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Fuel poverty and disabled people
09 February 2015 | News
Two new research reports have been published looking at fuel poverty and disabled people One from Leicester university’s Centre for Consumers and Essential Services considers the difficulties many ...
Disabled entrepreneurs and new technology
16 November 2015 | News
In this article our Policy and Development Officer Philip Connelly talks about our In the Making Project He notes that if young unemployed ... the economy.” Read the full article in the Engineering and Technology Magazine Disabled entrepreneurs and new ...
SSAC Vacancy
05 December 2022 | News
... (SSAC) – Committee Members x 5 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are recruiting five committee members for the Social Security ... Ministers may seek the Committee’s views on specific issues or SSAC may itself select issues itself which it ...
Universal credit and health benefits
28 May 2013 | News
Patients in receipt of Universal Credit in North-West England will qualify for NHS sight tests and optical vouchers anywhere in the UK, confirmed the ...
DPOs demand full disclosure at Covid Inquiry
06 June 2023 | News
At a preliminary hearing of Module 2 of the Covid Inquiry on 6 June ... Organisations (DPOs): Disability Action Northern Ireland, Disability Rights UK, Disability Wales and Inclusion Scotland have argued for full disclosure of ...
Media and culture round-up
09 February 2022 | News
... has cast its first ever Disabled Richard III. The medieval king, who is believed to have had scoliosis, will be played ... centre stage," he said. "Richard is the most murderous and charismatic character in Shakespeare's plays, and…he’s disabled! "It’s sadly rare in many plays to ...
Disability Groups Call for More Accessible Housing for Private Renters
29 January 2024 | News
Advice for Renters has been working with disability organisations, Inclusion London , Disability Rights UK and Branch Properties , to persuade the Government to ... the Property Portal as well as those leading on disability issues. We reminded the DLUHC officers that the existing ...
EASS shortlisted for two European awards
12 March 2015 | News
... shortlisted for two awards for the European Contact Centre and Customer Service Awards 2015 The EASS Helpline advises and assists individuals on issues relating to equality and human rights, across ...
DHCN Statement on Bijan Ebrahimi Case
28 November 2013 | News
The Disability Hate Crime Network responds to the totally inappropriate sentences handed to Lee James and Steven Norley for the murder of Bijan Ebrahimi. Dear ...
Capita takes legal action to stop compensation payment ordered after PIP claimant's tragic death
06 August 2019 | News
... health assessments for PIP on behalf of the DWP, is going to court to try to reverse the "reputational damage" it ... Capita was ordered to pay £10,000 in damages over its handling of her disability claim. It was found to have made ... argue it never had a chance to defend the case because of problems in its own internal mail system. In court papers, ...