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Disability Rights UK is very pleased to welcome Wey Education as a member organisation
21 December 2017 | News
... two main divisions – InterHigh , a non-selective fee paying secondary school, established in 2005 and a pioneer ... English as a Foreign Language, Quoralexis and a premium fee paying online school offering a selective education, ... about Wey Education please contact info@weyeducation.com Disability Rights UK is very pleased to welcome Wey ...
New Age UK report finds 1.6 million older people have unmet needs
13 July 2023 | News
The headline figures show that 1.6m older Disabled people have unmet care needs, ... care. New research from charity Age UK, ‘ The State of Health and Care of Older People in England 2023 ’, documents how our health and care system is struggling, and too often ...
Independent Living
07 October 2022 | Resource
... where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full ... choose to live independent life-styles with dignity. This does not mean that disabled people necessarily need to live ... Disability”. The Social Model of Disability explains how society often prevents disabled people from having ...
Read transcript of groundbreaking Disabled People and Economic Growth debate
22 February 2018 | News
... Committee for enabling the debate to take place. I also pay tribute to the many organisations that continuously ... issue today. I pay special tribute to Leonard Cheshire Disability, to Disability Rights UK —which acts as secretariat to the ...
DR UK says sign the petition to increase disability benefits
26 April 2020 | News
... 100 other charities and other organisations as part of the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) - has launched a ... others said they were having to find the money needed to pay people to collect food and medicine, and higher heating ... see the DBC briefing The emergency need to increase disability benefits . DR UK says sign the petition to ...
Ombudsman upholds two thirds of social care complaints
01 October 2019 | News
... we did in the previous year. Most tellingly, our decisions showed another increase in upheld complaints. Nearly two ... care to be human, be kind, be caring and be honest - it doesn’t cost anything and greatly improve the lives of ... about local authority decisions Aavailable @ www.disabilityrightsuk.org Ombudsman upholds two thirds of ...
DR UK's Statement on Government's Proposed Benefits Cuts
27 March 2025 | News
Disability Rights UK is shocked and appalled at the ... rely upon. Narrowing eligibility for Personal Independence Payment and reducing the health component of Universal Credit, will drive millions of ...
PPM ban temporary as Ofgem prepares report on energy suppliers
22 February 2023 | News
The recent ban on the forced installation of Prepayment meters (PPMs) in the homes of financially vulnerable ... households, are paid in six monthly instalments of £66. However, many remain unclaimed meaning many households are ... and Campaigns Officer at DR UK and one of the leads at the Disability Poverty Campaign Group which is helping lead a ...
Carer's Allowance
23 April 2025 | Resource
... allowance? Carer's allowance residence and presence tests How much carer's allowance do I get? How do I claim carer's ... living component of personal independence payment or adult disability payment; either the highest or the middle rate of ...
More than 300 claimants who lost their severe disability premium on migrating to Universal Credit issue High Court claim
15 July 2020 | News
... issued by more than 300 claimants who lost their severe disability premium (SDP) on migrating to universal credit. ... to the new benefit before January 2019 and lost the severe disability premium which they had previously claimed, which ... may be entitled to make a claim to retrieve lost benefit payments. Leigh Day solicitor Ryan Bradshaw said: ...