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Taking Charge now available from SIL
04 August 2015 | News
... (SIL) is promoting Taking Charge this month on behalf of Disability Rights UK. Taking Charge is the only existing ... and employment. It’s an excellent companion to our Disability Rights Handbook, with the focus on personal ...
Capita Equality Act challenge
20 October 2014 | News
... centres The challenge concerns cases where someone’s disability might suggest that they are unable to make the ... to a particular centre. In one case someone with developmental and learning difficulties, first onset psychosis and ... forced to travel long distances for assessment where their disability that might suggest a home visit was more ...
Nine Remploy factories to close
03 July 2013 | News
Five Remploy factories in Scotland and four factories in England to close
Remploy has announced that Frontline and Marine Textiles factories, based at Dundee, Stirling, Clydebank, Leven and Cowdenbeath had no viable business bids and so are to close.
Packaging factories, based at Norwich, Portsmouth, Burnley and Sunderland will also now close.
‘Blanket’ approaches to DNARs criticised in CQC report
18 March 2021 | News
The Government has announced the publication of the Care Quality Commission’s CQC report into the use of Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DR UK response to SDG Voluntary National Review
28 April 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK submission to the Environmental Audit ... against the Sustainable Development Goals The Environmental Audit Committee is holding an inquiry into the ...
Participants wanted for new image and identity documentary
24 January 2016 | News
... identity fronted by Alison Lapper, an artist with a disability and internationally renowned photographer, ... Reef Television would like to talk to people who have a disability or have suffered some trauma or accident that ...
1400 digital champions to help more than 9,500 people develop basic digital skills
08 September 2015 | News
... aims to recruit more than 1,400 digital champions within disability, youth and support organisations These champions ...
E-scooters ‘should have number plates’
23 November 2021 | News
A leading e-scooter retailer has said that the half a million privately owned e-scooters in the UK should have to be registered and display numberplates to curb anti-social behaviour.
Adam Norris, founder of Pure Electric, said such a move could curb their speeding and stop riders encroaching on pavements, issues which can cause major hazards to Disabled people.
He is calling on the Government to legalise them and introduce clear-cut rules.
Bridge to Work programme evaluation – Invitation to Tender
16 June 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK is the learning partner for the Bridge ...
Introduction to Social Investment for DPOs
28 January 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK is holding a free workshop in ... who are members of DR UK. Please contact tony.stevens@disabilityrightsuk.org or register online here ...