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Share your personal experiences of getting active
11 April 2018 | News
Everyone at Get Yourself Active loves it when people with disabilities share their personal experiences of getting active with the wider world.
Crisis threatens London social care services following Brexit
27 March 2018 | News
... retention problems. Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, told The Independent : “The social ...
McDonald case helps care plan disputes
19 May 2014 | News
... its ruling on the Mcdonald case (for background see http://disabilityrightsuk.org/mcdonald-v-united-kingdom ) The ... of Article 8. Sue Bott, Director of Policy and Development, Disability Rights UK comments: “We are encouraged that the ...
MP demands Capita end punitive PIP assessments
28 January 2014 | News
Peter Hain has called on the medical assessment company Capita to urgently reform its process before it descends into the same ‘punitive fiasco’ as the ATOS assessments from Employment and Support Allowance which caused misery for thousands of local people.
Growing numbers of applicants have been waiting months for their assessments to be completed.
Office of Rail and Road announces new safeguarding measures
04 October 2020 | News
The Office of Rail and Road has announced new safeguarding measures which will improve reliability for requests for passenger assistance on Britain's railways.
The new scheme, following a successful trial by Network Rail, GTR and South West Railway, focuses on improving and simplifying the way staff communicate and coordinate passenger assistance between stations, which should help prevent assistance failures and drive up the reliability of the service."
Upcoming DR UK webinar: Vision Impairment - The journey to adulthood
10 January 2021 | News
This webinar from Disability Rights UK in partnership with the Thomas ...
Motorway service stations can now apply for funding to become fully accessible
10 April 2019 | News
The Department for Transport is partnering with Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) to award the money for Changing Places toilets, which are expected to be ready by the early 2020s.
Fifth review of the Work Capability Assessment
05 March 2014 | News
... who are currently unfit for work as a result of disease or disability to evaluate the effectiveness of the limited ... assessment in correctly identifying those claimants whose disability is such that they are currently unfit to ...
BDA Calls for Reform of Equality Act
13 September 2015 | News
Statement by the British Deaf Association, member of Disability Rights UK The British Deaf Association (BDA) ... decision to review the Equality Act 2010 relating to disability. The BDA has today delivered its formal ...
Just 1 in 6 bosses have carer support policies
06 October 2014 | News
... Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Simplyhealth Absence Management survey shows that too many employers rely on an ad hoc approach to ... responsibilities outside of work but the CIPD report shows that just one in six organisations have policies in ...