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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 ...
Have your say: DR UK zoom sessions on national women’s health strategy
30 March 2021 | News
The government is consulting on a strategy for women’s health, and Disability Rights UK will be hosting three zoom sessions ... the healthcare system, and how workplaces deal with health issues. What are the issues you most want to raise as a ...
Get Out Get Active goes live
30 September 2016 | News
... the start of the Get Out Get Active (GOGA) programme following January’s successful funding announcement. Spirit of ... initiative, which brings together 18 GOGA localities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and numerous national partners. In ...
PM acknowledges vast amounts of discrimination Disabled people face across all aspects of society
27 July 2021 | News
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has acknowledged the vast amount of ... victims of crime, far fewer adults owned their own home, and the impact of Coronavirus had been distressingly ... concerted, cross-government plan to deal with such problems and make disability policy a truly ecumenical ...
Changes to PIP should help some Motability users
20 April 2017 | News
... are turned down for the enhanced mobility rate of Personal Independence Payment and lease a vehicle through the Motability scheme will be ... for the outcome of an appeal. There are still some real problems with PIP, and these changes won’t help disabled ...
Disabled people are relying on crowdfunding to get wheelchairs
26 June 2017 | News
Disabled people are having to rely on crowdfunding to pay for wheelchairs due to cuts in services, a postcode lottery of availability and delays. Dr Hannah Barham-Brown, has told the British ... or to be able to work unless they can be mobile. But the problems disabled for people are compounded by the benefits ...
Five week Universal credit wait having a devastating impact on disabled people
18 June 2019 | News
... face unavoidable costs as a result of their disability and cannot afford to lose substantial sums each year, yet ... of charities and other organisations committed to working towards a fair benefits system. The five week wait for a ... financial support available to disabled people. Until these problems are resolved, the managed migration process must ...
DR UKs statement on the new WCA reassessment guidance
05 October 2017 | News
... disability charities that took part from October 2016 in discussions with the DWP on how it should ensure that ... Welfare Rights Adviser said: “The WCA causes stress, fear and anxiety to many disabled people and any effective reform ... previous situation, they don’t resolve the fundamental problems of the WCA. To benefit from the new criteria, a ...
How Did We Get Involved In The Disability Rights Movement? DR UK Staff Blog Series - Our GYA Team
25 July 2024 | News
We are launching a new blog series that goes into the personal and activist history of Disability Rights UK staff members. ... local authorities in a variety of teams over the course of nearly 10 years. She has worked with older adults, ...
Our Response To Government's Proposals To Weaken Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA)
04 July 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK (DR UK) and Disabled Students UK are pushing back on the Government’s proposed changes to Disabled ... isn’t currently “working optimally” but the current issues with DSA aren’t going to be solved by HEPs taking ...