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DR UK speak at Leaving No One Behind event
01 November 2017 | News
Achieving and supporting disability inclusion and rights. Date: Saturday 18th ... forms of abuse against disabled children and adults How can we ensure we have disability inclusive ... implementation and reducing inequalities Addressing Health inequalities for Learning Disabled and Autistic ...
Chair of APPG for Disability nominated for award
14 August 2019 | News
Dr Lisa Cameron, Chair of APPG for Disability nominated for award Congratulations to Dr Lisa ... Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Disability who has been nominated as MP of the Year 2019 ... full list of all nominated parliamentarians and details of how to vote, please see the Patchwork Foundation’s ...
Westminster Hall debate on Disability inaccessible
14 October 2020 | News
On Thursday, 15 October 2020, MPs held a debate on disability. The debate was requested by Dr Lisa Cameron MP, the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Disability. The tragic backdrop to the debate is that 59% of ... wasn’t enabled to join the meeting virtually underlines how far we have to go to achieve disability equality .” ...
Radiate event on Leadership and disability
24 September 2013 | News
Radiate event - ‘Leadership and disability: what it takes, what it costs and why it ... at its London office. It featured a conversation between Disability Rights UK Chair Phil Friend and Chris (now Lord) ... for learning). Questions from the floor included: how Chris would reconcile apparently conflicting rights in ...
New report on tackling the disability employment gap
10 March 2016 | News
Closing the gap: Creating a framework for tackling the disability employment gap in the UK. Halving the disability employment gap is a challenging ambition that ... Market Foundation report sets out a range of principles for how reform should progress and a number of areas where ...
Disability hate crime prosecutions in last 7 years
05 January 2015 | News
Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) asked the Attorney General, how many people have been charged with disability hate crimes in each of the last 10 years Answered ... charged and prosecuted in cases where the offences involved disability hate crime. The CPS defines disability hate crime ...
DR UK appear at Conservative Disability Group Colloquium
14 May 2018 | News
... Philip Connolly, was a panellist for the Conservative Disability Group’s (CDG) 7th Annual Colloquium Date: ... Philip was part of a panel which included the Business Disability Forum and Chris Wood who is campaigning for ... inside the cabin of an airline. The panel focus was on how campaigners, business and government can work together ...
DR UK calls on train operators to ensure best prices for Disabled customers
06 June 2024 | News
... ensure Disabled people can get the best deal wherever and however they buy their ticket. This shock news comes after ... confused about how and where to get the best fares. Disability Rights UK are calling for the Department for ... and inclusion of services like compensation and delay repay . We insist that the industry ensure a competitive ...
DR UK helps launch new briefing on disability and climate change
21 June 2023 | News
This week sees the release of a long-awaited briefing around Disability and climate change from the New Philanthropy ... a collaboration of over 40 countrywide social and environmental charities and funders to empower people from ... and policymakers are invited to join to find out more about how environmental change and policies will affect the people ...
Disabled people help train bus staff on accessibility
23 February 2016 | News
... this work in future. Stephen Brookes, is lead on the Disability Action Alliance (DAA) Transport project. Stephen also runs the Disability Hate Crime Network and is a key contributor to ...