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Leadership Academy Programme Year 2 Graduation
01 June 2016 | News
... designed for employees who have lived experience of disability and/or long term health conditions, who want to develop their careers. In ... we talked about all aspects of her work. It made me realise how rare it is, for those of us with disabilities to talk ...
Care and Support Alliance on new care criteria
23 October 2014 | News
... the highest needs. But the Government now confirms that it doesn’t plan to reverse the trend. Research by London School of Economics shows this means 340,000 people – who struggle to live on ... in the current care system and that care – along with health – is the place they’d most like to see greater ...
DWP must ensure social security system supports the right to an adequate standard of living: new EHRC report
29 October 2020 | News
... the right to an adequate standard of living and it does not contribute to increasing material deprivation and ... steps including: a review of the five-week wait for first payments of universal credit; a review of the impact of ... who share protected characteristics. The EHRC report - How coronavirus has affected equality and human rights - ...
International Day of Disabled people – Fighting for our rights in a post Covid world
02 December 2021 | News
... me today I see Disabled people in the UK achieving so much, leading by example and living their best lives. Yet, ... as presenters. I realised that this increase was changing how I felt about TV – I was enjoying seeing people like ... when drawing up Covid measures). A sobering moment for the disability movement. It is clear that we must be ready to ...
We welcome the extension of the Blue Badge Scheme to those with hidden disabilities
06 January 2019 | News
People with "hidden disabilities" including autism and mental health problems are set for a major boost when they are ... be eligible to apply. Kamran Mallick, chief executive of Disability Rights UK, said: "If we are to truly have an ...
Disabled students to lose entitlement to Universal Credit from this week
14 December 2021 | News
Disability Rights UK has written to the Secretary of State ... young people who acquire a disability or develop a serious health condition after they begin their studies will also be ... intention that more Disabled people move into employment. However, restricting the ability of Disabled students to ...
Meet Our Star Marathon Fundraiser, Aasia!
11 October 2024 | News
... I felt ready. I believe Disability Rights UK are fundamental in enabling access to justice and I’m just grateful ... helping people fight for their rights, and I’ve seen how hard that fight can be. But it’s also close to home. ... my family and my colleagues struggle against a system that doesn’t always make life easy for Disabled people. On top ...
Counting down to the arrival of our new Disability Rights Handbook
24 April 2017 | News
Our latest Disability Rights Handbook is scheduled to be published late ... system and information on other services and resources. How the system works, how to claim and how to challenge decisions Benefits for people living with health conditions, injury or disability and for carers, ...
Disabled adults four times worse off financially than non-disabled adults finds new DBC report
15 July 2019 | News
A major new report by the Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) outlines the damaging ... have found it has had a devastating impact on their wider health and wellbeing. The DBC makes a series of ... members to reduce waiting times and introduce targets for how long people should wait, and conduct full audits of ...
Making Statutory Sick Pay Work: new research report
26 July 2023 | News
... Change that makes the case for reform of statutory sick pay (SSP). The research report finds that: Workers on SSP ... relying on SSP received a higher rate of employer sick pay from day one. WPI says: “The positive effects of sick ... due to exacerbating existing conditions and better public health outcomes, because people are not spreading illness by ...