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Atos to lose WCA contract: our response
18 February 2014 | News
... Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for the main out of work health related benefit (Employment Support Allowance) was ... four “independent” reviews have failed to evaluate fundamental flaws in the WCA such as the lack of any known link ... trying to make something shine that’s simply broken. Disability Rights UK calls for a new purpose to be defined ...
Read Xenias story on shared ownership
24 November 2013 | News
... that Xenia Kyriacou was asked to leave a restaurant after showing challenging behaviour and overturning a table in ... (HOLD) scheme provides a cost-effective solution to the health, housing and support needs of disabled people. ... of housing, support and employment for disabled people and Disability Rights UK, the national user led disability ...
Reaching Kilimanjaro's Summit For DR UK!
09 October 2023 | News
... the summit of Kilimanjaro in aid of the work we do at Disability Rights UK. Completing the hike in just a week, we ... fighting for our rights. If you want to find out more about how the climbers prepared for the trek and why they chose to ... is still open, so if you are in awe of this or want to show some support, do head over to their donation page! ...
Changing the Funding Landscape for Disability Justice: Disability Rights UK’s call to Funding Organisations
03 November 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK (DR UK) proudly announces the launch of ... of this work cannot be overstated. It aligns with the fundamental principles of equality, inclusion, and ... funding schemes. Disabled People's Manifesto Sign-On: To show your support for our movement, please consider signing ...
Meet Kush Kanodia MBA: our new Ambassador
07 July 2019 | News
... I am greatly honoured to be appointed an Ambassador for Disability Rights UK (DR UK). My association with the ... I am on the public board for the new National Institute for Health Data Science in the UK, Health Data Research UK. In 2019, I joined Kaleidoscope ...
Social Model of Disability key in media representation, Sue Bott tells Reframing Disability Summit
28 October 2019 | News
... a keynote speech on the importance of the social model of disability to senior media executives from print and ... journalism and advertising yesterday at the Reframing Disability Summit hosted by Media Trust at the Google ... The difference between the medical and social models of disability. That a million disabled people in the UK want to ...
End unfair charges for shielders, supermarkets told
20 January 2021 | News
... to the CEOs of the UK’s leading grocery retailers by Disability Rights UK and twenty other charities. Shielders ... in supermarkets in the third lockdown without high risk to health. Many disabled people who are shielding live on ...
New Equality Delivery System (EDS2) guide launches
05 May 2016 | News
... by a partnership led by the Race Equality Foundation, Disability Rights UK and others. During the event Simon ... the NHS has four parts to play: as a funder and provider of health services, as a large employer, as being embedded in ... in the NHS is not only an equalities case, but also a health and economics case. Presentations of good practices ...
Disability Rights UK honours the memory of Kevin Fitzpatrick, disability rights leader and campaigner
16 February 2016 | News
... Fitzpatrick was one of the 12 founding commissioners of the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). He contributed ... to the 2006 Equality Act. View Guardian obituary Disability Rights UK honours the memory of Kevin Fitzpatrick, disability rights leader and campaigner ...
DR UK VCSE Review response
04 March 2015 | News
Joint review of health and care sector investment in Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise organisations Response from Disability Rights UK The purpose of this review was to ... demonstrable contribution of the VCSE sector to achieving health and wellbeing goals; the capacity and sustainability ...