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COVID had an outsized impact on Disabled people of colour
27 February 2023 | News
... to see. The commission, led by Voluntary Organisations Disability Group and chaired by Disability Rights UK chief ... people, family carers and care staff. And analysis shows how reports of unnecessary deaths among Disabled people ... only the "vulnerable". There is also evidence that existing health and care inequalities were exacerbated. 97% of ...
New inclusion and accessibility guidance for buildings and environments
21 July 2023 | News
... everyone, regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, health condition, disability, ethnicity, or religion. It means considering the ... to creating inclusive buildings and environments is very much welcomed. Disabled people make up over 20% of the ...
Non-Residential Charges: Paying towards the cost of your care and support at home
07 October 2022 | Resource
Non-Residential Charges: Paying towards the cost of your care and support at home ...
Covid causing huge rise in Disability
06 April 2021 | News
... to new Office for National Statistics data that also shows that 1.1 million people in the UK are affected by the ... raising fears of stretched Special Educational Needs and Disability support. And the ONS has found that around 30,000 ... but the profession which has been hardest hit by the virus, healthcare, is the one most often so critically needed by ...
Work Capability Test Not Fit for Purpose
07 February 2013 | News
News release Disability Rights UK welcomes the report published by the ... what disabled people have been saying so strongly. Fear does not help job seeking. People out of work for many years ... where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens. ...
DR UK statement on leaving the DCC
17 June 2021 | News
Dear members, For the past 18 months Disability Rights UK has been working on an internal strategy review. We have been looking at how we can work more deeply, with greater listening, and ... the umbrella of the DCC as an organisation. There is so much further to go for Disabled people to be given full ...
Complaining about local authority decisions
07 October 2022 | Resource
... assessments residential care assessments This factsheet does not cover complaints about decisions on housing benefit ... If you don't know the name of your councillor or MP or how to contact them you can find out from your local library ... Social Services Act 1970 the Secretary of State for Health has the power to step in where a local authority ...
Our view on boosting employment for disabled people
06 June 2016 | News
... a new approach to boosting employment for people with health problems and disabilities Resolution Foundation Launch event film - Disability Rights UK Policy and Development Manager Philip ... – covering coping strategies, sources of support and how to develop new skills where needed. Professor Dame Carol ...
Getting Things Changed final research report available
30 May 2018 | News
... people, indicating what needs to be done to remove these. Disability Rights UK was a partner on this project. The ... preferably led by disabled people, to monitor and report on how they’re adhering to the Equality Act 2010. Disability ... the evidence that many public institutions could do much better to promote the rights of disabled people and ...
European report says benefit levels inadequate
29 January 2014 | News
... European Committee of Social Rights has found that the UK does not conform to Article 12 of the European Social ... to Social Security, where it found that the situation in UK does not conform to the Charter on the ground that: the ... inadequate. The Committee wants the next report to indicate how the new UK welfare and pension reforms have affected the ...