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Deaf pupils failed by education system five years running
17 August 2020 | News
... by a ‘badly-designed, inaccessible education system that does not deliver for them’. The damning appraisal comes ... Deaf Children’s Society analysis of 2019 figures which shows that, for the past five years, deaf children achieved a ...
A New Strategy for Sport: Change of Approach event
08 May 2016 | News
... Horne from EFDS (now known as Activity Alliance) discussing how the sport sector can respond to this new approach. The ... Yourself Active website aimed at giving disabled people, health and social care staff and the sport sector ... of the first to take a look! Get Yourself Active is run by Disability Rights UK, in partnership with Sport England. A ...
Co-Produce Research on Intersectionality and Physical Activity Inequity - Let's Make a Difference Together!
13 July 2023 | Opportunity
... advocate for addressing inequalities and social justice? Disability Rights UK and Durham invite you to collaborate ... to each other, rather than holistically. We want to explore how multiple systems of oppression (e.g., disablism, racism, ... group will drive the research project to decide how we delve into this topic and people in the group will be ...
DR UK letter to Matt Hancock: Yew Tree hospital abuse
05 October 2020 | News
Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP 5th October 2020 Department of Health & Social Care Ministerial Correspondence and Public ... Tree Hospital I am writing to express the deep concern of Disability Rights UK at the latest example of violence and ... from institutions into the community. It is not clear how this money is being spent and how many people have now ...
Nearly half of people referred to Trussell Trust food banks are in debt to the DWP
01 March 2022 | News
... research. Government debt can take many forms, including: paying back Advance Payments given to people on Universal Credit to cover the five-week wait for their first benefit payment paying back council tax debt to local authorities ...
I Can Make It holds an induction day in London
15 September 2016 | News
... meeting to welcome them to the campaign and to discuss how they could take the campaign forward in their areas. The ... of champions across our target cities. So if you have a disability or long term health condition, are aged 18-29 and are interested in ...
Invitation to March APPG meeting
26 February 2019 | News
The meeting will explore how the sport and physical activity sector can support ... taking part in physical activity can positively impact the health and wellbeing of disabled people, as well as a review ... and Huw Edwards, ukactive Public Affairs Director & Disability Sector Champion for Physical Activity. Important ...
CQC says speak up about your care - it makes a difference
18 February 2019 | News
New research for CQC shows people regret not raising concerns about their care – ... speak up about their experiences of care, as new research* shows that almost 7 million people in England who have accessed health or social care services, in the last five years have ...
Sign up to Get Yourself Active's Webinar
16 May 2019 | News
... partners regarding the development of the three strands, how we evaluated them and the important lessons we have ... Leanne Wightman, Project Manager of Get Yourself Active at Disability Rights UK. There will be short presentations from ... of Birmingham and holds a Chair in Physical Activity and Health, and Tim Bidey, Senior Consultant at Traverse. This ...
Finally disability benefits are high on the political agenda: so where next?
19 March 2016 | News
... eligibility for PIP: this is an immediate win for the disability movement, which all campaigners should take a ... there is - at last - a high profile public debate on disability policy. Finally some public figures are saying ... commitment to what works in the lives of people living with health conditions or disability. This goes beyond the ...