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Wiltshire CIL wins GSK IMPACT Award
09 March 2014 | News
... five per cent of its trustees are people living with a disability. The charity supports independent living for those with learning difficulties, frailty of old age, mental health issues, physical and sensory impairments and ...
MPs say Govt must focus work support on people with complex needs
20 October 2015 | News
... of employment support with related local services - health, housing, education and skills, and support for ... barriers to working, including significant physical or mental ill health; drug or alcohol dependency; housing ... four years. View our written submission to this enquiry Disability Rights UK's report ' Taking Control of Employment ...
New Secretary of State for Health and Social Care appointed
09 July 2018 | News
The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP is the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Read biography The Secretary of ... at least in line with prices Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Almost always voted for making local councils ...
DWP destroyed reports into claimants who committed suicide after their benefits were stopped
26 February 2020 | News
... officials have admitted – blaming data protection laws. However, the data watchdog has said there was no requirement ... of old investigations, Mr. Timms said: “The law does not specify five years or six years and this kind of ... starved to death after DWP wrongly stopped his benefits @ disabilityrightsuk.org DWP destroyed reports into claimants ...
Prezzo leaves Disabled man to eat in the rain
05 October 2021 | News
... SPECTRUM, tweeted Prezzo on Friday 1 October to ask how he could make a complaint. The tweet went viral. Having ... in torrential rain, he wrote: “Hey, @love_prezzo, how does one make a complaint about the lack of ramp access ...
Disabled people exempt from transport face covering rules
16 June 2020 | News
... Difficulty/Respiratory Conditions affecting dexterity Mental Health condition or panic disorders Autism Cognitive ... take passengers without face coverings and that the CEOs of disability organisations had written to it with their ...
Advocacy: Get your voice heard
07 October 2022 | Resource
Contents What does advocacy mean? What is the role of the Advocate? Which ... It works with older people and disabled people who have mental health issues, sensory impairment, physical ... the people who care for them. They have expert advice on how to get the care and support you need and on benefits and ...
Three questions to ask your parliamentary candidates
17 May 2017 | News
... - that is all of us living with an impairment or long-term health condition. Let’s make our votes count! Below we ... in compulsory detention and forced treatment of people with mental health issues or learning disabilities? Will you work ... lives? What are you going to do about the amount we have to pay in social care charges? Three questions to ask your ...
Supporting disabled people through traineeships consultation
21 August 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK has the ambition of producing a short ... following: Candidates from a range of physical, sensory, mental health or long-term health conditions Flexibilities in the ...
Government statement on Universal Credit: Managed Migration
22 July 2019 | News
... no more than 10,000 claimants. Rudd reiterated that the DWP does not inted to stop benefits of anyone who participates in the pilot, instead they will be testing how to encourage and support those who move over the ... their approach to claimants who are entitled to the severe disability premium (SDP), she said: "The regulations that I ...