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£400,000 for 10 new research projects led by disabled people announced
29 November 2016 | News
... have received between £35,000 and £40,000 each to explore how disabled people can live as full citizens in our society ... people living with dementia, learning disabilities and mental health issues. Grants were approved by the DRILL ... Coproducing Solutions £40,000 People First Scotland Does it Matter? Decision making by people with learning ...
MPs say thousands of ESA claimants failed by DWP 'culture of indifference'
17 July 2018 | News
... to the report, Ken Butler, welfare rights adviser with Disability Rights UK, said: “This tawdry fiasco has seen ... Payment to Universal Credit, the litany of chaos doesn’t seem to register with the Department at all.” ... the harm caused by this mistake and, more broadly, to give much greater priority to correcting benefit underpayments to ...
Strategic partner updates for March 2014
04 March 2014 | News
... UK’s events and workplan (lead on commissioning), and on how this will support local user-led organisations and ... we also think that prevention (behavioural) approaches have much to pick up from disabled people’s lived experience ... with this fund around spring time. Better care for mental health crisis A new agreement between police and the ...
Cost of living situation for UC households ‘almost universally dire’ says Joseph Rowntree Federation
23 June 2023 | News
... normal” with claimants making impossible choices about how often they eat and which foods they buy, according to ... need for an Essentials Guarantee to protect the nation’s health. As a result, the JRF says, the situation has been ... local market rents. Ensure that the Renters Reform Bill does not allow landlords to raise rents within tenancies to ...
01 Strategic partner updates January 2015
19 January 2015 | News
... Disability Rights UK). For any comments and/or ideas about how to strengthen ‘disabled people leading change’, ... (add-on?) homecare service, a procurement exercise in mental health during which children and young people and ... test for dementia, which is a form of questionnaire, does not accurately identify those people who have dementia ...
1000 Tweaks: Making Leicester a healthier place
22 August 2018 | News
... and Leicester City Council are working together to see how we can make Leicester a healthier place to live as part of a new initiative called ... , setting up an award winning football club for people with mental health conditions or providing information to help ...
Concerns over disabled peoples access to DHPs
14 July 2014 | News
... authorities have struggled to make long-term plans for how discretionary housing payments (DHPs) would be used when ... disabilities fail to apply for DHPs, especially those with mental health difficulties. more than half (56 per cent) of those ...
Government must halt ‘managed migration’ to universal credit, charities UK wide demand
05 May 2022 | News
... 2.6 million claimants, including 700,000 people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and dementia ... people through a system that its own research has shown to be difficult to navigate. DWP research with people ...
How could employers and services better support disabled people through sickness absence?
13 February 2018 | News
... has helped you during sickness absence? Is Statutory Sick Pay working for disabled people? How do you think it could be improved? How could employers better support staff who have ...
The Activity Trap: Disabled people’s fear of being active
08 October 2018 | News
... disabled people to be active in all aspects of their lives. However evidence suggests that disabled people fear losing ... active. Being active and reaping the benefits from activity does not happen in isolation. We cannot continue to assume ... this report helps to widen the discussion beyond sport and health. Whilst some actions are long-term and will not ...