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Get Yourself Active: Whats Your PB?
31 March 2015 | News
... to sport and physical activity. We hope you like it as much as we do! For an introduction to the project please ... webpage . We want you to tell us what’s your PB ? What does it mean to you? Personal best? Personal budgets? This ... #WhatsYourPB . Alternatively tell me at leanne.wightman@disabilityrightsuk.org Get Yourself Active: Whats Your PB? ...
New research on inappropriate housing for disabled people
29 August 2019 | News
... housing causing disabled people ‘physical and mental harm’ New research from the University of ... Scotland and Horizon Housing Association has highlighted how difficult it is for many disabled people to find housing ... to them, and the impact on their mental and physical health caused by inappropriate housing. The research was ...
Cross-Party Motion Against Benefit Cuts: Write To Your MP!
28 May 2025 | News
... communities to breaking point, with people in receipt of health-related benefits already facing inordinate hardships ... capability for work are unable to heat their homes or pay their bills and have low food security; is further ... poor quality jobs, huge wage inequality and a soaring mental health crisis; and further calls on the Government ...
DR UK concerned at plans to close almost one in 10 jobcentres
05 July 2017 | News
... who need it and those who pay for it." Disability Rights UK however is concerned that the DWP plans may result in a ... to those claimants who are disabled or have long term health conditions. Ken Butler, DR UK’s Welfare Rights ... “That more people are accessing benefits online is as much a reflection of the DWP forcing people to do so as ...
House of Commons issues briefing on the possible effects of Brexit
01 September 2016 | News
... whether the UK stays in the European Economic Area and how the Government fills any policy gaps left by withdrawal. ... to be affected. Human Rights The EU charter of Fundamental Rights would no longer apply – See our Human Rights ... the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights but the UK does not intend to withdraw from the European Convention on ...
DR UK response to Right to Control pilots
29 August 2013 | News
Evaluation of the Right to Control pilots does not prove that the right to control pilots have failed ... such as Access to Work and Social Care and be in control of how our support needs are met. Potential benefits include ... is having for disabled people. In fact there has been so much success that all the trailblazers have decided they ...
Sign The Petition To Defend Vital Benefits For Disabled People Unable To Work
30 January 2024 | News
... need additional income as a result of disability or ill health. We’re worried about this for three reasons: ... deeper into poverty and harming people’s physical and mental health. Get Involved As we head into a ... dangerous and unfair reforms to disability benefits and show you stand with seriously ill and disabled people.” ...
New Bill:Disclosure of disabled employee numbers
11 March 2015 | News
... about informing a potential employer of their disability or health condition 77% fear they will be discriminated against ... worry that they will be a nuisance to employers Those with mental health conditions are least likely to disclose A ... about their condition (78%), while those in a wheelchair showed the least concern (39%). Helen Cooke, founder of ...
Strict DWP Work Conditionality Ineffective And Often Harmful
08 August 2024 | News
... - is driving perverse outcomes and is not aligned with how the public think people should be treated, argues New ... is required. Additional barriers such as disabilities, health conditions, and caring responsibilities should exempt ... shift the system away from a starting question of “How much conditionality is it reasonable to place on this ...
DR UK welcomes Govt decision not to appeal PIP psychological distress judgement
18 January 2018 | News
... McVey has now confirmed that the DWP will not appeal Disability Rights UK, who supported this case, welcome the ... U-turn as it affects an estimated 164,000 claimants with mental health conditions. You can read reports of the Government's ...