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Young disabled people wanted for campaign forum
31 December 2014 | News
... others to create or obtain work but no one is listening? Disability Rights UK is establishing a forum to test our ... of interest are invited via email ( philip.connolly@disabilityrightsuk.org ) telephone at 0207 7250 8193 or ...
Coronavirus – no refund on Disabled Persons Railcards
05 October 2020 | News
... 5.1m customers would come at a significant cost to the taxpayer at a time when the focus must be on maintaining rail ...
Tell us what support disabled apprentices need
23 May 2018 | News
Removing barriers to starting or finishing apprenticeships. Disability Rights UK have been seeking to define and achieve ... in July. Please send your responses to Philip.connolly@disabilityrightsuk.org by June 30 th , 2018. Tell us what ...
Funding care financially benefits economy
03 June 2013 | News
... The National Autistic Society, Sense and Leonard Cheshire Disability suggests that restoring the £1.2 billion ... to the NHS, local and central government, and individuals. Disability Rights UK says ‘Investment in social care is ... often isolated, out of work, requiring more benefits and health care (at greater public expense). That is why ...
Benefit cap hurts disabled people and carers
04 May 2016 | News
Latest benefit cap figures show effect on disabled people and carers. View DWP ...
No disabilities minister till after Brexit debates
01 April 2019 | News
No replacement for Sarah Newton yet.
Update from Access to Work
18 August 2020 | News
... cannot use public transport to get into work because of a health condition. For further information see link: ...
Disabled Students Allowance for part time students
16 September 2013 | News
Student Finance England (SFE) will be responsible for processing all Part-Time Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) applications for Open University students starting their course on or after 1 September 2012.
From spring 2014 new Part-Time Open University students applying for academic year 14/15 will apply to SFE for their DSA.
These changes only relate to students applying for support from Student Finance England and do not affect the arrangements in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales.
Extra £1.5 billion moved into Better Care Fund
30 October 2014 | News
... moved an extra £1.5 billion into the Better Care Fund, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has reported. The Better Care ... due to the transfer of extra Council and NHS funding. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: “Local authorities and ... together and painstakingly planned commissioning for adult health and social care with pooled budgets. “Budgets from ...
New year message from our CEO Liz Sayce
04 January 2016 | News
... convening a group of Disabled People’s Organisations on how to halve the disability employment gap – and with others we influenced ... people leading change, we are far more than critics. We show, not just tell, how things could be different. On ...