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Contribute to important research and get a £15 Amazon voucher and a chance of another £100
18 February 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK has partnered with University of Birmingham to conduct a study into how we produce knowledge and information about physical activity aimed at disabled ... like to hear from you… If you consider yourself disabled and affected by one or more of the following impairments; ...
Work Capability Test Not Fit for Purpose
07 February 2013 | News
... Assessment. They found that the work capability test is causing fear and distress, it is not accurate enough and it raises ... some changes to the test, but looking forward we see more problems ahead. Disabled people are amazed that the largest ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series! Part Four
21 August 2024 | News
We have launched a new blog series that goes into the personal and activist history of Disability Rights UK staff members. ... we each shared our pathway into the disability movement, and learned just how much history and passion lies within ...
Raise the rates of legacy benefits not just Universal Credit, say MPs
21 June 2020 | News
Rates of ESA and other ‘legacy benefits’ must be raised to provide ... help for those not yet moved to Universal Credit (UC) and who are struggling to meet the extra inescapable costs imposed by the ...
We welcome Scotlands decision to ban private firms from doing disability benefit assessments
02 October 2017 | News
Scotland will ban private firms from carrying out disability benefit assessments and work to create ... process that is not working. But the origin of all these problems lies with the adequacy and accuracy of the Atos, ...
DR UK co-producing Consumer Harms funding bid
09 August 2022 | News
The Fundraising Manager for Disability Rights UK wants to talk to ... The application is for a project entitled ‘Improve Understanding of Consumer Harm’. It is particularly focused on ... things, such as when someone pays over the odds for goods and services or is conned out of money in a scam. There can ...
Survey on Patient Transport reveals poor and unfair assessment process for Disabled and older people
14 November 2018 | News
In August 2018 Transport for All (TfA) carried out a survey ... transport eligibility criteria affected peoples’ lives and mental and physical wellbeing. TfA believe that everyone with a ...
Government dismisses Work and Pensions Committee UC reform proposals “out of hand” and “simply ignored” others
13 January 2021 | News
The Work and Pensions Committee of MPs has published the Government ... Credit: The wait for a first payment. The report, published in October 2020 , drew on evidence from both organisations and individuals which suggested that a significant ...
Key health and care bodies say keeping and extending the £20 week UC lifeline is crucial
08 February 2021 | News
Key bodies working across health and care have written an open letter to ... - due to expire at the end of March 2021 – must be kept and extended to legacy benefits. The letter has been signed ...
EASS gains a positive care funding outcome
06 July 2015 | News
Human Rights and Care Funding Decisions – EASS helps gain a positive outcome The ... support from some of the UK’s experts in discrimination issues. For this issue, we contacted our lead partner ...