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Better working with disabled people consultation
15 July 2013 | News
... consultation on getting advice from and engaging with disabled people In its response to the review of Equality 2025, the body of publicly appointed disabled people that has been providing strategic and ... about how it should get advice from, and engage with disabled people. We are pleased to see that the valuable ...
Radiate event on Leadership and disability
24 September 2013 | News
... aspects of Chris’s career, his reflections on being a disabled leader and the ingredients of success (very hard ... as an opportunity for learning). Questions from the floor included: how Chris would reconcile apparently ... for clear communication the ingredients of success as a disabled leader and what can bolster resilience whether ...
Funding Higher Education for Disabled Students
06 March 2025 | Resource
... Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Universal Credit Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) How to apply Part-time ... entitlement to funding. You will still be eligible for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) whether you’ve ... tested grant is also available. You can also apply for Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) towards extra ...
Green Party manifesto includes disability measures
13 June 2024 | News
... tests for PIP and the unfair targeting of carers and Disabled people on benefits. Making it mandatory for ... needs and disabilities. Other policy promises, relevant to Disabled people and carers were: Introduction of free ... Scottish Government, to ensure dignity in old age and for Disabled people. An Increase in pay rates and the ...
Covid causing huge rise in Disability
06 April 2021 | News
... Covid continues to take its toll on people, so the ranks of Disabled people are swelling. “Public discourse prefers to ... healthcare, is the one most often so critically needed by Disabled people. “For too long Government has ignored Disabled people’s voices. It has not been ignoring Covid. ...
‘Waking watch’ charges hit Disabled residents
17 August 2021 | News
... to invest in ‘waking watch’ schemes in place to protect Disabled residents who cannot self-evacuate in the event of fire. A waking watch is when a person patrols all floors of a building to give warning in case of fire. Since ... the building who is considered to be at risk. Claddag , the Disabled leaseholders group said: “As leaseholders ...
Support for Disabled councillors and candidates
10 May 2023 | News
... is delivering a package of support for currently elected Disabled councillors, and disabled people who are considering becoming a councillor. The LGA's support offer for disabled councillors and candidates, which is funded by the ...
MPs debate the disability employment gap
08 June 2016 | News
... not yet published its White Paper on improving support for disabled people; notes with concern that commitments made in the Autumn Statement 2015 to help more disabled people through Access to Work and expanding Fit for ...
Disabled peoples problems accessing primary care
12 March 2015 | News
A new Healthwatch England report says disabled people face major access problems using GP and ... for wheelchair users. http://www.healthwatch.co.uk/news/disabled-people-struggling-access-gp-appointments Liz Sayce ... expect our health services to offer very good access to disabled people. It’s ironic that some shops and hotels ...
Grenfell measures slammed by Disability groups
10 February 2021 | News
... Grenfell Tower disaster in which 72 people died, including Disabled people. Leaseholder Disability action group CladDAG ... has accused the government of failing to do enough for Disabled residents in the wake of the disaster. It says that ... lack of impetus to put in place evacuation plans for Disabled people, and highlighted how the funding will only ...