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14 December 2015 | News

Disability Rights UK are sad to announce the recent passing ... that there was an accessible toilet they could use. At Disability Rights UK (the successor organisation to Radar) ... our deepest condolences to the family." Liz Sayce, CEO of Disability Rights UK “John was one of the pillars of ...

17 October 2018 | News

Disability Rights UK wants to congratulate everyone on this year's Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 list, for their achievements. We are ... for all disabled people to have equal rights.” At Disability Rights UK, Kamran is building links with ...

06 November 2017 | News

Despite disabled people being the largest demographic group not economically active, there is no reference to them or the steps that will specifically address their economic exclusion, in the government’s industrial strategy.

Read our response to the industrial strategy

07 February 2018 | News

Matchinghouses.com was created in 2004 to allow disabled people, who have the same access needs, to swap houses for holidays, rather than rely on unreliable, expensive, and often inaccessible hotel accommodation.

Matchinghouses.com have now expanded the concept to include families with disabled children. This is a group of people who often find it really difficult to go on holiday.

03 November 2015 | News

New Big Lottery-funded research initiative, Drill, will rely on partnerships between disabled people and academics to uncover and pilot good ideas

Underlying Drill will be partnerships between disabled people’s organisations and researchers, with disabled people involved at every stage.

Drill is consulting on the themes that have initially been drawn up for the research programme. There are three cross-cutting themes: autonomy, peer support, and resilience; and a cluster around social citizenship, economic participation and civic participation.

07 April 2022 | News

Since raising the issue in Parliament last December, Lord Holmes has published a report on the current issues with Disabled Students Allowance (DSA). The report highlights several key areas, including the delay from application to delivery, the inaccessibility of the application itself and the lack of awareness around what support is available for students.

The report also highlights that only 29% of Disabled students in Higher Education (HE) are receiving DSA, but Student Loans Company (SLC) has no data on why students are falling through the gaps.

23 January 2017 | News

... Council will give a presentation on being an apprentice, disability and opportunity, and will discuss some of the ... email containing information about joining the webinar. Disability Rights UK will be running a webinar on ...

08 January 2019 | News

Last November, the Disability Confident scheme was two years old. Its aims are ... further progress made, until we arrive at a situation where disability employment is seen as a metric of social value in public sector contracting. Read the full blog Taking Disability Confident further and putting it into practice ...

25 April 2018 | News

Message of support from Sue Bott CBE Deputy Chief Executive Disability Rights UK. Read other messages of support “Disability Rights UK is in full support of the rally to ... “We believe driver only operated trains are detrimental to the interests of disabled people who rely on staff ...

25 October 2016 | News

Disability Rights UK is pleased to announce Enabled City as ... for everyone. Independent living is an important theme at Disability Rights UK and we are pleased to be supported by ... in the future. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Disability Rights UK and supporting their important national ...