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Disabled people take complaints about UK Government’s rights record to the United Nations
20 August 2017 | News
Deaf and Disability organisations from across the United Kingdom will ... worst. “The Government produced no evidence or detail to show how it is supporting people to lead independent lives; ...
“It was really special” say Graduates of First UK Programme for Disabled Entrepreneurs
07 April 2025 | News
... entrepreneurs want to see implemented nationally, and how the Hatch programme has impacted their entrepreneurial ... is complete, Hatch has shared their key takeaways on how to best serve Disabled entrepreneurs looking to grow and ... preventing existing entrepreneurs from speaking about their disability. Entrepreneurs from this cohort said that they ...
Visualise to hold Visual Awareness Training in Cardiff and London
24 July 2017 | News
... Training raises your awareness of visual impairments and how to effectively support your customers and/or colleagues. ... a visual impairment. You will gain an understanding of: How to safely guide a person with a visual impairment ... as per the Equality Act 2010 The importance of eye health care Visualise to hold Visual Awareness Training in ...
Government indecision causes 85 percent drop in homes for older and disabled people
28 August 2017 | News
... item This follows months of Government indecision about how to fund supported, sheltered and extra care housing. A ... to the survey’s findings, Sue Bott, deputy CEO of charity Disability Rights UK, said: "It is truly shocking to learn ... the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which purports to show Government cuts to disability support amounts to ...
Georgia's Story - Apprentice and Award Winning TEDx Speaker
04 February 2025 | News
... and Award Winning TEDx Speaker, tells her story about how completing an apprenticeship has been a launchpad for ... or therapist . My dad challenged me to explain to him how going to University was going to add value to my life ... my career! It was when I realised I couldn’t actually see how it would, that I thought I would prefer to develop my ...
We can help you in supporting disabled people to pool their personal budgets
25 January 2016 | News
... budgets or are you part of a pooling project yourself – Disability Rights UK would like to support you so we all ... or are part of a pooling project yourself - with Bernd.Sass@disabilityrightsuk.org Disability Rights UK currently run ... better shared sense of what it is important to achieve and how to go about it across patient cohorts and whole ...
Abandoned, forgotten and ignored' – report shows Coronavirus' impact on disabled people
24 June 2020 | News
... people have faced during the coronavirus crisis and shows how far away we are from equality. We need government and ... on the brink Abandoned, forgotten and ignored' – report shows Coronavirus' impact on disabled people ...
New DWP guidance on regulations excluding disabled students from Universal Credit
10 August 2020 | News
... Of the new guidance he said: "It completely leaves out how a disabled student is able to get out of the Catch 22 ... no opportunity to have a work capability assessment to show this. Can the policy intent of the new regulations ... students from Universal Credit entitlement available from disabilityrightsuk.org. New DWP guidance on regulations ...
Second secret DWP benefit death report could open door for bereaved families
31 January 2021 | News
... release of findings from a second DWP investigation, the Disability News Service (DNS) reports. The family of Errol ... and ESA and other benefits were wrongly removed, have been shown a summary of the DWP internal process review (IPR) that ... be released in full. It's ironic that one aim of the DWP Health and Transformation Programme is to improve trust in ...
Supreme Court rules employment tribunal fees must be scrapped and refunds issued
25 July 2017 | News
... against the government. Read full UNISON news story Disability Rights UK welcomes this judgement because ... (ET) or Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) were required to pay a fee, which could be as high as £1200. The Supreme ... Statistics published by the TUC at the end of last year showed that the number of working people challenging ...