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Celebrating Trustees Week
08 November 2023 | News
... the 6th to the 10th of November. It is an opportunity to showcase charity trustees and thank them for their devoted ... and question how our social care provision could work in a much better way, to uphold a person's identity and ensure ... welfare and education valuable. I believe DR UK has a fundamental role in the move towards a more inclusive society and ...
DPOs call for reinstatement of infection control measures
15 July 2021 | News
... that children attend school for their education, wellbeing, mental health and long-term development. Clinically extremely ... government explicitly issuing guidance to schools about how to keep children who shielded safe, parents are put in ...
Challenging PIP decisions with Disability Rights UK and CPAG
04 July 2023 | Event
... as universal credit back in 2013 and PIP is now the main disability benefit for working age claimants. The DWP’s ... poor refusal decisions. This training course looks at how to ensure that a PIP revision or appeal should work to ... to PIP decision making The failure of PIP2 and poor Health Professional assessments How to ensure good medical ...
Govt talks with DR UK and DBC on PIP mobility rules
04 May 2016 | News
Disability Rights UK welcomes the Government’s agreement ... per week this time last year to around 500 per week now. However, the situation is much worse than this as currently only around of third of ...
Aspires proposed Housing and Planning Bill amendment
03 February 2016 | News
... can happen to anyone at any time and no one is prepared for how it will change their life. Aspire exists because there ... across the country, but has set no such objective for much needed wheelchair accessible housing. With the emphasis ... hospital, and many face significant fears. The report, The health and wellbeing of spinal cord injured adults and the ...
Funded help in Scotland to access disability benefits
30 September 2015 | News
... both PIP and ESA, which are benefits for people with ill-health or disabilities, assessments are carried out by firms ... by the Department for Work and Pensions, to establish how their disability affects their life and what level of support they ...
PIP 20m legal challenge fails
15 October 2015 | News
... to move up to 20 metres aided or unaided. Previously, under Disability Living Allowance (DLA), the equivalent higher ... that the DWP consistently fails to provide information on how many disabled people have been awarded the PIP enhanced ... independence and participation in society. This change does not meet this test. Despite receiving over 1,100 ...
Jobcentre Plus payments and opening times
19 December 2017 | News
... View opening times To make sure customers receive their payments on a day when Jobcentre Plus offices are open, arrangements have been made to make some payments early . Jobcentre Plus payments and opening times ...
300k unpaid carers and 450k Disabled people to suffer UC cut
05 October 2021 | News
... people can simply work more hours to make up for their cut doesn’t stack up for those already working full time or with caring responsibilities.” Read more on how the cut will affect carers here . Both Labour and the ...
One year on budget cuts make Care Act “less effective”
31 March 2016 | News
A year after it was introduced, Disability Rights UKs legal partners, Irwin Mitchell ... where eligibility could vary from council to council. However, Irwin Mitchell say that it is still unclear whether ... the courts which examines the extent of this duty, or how much reliance can be placed upon it in obtaining better and ...