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Support into work from school failing most young people
07 April 2016 | News
... or with special educational needs or disability (SEND). However, they said, there is little focus on other groups including care leavers or those with mental health conditions. The support offered is towards a ... employment outcome, rather than a career. This narrow focus does not raise aspirations, and so limits social ...
Budget fails disabled people
11 March 2020 | News
... either disabled or have a disabled person in the household. Disability Rights UK welcomes government commitments to ... following our departure from the EU, we would like to see much more ambition to create a country where disabled people ... from the first day of sickness, rather than the eighth day. However, these are temporary measures and should instead be ...
Disabled man spent 18 months sleeping on parent’s sofa due to Council’s care plan failure
15 August 2018 | News
A man with mental health problems was forced to sleep on his parents’ sofa ... of Hounslow has agreed to apologise to the family and pay the parents £1,000 for the significant and avoidable ...
Kickstart scheme discriminates against disabled young people
03 September 2020 | News
... scheme is part of the government’s Plan for Jobs , which pays employers to take on young people and pays for 25 hours a week at minimum wage for six months. However, Kickstart does not pay any specific attention to disabled young people ...
Remploy disability awareness seminars for employers
09 April 2018 | News
... for employers to gain a greater insight into disability, health and the support available. Further details and ... Webinar and workshops currently available Supporting mental health in the workplace workshop Discover the ... Service Webinar Explore the facts around mental health and how Remploy can support mental health issues across your ...
Social workers needed to support with health and wellbeing research
23 April 2017 | News
Disability Rights UK has partnered with University of ... receipt of social care support (personal budgets and direct payments) about how and where to be physically active and importantly why. ... Social workers needed to support with health and wellbeing research ...
Groundswell of support for increasing benefit payments made to Disabled people: Fabian Society report
26 May 2021 | News
... pandemic, a study of public attitudes to social security shows a groundswell of support for increasing benefit ... measure of poverty for disabled people, because people with health needs and disabilities face essential costs which ... to be living in poverty, compared to 18% of those without a disability. This suggests that at least half of disabled ...
Returning to work: disabled people’s jobs and health under threat
18 May 2020 | News
... people paid leave to remain at home if they cannot show a government letter ‘proving’ that their impairments ... have warned that eight million people with underlying health conditions should be shielding, rather than the ... Health England guidance are entitled to statutory sick pay, but this only applies to the 2.2 million people on the ...
Support our Marathon runners
08 February 2020 | News
... the picture in terms of the work that Disability Rights UK does. Disability in this context has a far broader ... definition, including grave illness, such as cancer, and mental health. “My mum worked in the care sector for most of her ...
Government announces halt to Disabled Facilities Grant increase
07 February 2024 | News
... consult all the measures around the DFG in 2022, along with how funding is distributed, but none of the consultations ... charity Contact, said unsuitable housing had "a huge detrimental impact on the physical and mental health of families with disabled children and this urgently ...