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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 ...
Opportunity to be paid participant in research projects
13 November 2024 | News
d+m is a market research agency based in London who work on behalf of a range of clients who want to conduct research into their brands. They use several different methods, for example, online focus groups held on Zoom and in person groups held in a hotel or viewing studio. The ...
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 ...
Three of the UK's biggest cities have no plans for providing wheelchair-accessible homes
06 December 2022 | News
New reporting from the BBC has found that some of England's major ... the government committed to increasing the accessibility standards for new build homes but there remains no progress on ...
Inadequate social security level main driver of food bank use – Essentials Guarantee needed
01 March 2023 | News
New research by the Trussell Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds that inadequate social security levels is the main ... given out from Trussell Trust food banks between April and September 2022. Other findings include: 90% of ...
Family of Errol Graham launch legal action against the DWP
04 March 2020 | News
... his benefits were cut off, has launched legal action against the DWP in the hope that systems and policies will be overhauled to better protect vulnerable ... Despite his long history of severe mental health issues, no information was ever obtained about his physical ...
Chancellor receives 120,000 strong Don’t Leave Disabled People Behind petition today
17 November 2020 | News
Around 120,000 people have signed a petition calling for the two million disabled people, lone parents and families who receive legacy benefits, like ESA, JSA and ... pandemic like those on Universal Credit? The answer is clearly yes - so the £20 increase should also be payable to ...
Fulfilling Potential: Making it happen
01 July 2013 | News
Department For Work And Pensions Written Ministerial Statement by Esther McVey Fulfilling Potential ... across the whole of Government and beyond. It sets out clearly in one place where progress has been made and also ...
Met Police officer fired after assaulting black child with learning disabilities
05 May 2021 | News
A 17 year-old who was an inpatient at a mental health unit was repeatedly struck by a Metropolitan (Met) police officer and had CS spray used on her after she became distressed ... particularly where the person involved has mental health issues, is of concern…PC Kemp's immediate reaction when ...
DR UK delivers climate statement to COP27
29 November 2022 | News
... last week with a breakthrough agreement to provide "loss and damage" funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. ... climate warms due to barriers to accessing warning systems and transportation, as well as generally poor health, health ...