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UK's Chief Medical Officers publish the first-ever guidelines on physical activity for disabled children and young people
16 February 2022 | News
... children and young people to improve their physical and mental health throughout their lives. Brett Smith, Director of ... active in ways that work for them, and these guidelines show how important this is. The evidence-based infographic is ...
Know Your Normal: The experiences of young autistic people
06 June 2018 | News
... Know Your Normal (#knowyournormal) is a new report on mental health in autism. The aim of the research was to find out ... (16-25 years) across England and to make recommendations on how best to meet their needs. Around 70-80% of children and ...
Covid-19 pandemic shows our benefits system unfit for purpose, says TUC
10 August 2020 | News
... our social security system fit for purpose requires fundamental changes, including scrapping universal credit. The immediate priority, however, is for the government to devise an urgent plan to ... be removed to ensure everyone can access it, no matter how much they earn. Ken Butler DR UK’s Welfare Rights and ...
New DWP scheme may enable claimants to get refund of already paid back Universal Credit hardship payments
11 January 2023 | News
... get a refund of already paid back Universal Credit hardship payments. The deadline to apply is 19 June 2023. Who is ... repayments; and The claimant repaid the hardship payment. How to apply: There is a specific application form which ... be because either: making the repayments affected their health or the health of a family member and/or making the ...
New style employment and support allowance
23 April 2025 | Resource
This overview explains the basic rules, rates of payment and how to claim 'new style' employment and support allowance ... activity group How to claim 'new style' ESA Fit notes How much is 'new style' ESA? Assessment phase (per week) Main ... For anyone who cannot claim for themselves because of mental incapacity, the Department for Work and Pensions ...
LibDems publish pre-manifesto
09 September 2014 | News
... help people get back into employment. ensuring people with mental and physical health conditions get the right support to get back to work ... of a public sector provider. ensuring that assessments for Disability Living Allowance and Personal Independence ...
Disability Groups Call for More Accessible Housing for Private Renters
29 January 2024 | News
... housing, the most affordable and secure form of tenure. However, the shortage of social housing has meant that ... likely to experience a deterioration in their physical and mental health, are more likely to be admitted to hospital as a ...
DWP pilot making managed payments to social landlords at same time as tenant receives their UC payment
19 December 2019 | News
... landlords that changes to the Universal Credit (UC) rental payment system will be rolled out next year. In a letter ... a small group of Social Landlords to align the way that we pay Managed Payments to Landlords with a claimant's ... welcome, it should be extended to private sector landlords. However, UC itself needs wider reform in order to make any ...
New Work Choice evaluation report
03 July 2013 | News
... support, including those with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. Findings of the report include: Overall, ... participants considered unlikely to achieve employment. DWP does appear to have considered some of these factors within ...
Get Set To Go Campaign
13 July 2015 | News
People with mental health problems put off of sport because they are not ‘gym ... body ready’ New research, released today by Mind [1] , shows that four fifths (80 per cent) of people with mental ...