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Improving access for disabled people in sports clubs
02 December 2013 | News
... activity for disabled people, the English Federation of Disability Sport is promoting opportunities available to ... across the country. On this day, the English Federation of Disability Sport (now known as Activity Alliance) will release a much awaited guide to improve access for disabled people in ...
Covid highlights social security system is “simply unfit for purpose”
26 January 2022 | News
... job, relationship breakdown, parenting and care work or ill health. “This was clear before the pandemic, but Covid-19 ... 3. Poverty and everyday hardship are negatively impacting mental health . Endemic and sustained financial insecurity ... deduction to 20 per cent not punishing claimants for overpayments due to DWP error. The full Covid Realities report ...
DWP proposes new exempt accommodation rules
02 March 2014 | News
... Universal Credit rent element (which means calendar monthly payment in arrears, typically direct to the tenant’s bank ... accommodation where the care, support or supervision does not have to be provided by the claimant’s landlord ...
Civil servant says DWP wants to merge PIP and Universal Credit
29 November 2021 | News
A DWP civil servant has told a disability charity that the Government plans to merge PIP ... of the meeting, the DWP partnership adviser had been shown the link to a Disability News Service (DNS) article ... Universal Credit was first suggested in July in the Health and Disability green paper, Shaping Future Support ...
Disability benefit spending reduced by £5 billion over the last decade
23 September 2018 | News
Figures obtained by Frank Field MP show that the amount spent on disabled people’s benefits ... policy. "PIP was openly stated to be designed to reduce disability benefit spending by 20%. ESA has been reduced by ... are in disabled peoples benefits - personal independence payments (PIP) and employment and support allowance (ESA) ...
New Carer's Allowance factsheet
16 May 2018 | News
... helping you make a claim for Carer's Allowance as well as how much you can get. It is laid out in module format so you ... the factsheets on: universal credit universal credit and disability We would be grateful for any feedback. If you are ...
Disability emojis on the way
06 February 2019 | News
Disability-themed emojis to be released later this year. Read more in the Belfast Telegraph Icons showing hearing aids, wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs and guide ... in which I'd use these. more ethnic diversity please? [this does seem to be covered in the images below] looking for ...
Cutting disabled people’s benefits will make it harder for them to find work
11 January 2016 | News
We’re so glad that Disability Rights UK Ambassador Lord Colin Low has come out ... work (and many would like to) it’s clear what is needed: much more flexible practices from employers (for instance, ...
Being in Control: Getting Personal Assistants (PAs)
15 April 2025 | Resource
... status of your PA Pension scheme and auto enrolment Health & Safety Other sources of information Further ... (PA). You will then have more choice and control over how your support needs are met. Your support would be ... get an hourly rate of around £12. Factsheet F50 - how much do I pay my personal assistant? provides more ...
Fairness In The House: Report Into Politicians' Language of 'Fairness'
20 October 2023 | News
... 25 years by the Fairness Foundation and Campaign Salience shows that the idea of fairness is shared, but it is ... in relation to very clearly defined groups, such as taxpayers and hard-working families (with other groups in ... and build a consensus? Has this changed over time, and does it vary between the various parliaments of the UK? ...