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Policy Pathways to Justice in Energy Efficiency
10 December 2018 | News
... the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE), Disability Rights UK and the Children’s Society. Sue Bott, ... into everyday life and exacerbate existing impairments and health conditions.” [Forward to Supporting fuel poor ... households with children. The project has also investigated how energy efficiency policies affect these groups, and ...
Blind woman secures promises from government to provide accessible pandemic communications
24 March 2021 | News
A blind woman has won a legal case which secures fundamental promises of changes to how the Government communicates with people during the ... The hearing was due to consider Sarah’s challenge to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s practice of sending hard ...
DPOs demand removal of Coronavirus Act easements
18 March 2021 | News
... from across the UK led by Inclusion London and Disability Rights UK have written an open letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock asking for the suspension of ... will be reviewed by Parliament next week. The letter cites how evidence continues to mount about the lethal and ...
I Can Make It has gone through a chicane of meetings with our volunteer champions
27 October 2016 | News
... These were to welcome them to the campaign and to discuss how they could take the campaign forward in their areas. On ... you would like to add to those voices and are 18-29, have a disability or health condition and wish to help improve the career ...
Think Personal Act Local Care Act resources
29 January 2015 | News
... of more than 50 organisations committed to transforming health and care through personalisation and community-based ... they engage via the National Co-production Advisory Group. Disability Rights UK also has a Care Act resource page at http://disabilityrightsuk.org/how-we-can-help/independent-living/care-act-resource-page ...
New report suggests ESA quota system
03 December 2013 | News
... assessments , Kaliya Franklin, a leading independent disability campaigner, suggests that government policy has ... of those assessed to be placed in the support group. Any health professional who puts a higher number of claimants in ... to http://www.centreforwelfarereform.org/library/type/pdfs/how-norms-become-targets.html New report suggests ESA quota ...
PIP has cost up to £2 billion more than keeping DLA
15 January 2019 | News
Government disability benefit spending has increased by 15% to 20% ... people whose incomes, independence and physical and mental well-being has been blighted by PIP. " Those hardest ... is our Freedom of Information Act request response which shows that around half of DLA claimants who were in receipt ...
Fundamental drivers of good co-production in the commissioning of disabled peoples' services
02 July 2018 | News
... have a stronger voice in the commissioning of social and health services. Read Anna’s blog Anna Denham has worked on several projects for Disability Rights UK (DR UK) since November 2015, mostly in ... organisations and local authority commissioning teams. Fundamental drivers of good co-production in the commissioning of ...
TLAP Care Act survey results published
03 July 2017 | News
... support made a positive difference to their wellbeing and health. Areas of major concern, however, highlighted by the survey were people’s ability ... The survey was commissioned by the Department of Health. It was carried out by 1,181 people aged 18 and over. ...
Your basic right to a qualified interpreter
19 January 2014 | News
Our Health in Your Hands has launched a campaign for the Deaf ... Deaf and Deafblind People (NRCPD) The campaign explains how to check if your interpreter is registered with the NRCPD and how to complain if you are refused a registered interpreter. ...