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Poll reveals extent of loneliness for Disabled people
26 March 2024 | News
A poll from the Belonging Forum has revealed that Disabled people are significantly lonelier than non-Disabled people and 14% report no close friends at all. The Belonging Forum ... first of its kind in the UK—identified acute issues drawn along lines including age, home ownership, and ...
The Disability Employment Charter has reached its 80th signatory
02 March 2022 | News
The Disability Employment Charter outlines nine key recommendations for the government to address ... include reforming schemes like Access to Work and improving advice services. Although the Charter calls ... over 80 signatories. One of the Charter recommendations is mandatory employment and pay gap reporting for employers with ...
Irwin Mitchell Reaffirm Partnership with Parallel London
07 December 2016 | News
Law Firm Supports Inclusive Push/Run For Disabled Individuals National law ... London into 2017. Parallel London is designed for all ages and abilities; anybody can take part in one of our five ... Rights UK and can provide legal help with a wide range of issues. Irwin Mitchell Reaffirm Partnership with Parallel ...
Ways banking services can be can improved for disabled customers
17 December 2018 | News
The Banking Sector Champion, appointed by the Office for Disability Issues, is working with banks, building societies and The Post Office to look at ways they can improve ...
DR UK Trustee wins Carer of the Year award
16 February 2022 | News
DR UK Trustee and Chair of the People and Governance Committee, Shelley ... UK as their Carer of the Year for her voluntary work during the lockdown. Shelley, whose son Fraser, aged eight, ... national media, radio and news channels on a huge range of issues. These included shielding, the vaccination of ...
‘Dental deserts’ leave Disabled people without care
04 May 2022 | News
“Dental deserts” are affecting Disabled people across England after more than 2,000 dentists have given up their ... years. The number of dentists providing NHS care in England fell from 23,733 at the end of 2020 to 21,544 at the end ...
New Public Accounts Committee on local support for people with a learning disability
25 April 2017 | News
... - 58th Report - Local support for people with a learning disability. View report The report summary criticises ... into the community - too many people are not having care and treatment reviews and face uncertainty caused by the ... rights of People with Disabilities. Amongst its list of issues that has been put to the government the UN committee ...
Counting the Costs campaign
24 November 2014 | News
Contact a Family has launched its ‘Counting the Costs’ campaign Based on feedback from over 3,500 ... families, Contact a Family are urging energy companies and the UK government to address a sharp increase in families with disabled children going without heating and food. This is leading to ill health. Speaking about this ...
Disability Benefit Consortium calls for emergency covid-19 benefit changes
26 March 2020 | News
... open letter to Therese Coffey, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to call for emergency changes to the benefits ... unwell people are protected from further physical and financial harm during the covid-19 crisis. The DBC is a ... resolve Universal Credit (UC) technical and capacity issues and clear guidance be issued (to the public and to ...
DR UK signs open letter to Home Builders Federation who object to LAs building accessible new homes
28 November 2018 | News
An open letter signed by 16 charities and organisations across the ageing, disability and housing sectors. DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick says: “It is ...