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Response to Fulfilling potential: making it happen
03 July 2013 | News
FULFILLING POTENTIAL – MAKING IT REALLY HAPPEN FOR DISABLED ... UK welcomes the publication today of a set of outcomes and indicators to measure progress in disabled people’s ... to ensure we as disabled people can achieve our aspirations and play a full role in society. The detailed Action Plan ...
DWP appoints disability network chairs
08 October 2019 | News
Department for Work and Pensions appoints disability network chairs to The Department for Work ... across England, reporting back to government on a range of issues including transport, housing and employment. Sue ...
EHRC funding for housing discrimination and social security law cases
28 February 2018 | News
The Legal Support Project provides advice and funding to help individuals who have experienced discrimination to pursue legal claims. The Equality and Human Rights Commission are now accepting applications ...
I Can Make It - making progress, whatever the weather
23 November 2016 | News
The first part of last week (beginning 14th of November) was a tale of two cities for I Can Make It. On Monday, Leo and our two champions for Birmingham, Katy Evans and Rahul ... Connolly and Anna Denham (working with us on procurement issues), joined two of our champions for Manchester, Kathryn ...
Transport for London maps make tube journeys comfortable and accessible
05 July 2017 | News
... have produced a new map to help people with conditions including claustrophobia and anxiety. There are 270 stations on the Tube network, but ... more than half are actually above ground, with the Victoria and Waterloo and City lines being the only lines that are ...
Returning to work: disabled people’s jobs and health under threat
18 May 2020 | News
Employers are denying disabled people paid leave to remain at home if they ... from disabled people’s organisations to government to expand the criteria of its list of extremely vulnerable people, ... million. People shielding in line with Public Health England guidance are entitled to statutory sick pay, but this ...
Shaping Our Lives A Refuge for All Project and Findings Report
25 March 2019 | News
... a project led by disabled women with experience of violence and abuse. Shaping Our Lives A Refuge for All Project and Findings Report An advisory group of disabled women have ...
Nearly Half of Families With A Disabled Child Living in Poverty
30 January 2024 | News
The proportion of families with Disabled children who are living in poverty rose by nearly a third in two years, even before the cost-of-living ... measurement being developed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The measurement – which aims to ...
Reasonable work adjustments can be reduced hours
11 November 2013 | News
... their duty to make reasonable adjustments by only offering a disabled employee reduced hours for a fixed period. In Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Higgins , the employee, Mr Higgins, was ... a counter proposal that the period be extended to 26 weeks and refused to return to work unless this was met. The DWP ...
Going the Distance and Covering the Miles: Travelling for campaigning
02 November 2015 | News
... Project Manager for I Can Make It, talks about the ups and downs of travelling whilst campaigning and its usefulness in building confidence View blog I Can ...