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Education and Training Jargon Buster
27 June 2024 | Resource
There is a lot of jargon related to disability and health conditions. Here is a list with some of the common ... stressful or uncomfortable, find it hard to understand how other people think or feel, get anxious or upset about ... defines a person as disabled if they have: “a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term ...
DWP to pay out £970 million in ESA underpayments
16 October 2018 | News
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) underpayments of ESA following Incapacity Benefit reassessments. View ESA underpayments research View ESA underpayments FAQ Earlier this ... far, the average arrears payment to date is around £7,000. Disability Rights UK Deputy CEO Sue Bott said, “The DWP ...
Disabled MP’s jobs warning to government: ‘Do not under-estimate prejudice’
14 January 2016 | News
... the difficulty of achieving its aim of halving the disability employment gap, because of the extent of ... he warned that the “difficulty will come when those with much more complex needs that are more costly to address come ... DWP’s failure to follow up the event to find out how the companies implemented the good practice they had ...
Work with us: Digital Content Officer
24 January 2023 | News
... people who identify as being LGBTQIA2S+; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class ... on DR UK and the post, the person specification, and how to apply. How to apply To apply, please send us your CV ...
Benefit cuts affect disabled people's independence
07 April 2013 | News
... start of the staged introduction of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which will replace Disability Living Allowance. According to the government’s ... where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens. ...
Government promises a ‘New Deal for Renters’
26 June 2022 | News
... fairer and more accessible for Disabled people. We will be paying close attention to this bill as it moves through parliament. As it stands, the whitepaper does not mention improving access to the disabled facilities ...
Brexit Britain must not lose £2.4 billion investment in people
10 May 2017 | News
... employers to meet their skills and employment needs. View Disability Rights UK Research and Manifesto on Brexit We ... We have a strong economy and high employment. But there is much more to do for everyone to share in this prosperity and ... by ESF and other adult skills and employment programmes. However, we can invest differently and better. We have an ...
Paying for care briefing note
27 July 2016 | News
Social care: paying for care home places and domiciliary care (England). ... You can view this on the Parliament website Social care: paying for care home places and domiciliary care (England) ... See also our factsheet F3 - non-residential charges: paying towards the cost of your care and support at home ...
PIP: walking through pain is not walking to an acceptable standard
28 July 2016 | News
... ‘push through pain’ in order to continue walking this does not mean that they are walking to an “acceptable standard” for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) purposes. The new judgment means that ... that while the appellant in this case had not succeeded in showing that he could not walk over 50 metres repeatedly or ...
Great North run: Congratulations to Lucy Downham
07 September 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK would like to congratulate Lucy Downham ... to run on behalf of Disability Rights UK as I know how much it meant to Uncle Jack and how much work he put into ...