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DR UK urges flexible entry to apprenticeships
13 September 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK urges Government to promote flexible ... achieving GCSEs at grades A* to C – sometimes because ill-health means education is interrupted, or adjustments or ... apprenticeships should absolutely not be diluted; but that does not mean inflexible entry criteria. For instance, a ...
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 ...
DR UK signs open letter to Home Builders Federation who object to LAs building accessible new homes
28 November 2018 | News
... and society. “Disabled people, those with long-term health conditions and older people deserve to have the ... pressure on our health and social care services and much reduced quality of life for people in older age. HBF ... industry to suggest that this policy would have a detrimental effect on the delivery or viability of residential ...
Your glow in your darkest hour – a poem for Disability History Month
21 December 2015 | News
... Some of which became this poem. I hope that this poem does all those who died at the hands of the Nazi Party and ... and video Your glow in your darkest hour – a poem for Disability History Month ...
Work and Pensions Committee Calls For Delay To PIP and UC Green Paper Reforms
28 May 2025 | News
... saying that proposed changes to personal independence payment (PIP) and universal credit (UC) should be delayed. ... analysis of the impact of the proposed cuts in UC health support on employment, poverty and health outcomes. “We also urge the Government to delay ...
Did the National Disability Strategy look to address climate change and Covid?
09 February 2022 | News
The Oxford Disability Law and Policy Project has published its Up to the Challenge report examining the National Disability Strategy. To mark COP26 and Disability History ... November 2021, on whether the National Disability Strategy does enough to address the twin crises of climate change and ...
Climate Conference urged to include Disabled voices
02 October 2024 | News
... their perspectives on climate change and its solutions. However, for yet another year, the impact of climate change ... affected by climate emergencies and environmental solutions. Research shows that Disabled people are ... the rise. Environmental Pollution is a major cause of ill health: creating childhood disability, impairing ...
Baroness Campbell calls for human rights-busting Coronavirus powers to be switched off
28 September 2020 | News
... across the House wrote to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the other place, to make this ... normally protected by the Children and Families Act, the Mental Health Act, and the Care Act. They were only intended ... by July, they reported they had stopped. According to the Disability Rights UK’s latest joint statement with ...
Our response to the vote to postpone controversial cuts to ESA
17 November 2016 | News
... has only just been published is unfair and will make it much harder for disabled people to get into work. We urge ... step back’ and provide space for genuine consultation on how the disability employment gap can be halved.” Our response to ...
New Govt Work for Your Benefits Scheme
29 September 2013 | News
... actions needed. This could include, arranging occupational health visits, mental health support, housing support and stage these in a ... enabled the claimant to move closer to, and into, work. Disability Rights UK is deeply concerned that although ...