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Strategic partner updates 15 January 2016
14 January 2016 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic ... Department of Health, NHS England and Public Health England Disability Rights UK heads up a user-led consortium as one ... Disability Rights UK). For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ...
Evason report: better benefits deal in NI for four years
19 January 2016 | News
... supplementary payments to carers, people suffering ill health and families on low incomes. Claimants who lose more than £10 a week as a result being transferred from Disability Living Allowance will get payments equal to 75% ... Professor Eileen Evason, would bring forward proposals on how the additional funding should be used. The new scheme, ...
Ideal for All faces closure
29 July 2013 | News
... for completely withdrawing the funding. Our experience shows that the support services are a life line to many ... said Naeem Arif. Sue Bott, Director of Policy at Disability Rights UK said, "Ideal for All in Sandwell, West ... people in Sandwell. We provide a range of social and health care services for disabled people, carers and ...
Then Barbara Met Alan: review by Anna Morell
17 November 2023 | News
... opinion piece you'd like to pitch, feel free to email media@disabilityrightsuk.org with the header 'BLOG SUBMISSION'. ... worthy documentary. It’s more dangerous than that. It shows real Disabled people being wholly themselves. ... you get a pat on the head, and a fuck off if you moan too much,” says Barbara. Plus ça change. The response is a ...
Access to transport for disabled people
14 April 2016 | News
... is now consolidated in the Equality Act 2010, but much of the law as it relates to the treatment of disabled ...
One-off payment not enough to end cost of living crisis – DR UK
25 May 2022 | News
A one-off payment to ease the cost of living crisis will not be enough ... UK’s leading national Disabled People’s Organisation, Disability Rights UK. CEO Kamran Mallick said: “We welcome ... need not just a universal uplift to benefits, but a one off payment which is bespoke to our needs, to take account of ...
Government will not proceed with the Conservative proposals on PIP voucher scheme
16 October 2024 | News
... system by suggesting that regular personal independence payments (PIP) be replaced with one-off grants or vouchers ... which helps people afford the extra costs of living with a disability, which has been shown to be an additional £1,010 a month to have the same ...
Supporting young people with chronic health conditions
22 February 2016 | News
Liz Sayce Disability Rights UK CEO gave a presentation at a Work ... to those who face additional barriers such as chronic health conditions. See more about the event and read Liz’s presentation Supporting young people with chronic health conditions ...
Atos, Capita, and Maximus PIP and WCA assessment contracts increased by up to two years
12 July 2020 | News
... assessments are to be extended for up to two years. The healthcare providers for PIP assessments are Atos and Capita, with Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (Maximus) provides work capability ... to the millions of claimants who use our services.” However, the Minister then added: “We had previously ...
Accessible Housing Day of Action!
23 July 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK, alongside many other Disabled People's ... not only drastically impacts our physical and mental health, but also limits our ability to work, study, connect ...