabled people should be working, yet it is now bemoaning ... fact that the Access to Work Scheme is being used by more Disabled people. An increase of 15,000 applicants last year. ... to make some fairly significant reforms to Access to Work, look again at the whole approach we’re taking, look at ...
Disability Pay Gap Reaches Staggering Level of £4,300 a Year
07 November 2024 | News
• New TUC analysis shows Disabled workers effectively stop earning from today as a result of pay disparity with non-disabled workers • The disability pay gap is now 17.2% ... that this makes it hard for workers to plan their lives, look after their children and get to medical appointments. ...
Scope report: attitudes to disabled people
07 May 2014 | News
In 2014, disabled people continue to face challenges in many areas of ... challenges involve attitudes. But what do attitudes towards disabled people currently look like? This report brings together a range of research ...
Help Us Make a Real Difference at Disability Rights UK
25 March 2025 | News
... (DR UK) is an organisation led by, run by, and working for Disabled people. We work with Disabled People’s Organisations and Government across the ... and help shape the future of our work. Who we’re looking for We need people from a variety of backgrounds, ...
Could disabled people be the answer to the fostering crisis?
07 October 2020 | News
Many disabled people are prevented from fostering children due to ... suggests. The report, Mutual Benefits: The Potential of Disabled People as Foster Carers, concludes that thousands ... them more confident about working with disabled people – looking at what they ‘can do’, rather than what they ...
Disability emojis on the way
06 February 2019 | News
... [this does seem to be covered in the images below] looking for one that can be me ! Disability emojis on the way ...
Universal Credit and the Severe Disability Premium
17 February 2019 | News
This Commons Library briefing looks at how Universal Credit (UC) will affect benefit ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series! Part Two
07 August 2024 | News
... having much knowledge or exposure to the barriers faced by Disabled people until his late 20s, when he had an enforced ... doesn’t best serve everyone’s needs, he learned to look at the world of work more flexibly and gradually moved ... organisation called Skill which promoted opportunities for Disabled people in education. He wrote a series of careers ...
Supporting disabled students into work
14 October 2013 | News
The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) would like to work with disabled people on a project funded by the Department of ... will investigate how universities can better support disabled people into employment, and reflect on their ... survey of disabled students and disabled graduates. We are looking for around 10-15 disabled students or graduates, ...
Disabled consumers being failed by shoddy customer service, Which? warns
06 December 2023 | News
New Which? research reveals that Disabled consumers are being failed by poor customer ... with 732 panel members from the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers found half of Disabled people who ... to get the answers they need without long waits or endless loops, be kept informed and treated fairly, with empathy and ...