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The Mirror runs DR UK Dis Life column
13 September 2022 | News
... column at Mirror Online - Dis Life. The latest column looks at why publicly available wheelchairs so often don't grant Disabled people independence. Read the latest column here . ...
On 5 July 2018 NHS celebrates its 70th birthday.
12 September 2017 | News
... recognising the challenges they face. It’s also a time to look back over the last 70 years, celebrating key developments and breakthroughs, and to look forward and build confidence about the NHS’s long ... volunteering and using services wisely through to giving blood and raising money for NHS charities. Celebrations will ...
C4 Dispatches: UC stories wanted
10 February 2015 | News
C4 Dispatches is looking at the introduction of Universal Credit and how it ... the consequences of the new system for claimants They are looking at four key areas: Rent arrears owing to the change ...
Managed Migration to Universal Credit webinar
24 March 2023 | News
... moving remaining legacy claimants. This CPAG webinar will look, in detail, at the process by which claimants will be ...
Over 100 Organisations Call For Write Off of Carers Allowance Overpayment Debts
31 March 2025 | News
... early Summer and implement its recommendations quickly. 2. Look to write off existing substantial overpayments debts ... debts impact entire households, including children and disabled family members. It has also become very apparent ... in debt for trying to balance paid work and unpaid care. We look forward to your timely response and hope to see urgent ...
STUC attacks fall in DEA and Jobcentre numbers
20 August 2015 | News
... in the 781 Jobcentre Plus throughout the United Kingdom, disabled people looking for work could rely on the support of 499 ... have closed; in itself a potential accessibility issue for disabled people, but crucially the Government has chosen to ...
DWP reviews PIP decisions for many D/deaf people
11 April 2022 | News
... bathe safely. As a consequence, the DWP said: “We are now looking at PIP claims from deaf or hearing impaired people ... you for an assessment as part of this review. We will be looking at information we already have about your hearing ... getting PIP.” However, the DWP warns that: “We will not look again at your claim if: we awarded you the enhanced ...
Summer festival accessibility
15 June 2015 | News
... about the headliners at the biggest festivals and also looked into their disabled access ... Access All Areas campaign seeks to highlight the problems disabled people face when seeing live music, as well as ...
Grenfell – high rise residents must have personal evacuation plans
05 October 2020 | News
A disabled woman who died in the Grenfell Tower fire would ... today if high-rise owners had made evacuation plans for disabled residents, claims her family. Sakina Afrasehabi had severe arthritis and lived on the 18th floor of the tower. Her family is seeking a judicial review ...
Three in five win PIP appeals but the process is off putting
06 April 2016 | News
... article Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson, a campaigner for disabled people and DR UK ambassador, said the rate of ... must be so much money wasted - I want the Government to look at this urgently. It is very stressful to go to an ... when they have the additional costs of disability. 'Many disabled people simply give up. They can't face the stress ...