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Experience only comes with time and practice, trying things out and failing sometimes
10 April 2017 | News
Simon from London tells Get Yourself Active how training for, and competing in, the World Transplant Games helps him to stay healthy. Read blog “To be fit for life so as to avoid many of the modern-day health problems has to be a priority for me.” He even ...
Positive stories about workplace adjustments wanted
14 January 2019 | News
... to hear from disabled people and those managing a long-term health condition about adjustments made in their place of ... duty to reach and inspire employers who may not know how to support disabled people at work. If you have a ...
Disabled fans injured at Euros cup final as fans storm stadium
15 July 2021 | News
... groups. Scott Furlong, father of Kian told The Guardian how serious problems began when a disabled access door was ... and I was furious. “Targeting disabled entrances just shows no compassion whatsoever. I don’t know what the ... will be seeking urgent clarification from Wembley about how this was allowed to happen.” A spokesperson for the FA ...
DR UK at Disability First AGM
04 November 2018 | News
DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick was the keynote speaker at Disability First ’s AGM and 25 year celebration - Friday 2nd November at The Grange, Blackpool. Disability First website He spoke on how attitudes towards disability have changed over the the ...
New Community Data Toolkit for disability groups
16 January 2014 | News
The ‘Community Data Toolkit’ aims to provide everything disability groups and other grassroots organisations need to know about how to analyse and interpret data in one place. The DWP claims that this is a way in which small disability groups can boost their chances of getting funding ...
DWP urged to reveal algorithm that ‘targets’ Disabled people for benefit fraud
23 November 2021 | News
... to make the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) explain how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used to identify ... we are” “It’s time for the DWP to come clean about how this algorithm works and explain why so many Disabled ...
Universal Credit migration arrangements for severely disabled people ruled unlawful
07 May 2019 | News
... arrangements for those who previously received the Severe Disability Premium and moved onto Universal Credit before 16 ... receive the full £180 a month top up to their benefits. However, if the new provisions had come into force this ... See also the DR UK news story Claimants with severe disability premium prevented from claiming universal credit. ...
I Can Make It Case Study: Carrie Boyce
18 May 2016 | News
... the lookout for young people with disabilities or long term health conditions who want to share their success stories ... video, Carrie Boyce wrote this interesting story of how having been diagnosed with severe dermatomyositis early ... then please get in touch with Leo Capella via leo.capella@disabilityrightsuk.org . I Can Make It Case Study: Carrie ...
Majority of EASS calls involve disability
25 May 2015 | News
... Advisory & Support Service (EASS) during April 2015 show that around 60% of calls on the helpline involved disability In total, EASS received 3098 contacts during this ... and Wales. It is provided by Sitel who are working with Disability Rights UK, the Law Centres Network, Voiceability, ...
DR UK comments on the budget 2016
16 March 2016 | News
Commenting on the Budget, Liz Sayce, chief executive of Disability Rights UK said: “We welcome any initiative ... less independence for those claiming personal independence payments. We need more to help disabled people to get and ...