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Local welfare assistance scheme policy guidance
08 December 2014 | News
... staff manuals and training materials on the CPAG website, much of it never before available to the general public. ...
Half of DLA claimants lose their higher mobility rate support on moving to PIP
03 July 2017 | News
A Freedom of Information Act response to DR UK shows that half of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) claimants who were in ... were refused it on their moving to Personal Independence Payment (PIP). DWP’s FOI response We first requested the ...
Ministers say thank you for all responses to the Improving Lives green paper
22 March 2017 | News
Penny Mordaunt MP, Minister for Disabled People, Health & Work and Nicola Blackwood MP, Minister for Public ... to this Green Paper, examining ways of halving the disability employment gap. We would like to thank those ... have heard during the consultation and will be considering how we can best work to transform the employment prospects ...
Social security and tax reforms have hit disabled people in Scotland the hardest says EHRC
20 March 2019 | News
... 2010 changes in public spending on other services such as health, education and social care since 2010 The EHRC ... by increasing spending on in-kind public services such as health, social care, education and public housing. The EHRC ...
Government’s New Guidance: Make Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles More Accessible
21 November 2023 | News
... welcomes this new best practice guidance, particularly the much greater emphasis on making taxi and PHV services more ... rapid reduction in the 38% of authorities that do not make disability awareness training mandatory for drivers. “We ... a door to door service is required. 28 years after the Disability Discrimination Act, accessible taxis and mini ...
Help us to stop ableism in messages about physical activity and sedentary behaviour
10 November 2020 | News
... physical activity. In recent years organisations and public health agencies around the world have started to target ... For example, Public Health Ireland changed their messages. However, we are now seeing some resistance to changing ... name to the letter please contact gyaresearch@disabilityrightsuk.org Stop spreading ableism in PA messages ...
Research into young disabled people’s participation within the Disabled People’s Movement
14 July 2016 | News
... to ensure they are accessible to screen reader technology; however, a voice recording of the text can be provided. ...
Active Lives Report – Disabled people continue to lose out
27 October 2021 | News
... (which you can view here ), the active lives survey shows that Disabled people struggled to get active during the ... activity levels for Disabled people or those with long-term health conditions saw no recovery across mid-March to ... Manager at Get Yourself Active, a programme run by Disability Rights UK, said: "The Active Lives survey from ...
Barclays Apprenticeships
10 December 2014 | News
... 5 GCSEs. At the same time you can feel confident about your disability or health condition not being an obstacle to the application ... applications from all ethnic minorities and backgrounds. However, please note that applications from non-disabled ...
DR UK reflects on David Blunkett’s speech
11 March 2015 | News
... night’s Jack Ashley memorial lecture Liz Sayce, CEO of Disability Rights UK said: ‘David Blunkett has passed us a ... just any job, but decent careers. Another reminder of just how tough it is for many disabled people, experiencing ... workplaces are stronger – they reduce isolation, improve health, improve performance by tapping into everyone’s ...