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Our statement on ILF closure
28 June 2015 | News
... 46,000 disabled people to achieve independent living. Disability Rights UK has opposed closure of the Independent ... 3 tables. Table 1 - FOI reference number, ringfencing, how many users. Table 2 - No's with pc transfer review, no's ... Living fund closes , at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33307821 Our statement on ILF closure ...
Vaccine roll out: no date for CEV list, u-turn on care home residents being first to receive jab
02 December 2020 | News
... Dr June Raine, Chief Executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said: "no ... aged 55 and over People aged 50 and over Everyone else However, by Wednesday evening, the Government announced that ... take at least some care home residents to the vaccine?” Disability Rights UK has been campaigning for shielders – ...
Coronavirus - information for disabled people
22 November 2020 | News
... government released information on its winter plan, and on how local tiers will work from 2 December. Information and ... to key government updates can be found here: https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/coronavirus Coronavirus - information ...
Requests for salary info is discrimination – Fawcett Society
23 November 2021 | News
... backgrounds, and Disabled people, and entrenches the gender pay gap, according to new work by the Fawcett Society. In its latest survey to mark Equal Pay Day on 18 November – the date women effectively start ... said: “Asking about salary history can mean past pay discrimination follows women, people of colour, and ...
Disabled entrepreneurs and new technology
16 November 2015 | News
In this article our Policy and Development Officer Philip Connelly talks about our In the Making Project
He notes that if young unemployed disabled people had been trained in the use of personal computers in the 80’s they would not only be first in line for jobs, but also now be driving the economy.” Read the full article in the Engineering and Technology Magazine
I Can Make It is making progress towards some excellent results
01 June 2017 | News
... more opportunities for young people with disabilities and health conditions to gain employment. So look at our ... our Policy and Development Manager at philip.connolly@disabilityrightsuk.org if you are interested. Gearing up to ... (Enablement Service) for Leicester City Council to discuss how we could work together to create new job opportunities ...
Disabled user experience on England's motorways and major roads
05 December 2018 | News
... of mobility for many people. Disabled road users tell us how driving gives them independence and a sense of freedom ... (and service operators) should review signage to determine how it could be improved, including for people with ... Training: recovery providers should review and improve the disability awareness training given to all their staff. The ...
DR UK sends “chase up” to Secretary of State following her non response to our benefit related deaths concerns
21 July 2021 | News
... to their concerns. In addition, we hope that you will also show respect to the real concerns of the Disabled people we ... benefit related deaths and cases of serious harm, Rethink Mental Illness has also launched a call for evidence from ...
At least 166,000 in Social Care Debt and more than 1,100 taken to court
04 June 2018 | News
... Great Britain with responsibility for social care, also show at least 1,178 people have been taken to court by local ... 166,835 people who are in arrears on their social care payments, more than 78,000 have debt management procedures ... didn't respond. Ken Butler, Welfare Rights Adviser for Disability Rights UK said: "This high level of debt among ...
Proposed Trade Bill threatens rights of disabled people
16 July 2018 | News
... for parliamentary scrutiny. View bill View commons briefing Disability Rights UK and other organisations have sent a ... and investment agenda once we leave the European Union. However, we are concerned by provisions in the Trade Bill ... people. Statistics from the Department of Transport show that disabled people rely far more on public transport ...