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DWP orders Jobcentres not to record foodbank referrals
09 August 2018 | News
... slip must not be referred to as a Foodbank Voucher.” However, some foodbanks have now started to treat signpost ... two-thirds of survey respondents indicated they had a health condition, and another 5% of respondents did not have ... of food bank using households included someone with a mental health condition; and compared to the profile of ...
Public consultation on DSA changes says Govt
14 June 2015 | News
... allowance. This can provide support to students with mental health issues. In the academic year 2012-13, just over £127 ... such as mentors.” [ Hansard 11 Jun 2015 : Column 1436 ] Disability Rights UK had already noticed that more disabled ...
Scrapping £20 week UC uplift slams the door in the face of six million
08 July 2021 | News
... costs of removing the increase would outweigh any savings. However, while the cut will force thousands of UC claimants ... Committee , the APPG of MPs on Poverty , APPG of MPs on Health , Joseph Rowntree Trust , Trussell Trust , Fabian ... and bishops , Key health and care bodies , and the Disability Benefits Consortium . The DBC report highlighted ...
Elections Bill bad news for Disabled voters
21 September 2021 | News
... aims to fix the problem of fraud which many critics argue doesn’t exist, seeks to make photo ID mandatory for ... card or Blue Badge. The Cabinet Office’s own research shows nearly half of people without photo ID would be ...
Could disabled people be the answer to the fostering crisis?
07 October 2020 | News
... data on the age and ethnicity of foster parents but it does not monitor the numbers of disabled people involved in ... act as role models for disabled children and young people. However, they acknowledged that everyday practice in the ... These include empathy, understanding and awareness of disability and discrimination, overcoming adversity and ...
Video and telephone welfare benefit appeal hearings and Disabled people: new research
05 December 2021 | News
... their benefits decisions at tribunals. The results showed that holding tribunals in this way can work for some Disabled people, but brings plenty of pitfalls and does not work for all. IPR’s most important recommendation ... clients hearing and being heard; Problems understanding how to join video sessions were also common and difficulty ...
Energy impairment and disability inclusion: improving policies for welfare and work
26 April 2021 | News
... people in the UK”. The report is based on emancipatory disability research by the Chronic Illness Inclusion Project ... diagnosis, or through the catch-all term ‘long-term health conditions’. This report contends that people with ... for energy impairment, especially its key features of payback, reduced capacity and cognitive dysfunction. Energy ...
MEPS pass EU copyright law
26 March 2019 | News
... 11 of the Bill would have required web publishers, such as Disability Rights UK and other charities, to pay a 'link tax' when posting snippets of news from other ... or GitHub are exempt from the Directive. The directive does not require the use of copyright filters but critics ...
Participants needed for research project examining how the benefits system has responded to Covid 19
08 June 2020 | News
... of Kent are carrying out independent research to explore how the benefits system nationally has responded to the ... help us understand the benefit system during the crisis, how well it has responded, and what could be changed to improve how it is working. The researchers are carrying out ...
Tribute to Lorraine Gradwell
03 September 2017 | News
Lorraine Gradwell, founder of Breakthrough UK and former Disability Rights UK trustee, died on Sunday 3 September ... been nicer or warmer. She gave me plenty of advice about how to deal with the thinking in Shropshire which was not as ... her pearls of wisdom and experience stole the show. So much so in fact I almost wished she had not been invited as ...