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Wheelchair users bus travel survey results
29 June 2016 | News
... mobility consultant, Director of People's Parking , disability rights campaigner , OU law student, meningitis ... an issue affecting only a small minority or whether it is much bigger. I also wanted to find out if it was manual ... as much as each other. In addition I wanted to discover how people would respond to being secured on a bus if it ...
Family of Errol Graham win judicial review challenge of DWP safeguarding policies
16 July 2020 | News
... capability assessment. He was known to suffer from serious mental health issues but in line with DWP safeguarding policies his ... DWP available from leighday.co.uk Also available from disabilityrightsuk.org: Stop Benefit Deaths campaign ...
Our attendance allowance information has been updated
29 August 2018 | News
... Our information covers: Who can get attendance allowance? How much is attendance allowance? How do I claim attendance allowance? Going into hospital ...
Trust awards and grants
07 October 2022 | Resource
... in an emergency or when there is an immediate threat to health or wellbeing. For more information about the scheme and how to apply for help go to the Welsh Government site BACK ... unpaid work experience A publicly funded school is one that does not charge you for attending it. Read more about the ...
Presenteeism: UK’s Working-While-Sick Epidemic
08 August 2024 | News
... (IPPR) finds that the cost of “presenteeism” – detrimentally working through sickness – grew by £25 billion ... rights in an unequal environment. “What the IPPR report shows is consequences of employers poor practices in relation ... to caring for the health of their to their workers, so much so that they feel pressurised to work while ill.” The ...
Children’s residential care provider to close 28 homes in one week
04 May 2023 | News
... is especially true for children with learning disabilities, mental health distress or neurodiversity – where changes can ...
MP Calls for Disabled Inclusive Business Industrial Strategy
26 October 2017 | News
... from all backgrounds. People who have disabilities have as much to offer as someone without a disability. We should treat them as such and our policies ...
Pooling Personal Budgets
07 October 2022 | Resource
... and direct payments that offer you more flexibility over how your care and support is arranged and provided. They are ... be requested to complete a financial assessment to see how much you may contribute towards your care. You should not ... budget pot. This enables the recipient to purchase relevant health and social care services more effectively, leading to ...
After Years of Campaigning, Government Acts to Improve Fire Safety for Disabled Residents
03 September 2024 | News
... the Equality Act already required such action to be taken, however, the Inquiry made it explicit. It has taken 7 ... be called Residential PEEPs. Through them, residents with disability or impairments will be entitled to a Person ... Parliamentary website. Fazilet Hadi, Head of Policy at Disability Rights UK said: “The campaign for PEEPs by ...
Academy trust to bus disabled children to poorer school
30 May 2016 | News
... because of ‘limited resources’. Read Guardian article Disability Rights UK says: “Disabled students should have as much say over which school they go to as non-disabled ...