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Want to get into print? Sign up for the WriteNow mentoring programme
13 June 2017 | News
... (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) writers, or writers with a disability. The programme offers 150 aspiring writers access ...
Social care may face 21% cuts, warns Labour
13 May 2020 | News
The Labour Party is warning that councils may have to brace themselves for cuts of around a fifth of their social care budgets. Its analysis is suggesting that local authorities may face a £3.5bn shortfall, resulting in the loss of care for just under a quarter of a million adults.
The government announced a further £6 million cash injection earlier this week, on top of the £3.2bn it has already released to councils since March.
We celebrate 60 years of the Human Rights Convention
02 September 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK is a signatory to a letter celebrating ... the rights and freedoms set out in the convention are fundamental in ensuring all of us can live with dignity, respect ...
Care home gives residents less than ten hours' notice of closure
05 December 2021 | News
A short-staffed care home for people with learning disabilities in Kent gave families less than ten hours’ notice to rehome loved ones, reports The Guardian.
Over 28,000 people receiving home care died during pandemic
19 May 2021 | News
... 10% were Covid-related, although some hotspots in England show rates of around 20%. The data shows very wide regional differences in deaths across ... Commissioning Groups. Care Quality Commission data shows that deaths of adults in home care more than doubled in ...
Lack of tactile paving ‘a factor’ in death of visually impaired man
22 February 2021 | News
A lack of tactile paving was a contributing factor to the death of Cleveland Gervais, a partially sighted man who died after falling from the platform on to the track at Eden Park station, London, in February last year.
Chancellor fails to respond to DBC uplift calls since June, CBI supports uplift
04 November 2020 | News
... to maintaining the £20 uplift to Universal Credit. The Disability Benefits Consortium wrote to the Chancellor on 2 ...
12 Days:Heart-breaking documentary on psychiatric care where 4 judges decide who leaves and who stays
22 February 2018 | News
... followed by discussion with Emina Cerimovic, Researcher, Disability Rights, HRW and Stephen Cragg QC Moderated by ...
I Can Make It at CAN DO in Newcastle
23 November 2017 | News
I Can Make It meets CAN DO in Newcastle and gets featured in a summary of an important conference on social value.
On Friday 17th November, our Champion for I Can Make It in the North-East, Jonathan Mears, attended a meeting of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Branch of CAN-DO, which offers volunteering opportunities for people with disabilities aged 18-35.
Adult social care entering a ‘perfect storm’ says ADASS
06 November 2016 | News
Adult social care is entering a ‘perfect storm’ which is impacting on vulnerable people who are getting less help and whose need for care won’t stop, according to new Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) research.
The crisis in social care is evidenced by an ADASS survey which finds projected overspends of almost £0.5 billion, further closures of residential and nursing homes and increased handing back of contracts, together with increased pressure from the NHS.