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Disabled people delivering professional training with lived experience is a potent mix
19 September 2018 | News
Uber is extending its programme of Disability Equality Training (DET) for their partner-drivers ... all around the country. CEO Kamran Mallick says: “Disability Rights UK welcomes the news that a transport provider like Uber is taking seriously how it provides service to disabled people. We are pleased ...
MPs debate audio recording of WCA
12 June 2013 | News
... and acknowledged an increasing demand for audio recording. However this demand needed to be balanced against potential ... offered by the Department for Work and Pensions and Atos Healthcare or through the use of their own recording ... centre during spring 2011 and the results of that pilot showed that less than half of the 500 people who were offered ...
Free bus passes for older and disabled people protected for the future
09 April 2018 | News
... for Transport release Bus passengers aged over 65 or with a disability have been entitled to travel free of charge on ... thanks to the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme. However there was always the chance that the concession ...
Scottish Government consults on independent advocacy support for disabled benefit claimants
10 July 2019 | News
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on “how best to ensure the highest standards of service are ... that advocacy support will be in place for summer 2020 when disability assistance is delivered For more information see ...
DRUK AGM agenda and key notes
19 November 2019 | News
... fulfilling lives, breaking the link between poverty and disability, rooting people into employment and starting that ... the narrative and work with other partners to do that. And how we demonstrate our impact in all the areas of work we ... active in these partnerships. Over 2000 social care and health practitioners engaged with the programme. We want to ...
Emergency evacuation plans needed for disabled people in high rise blocks
20 January 2021 | News
... of personal emergency evacuation plans for disabled people. Disability Rights UK is in contact with the Grenfell Next of Kin Group which is keen to ensure that disability groups are fully involved in the consultation. We ... when these become available. The concerns regarding how disabled people can safely evacuate from flats is now ...
Want to be part of disability reference group for South East trains?
26 September 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK Ambassador involved in setting up rail disability reference group. Disability Rights UK Ambassador Stephen Brookes is ...
Get Yourself Active launch press release
30 June 2015 | News
... on 30 June. Get Yourself Active, launched in partnership by Disability Rights UK and Sport England, will find ways to ... working with a range of local organisations, including health and social care professionals and sport and leisure ... sport. This project is designed to change thinking around how disabled people can take up and play more sport. The ...
Universal credit system faces landmark legal challenge over lost disability premiums
04 February 2018 | News
... TP, became terminally ill in 2016 and received the severe disability premium (SDP) and enhanced disability premium (EDP), which were set up to meet the ... had their benefits restricted under universal credit. Disability Rights UK believes the abolition of SDP costs ...
NAO report highlights improvement within Care Quality Commission
16 October 2017 | News
... locations, which provides a benchmark of the quality of health and social care services. In addition, the Commission has improved how it measures its performance, and takes action to correct ...