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UK’s Train Ticketing 'Full of Digital Barriers'
20 November 2023 | News
... of barriers. A SilverRail survey for the rail industry shows plainly that digital convenience is missing from our ... struggled most, with more than a quarter of those with a disability (26%) saying they are likely to struggle to ... users must not be penalised in either cost or experience however they wish to buy their ticket.” UK’s Train ...
Liz Sayce: The UK thinks it is a leader in disability rights. But it has a long way to go
15 August 2017 | News
... today published a wide-ranging interview with Liz Sayce, Disability Right’s UK CEO until she stepped down in Summer ... 2017. As well as reviewing Liz’s role as an advocate for disability rights over the last quarter century, the article ... with Liz @ https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/15/disability-rights-uk-not-doing-enough#img-1 See also ...
An open letter from our CEO: 100,000 deaths from Coronavirus. Two thirds of deaths are Disabled people’s.
26 January 2021 | News
... that care home residents are older people, as if that somehow mitigates their deaths. Older people in care homes are ... or TV broadcasts. Because to print it out loud, to show the devastating effect of this virus on a singular ... as vaccines are for our bodies. Kamran Mallick CEO, Disability Rights UK An open letter from our CEO: 100,000 ...
For Participants: Shaping The Government's Child Poverty Strategy
12 November 2024 | Event
... strategy to better support children and families to thrive. Disability Rights UK are working with Save the Children to ... young people and their families to gather their views on how they can be supported by their local community and bring ... to the Taskforce to help them make recommendations for how best to support families and children in the UK. ...
DR UK recommends no reduction in the number of social security tribunal panel members
13 April 2020 | News
... most social security benefits are heard by a single judge. However, the principle exceptions to this are appeals ... and for the latter both of these with the addition of a disability panel member. In our response, DR UK highlights ...
DPOs write to Prime Minister
06 September 2022 | News
The Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG), is a coalition of ... in the country around food and energy price rises, noticing how Disabled people were impacted more than any other ... crisis. Poverty is rising and inflation and fuel prices show no signs of slowing down, this is the biggest issue ...
Sue Bott submits Ideal for All petition
30 July 2013 | News
Sue Bott from Disability Rights UK who have been supporting Ideal for All ... and visits requesting help. Sue Bott, director of policy at Disability Rights UK said: "Ideal for All in Sandwell is one ... to lead their organisations and empowered to decide how they want to live their lives. “We have been closely ...
Over 70,000 ESA claimants sanctioned to date
10 November 2015 | News
New figures published today by the DWP show that over 70,000 ESA claimants have been sanctioned ... since the system was introduced in December 2012. However, the figures also show that over one third of ... Disability Rights UK’s submission to the Work and Pensions ...
Cabinet Office - Regulations on the accessibility of new public sector websites come into force
24 September 2019 | News
... includes publishing accessibility statements, explaining how accessible their websites are. The deadline for public ... under the Equality Act 2010 and Northern Ireland’s Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Government Digital ...
We support National Hate Crime Awareness Week
09 October 2016 | News
... Sayce See original post In a recent BBC broadcast I said ‘disability hate crime is, often, still something which goes ... Stephen Brookes is also a founder coordinator of the Disability Hate Crime network, and was involved in the production and dissemination of the well-recognised Disability Rights UK Third Party reporting guidance , and we ...