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What the new Bus Services Act offers disabled people
28 November 2017 | News
... that they offer. The Bus Services Act 2017 and disabled people The powers in the new Act Better journeys ... together Providing and inclusive service On average, disabled people take ten times as many trips by bus as they ... below relevant thresholds, local authorities should still look to apply the core principles of the Social Value Act ...
Disability Rights UK AGM 2022
25 November 2022 | News
... the cost-of-living crisis, our plans for the future and a look at our new website that will launch in December. Meet ...
EHRC publishes disability hate crime report
05 September 2016 | News
... and Human Rights Commission Research report on Crime and disabled people: Measures of disability-related harassment. ... in most cases experience of crime remained higher for disabled people compared with non-disabled people of the ... cannot say for certain but at the time that this report looked at, the total number of disability hate crimes may ...
International Day of Disabled people – Fighting for our rights in a post Covid world
02 December 2021 | News
International Day of Disabled people – Fighting for our rights in a post Covid ... diseases that we live with. The UN’s International Day of Disabled people is always a challenge for me. I want to celebrate all we have achieved, looking around me today I see Disabled people in the UK ...
Labour Fail to Appoint Minister for Disabled People One Week After Election
12 July 2024 | News
... nation. This week however, 7 days after the election, many Disabled Peoples organisations, charities and Disabled activists are feeling deflated. As the new cabinet ... filling the post as Disabled people across the country are looking to this new government in the hope of a positive ...
Polly's Story - Disability Rights UK Volunteer, Paralympian, and Masters Student
05 December 2024 | News
... our lives. She writes about the lack of representation of Disabled people in media, and the impact it can have to ... on how inclusive the Disability Rights Movement is and looking particularly at intersectional praxis. This in part ... are a few lessons I wish I had learnt sooner: 1: You are Disabled I know everyone has told you they can’t see it, ...
Disabled parents often seen as risk to their children rather than given support warns report
25 September 2018 | News
Upholding the independence of disabled parents: Re-imagining Children’s Services in co-production with disabled parents and professionals. Disability Rights UK ... help from social services for fear of being judged unfit to look after their children. There needs to be a more ...
Landmark Funding Announced for Second Stage of Moving Social Work Programme
04 December 2023 | News
... social workers to speak about physical activity with Disabled people. It focuses on the role that social ... improving the quality and levels of physical activity for Disabled people, to help reduce health inequalities and improve social justice. Disabled people are at a disadvantage when it comes to ...
Justin Tomlinson replaced by Chloe Smith as Minister for Disabled People
16 September 2021 | News
Justin Tomlinson, has been replaced as Minister for Disabled People. Chloe Smith takes up the role with ... have given me the opportunity to serve as the Minister for Disabled People. I am exceptionally proud to have delivered ... as an emergency response. I also think it is right now to look ahead at what is needed after the pandemic, and to plan ...
Disability Groups Call for More Accessible Housing for Private Renters
29 January 2024 | News
... of private rented homes. There are around 9.8 million Disabled people in England, who historically have been ... that renting privately has become the only option for many Disabled people, with 18.8% of them currently relying on the ... would certainly make it easier for Disabled tenants who are looking for an accessible property to find a home that meets ...