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Digital Content Officer
07 February 2023 | Opportunity
We are looking for a creative, enthusiastic, and collaborative ... You will join a highly successful team that works with Disabled people to change attitudes, perceptions and ... to solve problems and create an impact for the benefit of disabled people. The post will support the management of ...
Disabled people far more likely to die by suicide than non-disabled people
07 March 2023 | News
Disabled people are much more likely to die by suicide than non-Disabled people according to the latest data released from the 2021 Census. For men, the figure for Disabled men was over three times higher – 48.36 deaths by ...
Changing the Funding Landscape for Disability Justice: Disability Rights UK’s call to Funding Organisations
03 November 2023 | News
... aim to highlight the transformative change that arises when Disabled individuals themselves are at the forefront of ... funding should be exclusively directed towards DPOs and Disabled people-led groups to ensure that disability work is ... urging them to prioritise the support and funding of Disabled people-led work. Why This Matters The ...
Disability benefit reform: reducing the financial risks for Disabled people to try out employment
29 November 2022 | News
... the current structure of benefits be changed to overcome Disabled people’s financial concerns about moving towards ... first highlights DWP 2020 research shows that one in five disabled people (20%) claiming income replacement benefits ... it then quotes Green Paper evidence suggesting that Disabled people who claim out-of-work benefits are unlikely ...
Court hears disabled activist’s challenge to ‘cataclysmic’ cuts to out-of-work disability benefits
17 December 2024 | News
... 2023 autumn budget , and they would see more than 400,000 disabled people losing out on £416 a month by 2028-29, with ... the WCA cuts. The judicial review case is being taken by disabled activist and author Ellen Clifford , who is ... announced in the budget. Before the two-day hearing began, disabled activists and allies from groups including Disabled ...
Social Model of Disability key in media representation, Sue Bott tells Reframing Disability Summit
28 October 2019 | News
... the medical and social models of disability. That a million disabled people in the UK want to and could work, but can't ... the UK, but less than 7% of the people we see on screen are disabled. That disabled people want to see representation across media - ...
DR UK, Disability Forum England and DBC respond to Health and Disability Green Paper
13 October 2021 | News
... are – Benefit Levels Improving Support for Employment Disabled Students and Universal Credit A Single New Benefit ...
Disability Rights UK honours the memory of Kevin Fitzpatrick, disability rights leader and campaigner
16 February 2016 | News
Kevin Fitzpatrick was one of the 12 founding commissioners of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). He contributed substantially to the 2006 Equality Act.
Nearly half of everyone in poverty is either a disabled person or lives with a disabled person
06 February 2020 | News
... In total, seven million people in poverty are either a disabled person or live with a disabled person – nearly half of everyone in poverty, ... (JRF) has identified several drivers of poverty for disabled people in the UK: disabled people face higher costs ...
Tottenham Hotspur: Supporting Disability History Month and leading the way in disability access and inclusion
23 November 2015 | News