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New member - new blog - Visualise Training and Consultancy
11 June 2017 | News
... Employing a person with a visual impairment – Sight loss does not equal job loss , which you can read on our blog ... Visualise provide Visual impairment Awareness training, Disability Equality Training, Workplace Adjustment Needs ...
Disability related barriers in the Civil Service
26 March 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK writes independent report on barriers ... in the civil service, experienced by people living with disability or health conditions, people from black, Asian or minority ...
Amber Rudd is the new Work and Pensions Secretary
15 November 2018 | News
How Amber Rudd voted on Welfare and Benefits. Almost always ... at least in line with prices Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Consistently voted for making local councils ...
No maximum budget levels for care costs says Ombudsman
26 April 2018 | News
... Council had a policy of placing people into bands, and paying in line with those banding levels, regardless of ... for more detailed information you can order a copy of the Disability Rights Handbook from our shop No maximum budget ...
Disabled households worse off on Universal Credit breakthrough test case win
12 May 2020 | News
... on UC than her entitlement on her previous benefits because payments for some disabled children are lower in UC than in ... stood to lose out on crucial help with the extra costs of disability. The Secretary of State must act swiftly to ... Rights and Policy Adviser said: “This important judgment shows that human rights legislation can be a vital last line ...
The EHRC Outlines Nine Principles for Social Care Equality
12 May 2023 | News
... Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the non-departmental public body responsible for promoting and enforcing ... get control and selection over what care they get and how it is provided. Community and connection - people should ... workforce - caring should be a valued profession with fair pay and treatment. Mikey Erhardt, Policy and Campaigns ...
Support to move off Post Office card accounts
23 October 2018 | News
The DWP usually pays your benefits straight into a bank, building society or ... can’t open or manage one of these accounts, DWP may pay their benefits into a Post Office card account (POCA). ... people who use Post Office card accounts to find out: • how people who use these accounts can be supported • if ...
You can’t merge two badly constructed assessment processes
04 March 2019 | News
DR UK comments on Amber Rudd’s proposals for disability benefits assessments. Commenting on the statement ... people who are over pension age. ‘But there are some fundamental problems which still need to be addressed. ... Rights UK policy manager said: 'Amber Rudd acknowledged how many disabled people experience her department when she ...
Advising Londoners Report
04 August 2020 | News
... gaps and shortages in social welfare advice in their area. Disability Rights UK and a number of it’s London based ... and new ways of working are very real and we very much hope that the findings of this report will help rebuild ...
Independent review of Northern Ireland PIP assessment process
28 June 2018 | News
... Walter Rader to undertake an independent review on how the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment is working in Northern Ireland. To ... main recommendations of the report are on pages 8 to 10. Disability Rights UK welfare rights adviser Ken Butler says: ...