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Half of people in poverty are disabled or live with a disabled person
10 August 2016 | News
... with a disabled person. The New Policy Institute report - Disability and Poverty - says that disabled people are more ... (such as the government’s ambition to halve the disability employment rate gap) and a focus on job retention ...
Disability Rights UK slams PM decision not to appoint a dedicated Disability Minister
14 December 2023 | News
... last week. Instead, the proposal is to add the duties of disability minister to an existing role. At a time when ... us are being reduced - the failure to appoint a dedicated disability minister is unacceptable. This decision will have ... who are already facing winter in a cost-of-living crisis as disability benefits fail to cover our additional costs. Not ...
Sign up for our 2019/20 Leadership Academy Programme
13 February 2019 | News
... programme for employees with lived experience of disability and/or long-term health conditions. Delegate recruitment flyer Mentor ... have lived experience of a disability and/or a long-term health condition? If so, we want to hear from you. ...
MPs debate working age care reform
11 July 2013 | News
... the community. In favour of the case for preventing ill health and the deterioration of health but subject to cost ... of Disabled People. It is working on the cross-Government disability strategy, “Fulfilling Potential”, to make the ... Disability, Sense and the National Autistic Society, shows that local authority budgets for adult care had now ...
Clare Gray, 1969-2023
06 October 2023 | News
Michael Paul, Disability Rights UK's Head of Engagement, writes: Disability Rights UK is extremely saddened to hear the news ... which ironically she wasn’t eligible for given her role. However she also spoke and presented widely, and set up and ...
Letter to the Times on Housing Standards
30 October 2014 | News
... consensus on the urgent need to ready ourselves for the health, housing and social care needs of our ageing ... Sayce, DRUK Gavin Dunn, BRE Clare Pelham, Leonard Cheshire Disability Letter to the Times on Housing Standards ...
Sporting Future - A New Strategy for an Active Nation
16 December 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK welcomes the new Government strategy ... local disabled people’s organisations, the sport sector health and social care leaders. Through this project we will ... as well as connectedness to the community and better health and wellbeing. Sporting Future - A New Strategy for ...
DR UK and DRILL at Social Care Future event
13 November 2018 | News
... who want social care to make a major contribution to the health, well-being and success of people, communities and ... a two day event in Manchester on 14 and 15 of November. Disability Rights UK, DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living) and the School ...
Govt Human rights guidance for businesses
03 September 2013 | News
... and other potential barriers to effective engagement, paying particular attention to indigenous peoples and other ...
Liz Sayce criticises non work programme
08 October 2013 | News
... only 58 a year have been placed in long term employment. Disability Rights UK want a more personalised approach to ... into work. Our report Taking Control of Employment Support shows that 60 per cent of disabled people surveyed want more ... at http://blogs.channel4.com/victoria-macdonald-on-health-and-social-care/nonwork-programme-charity/1548 You ...