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Fazilet Hadi awarded MBE, for services to Promoting the Interests of Disabled People
02 January 2025 | News
... of Policy at Disability Rights UK, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours List. Her combination of warmth and incisive grasp of disability rights is impressive and has helped to build DR UK’s strong policy reputation." ...
EHRC has a new Equality and human rights helpline for advisers
20 February 2018 | News
... the Equality Advisory Support Service (EASS) helpline for members of the public. The numbers are : England: 0161 829 8190 Scotland: 0141 228 5990 Wales: 029 2044 7790 The service is ...
Caroline Waugh gets active and 'cycles back to being her'
05 June 2016 | News
Caroline Waugh talks about how she has used cycling as a way to help her to live a good life and be happy. In our first Get Yourself Active blog ... active through cycling has ‘changed her life forever’ and helped with her health conditions. Read Caroline’s ...
London Underground Turn Up and Go assistance: Your help please
21 February 2017 | News
London Underground operates a policy that older and disabled customers can request assistance from station staff on arrival, without needing to book in advance – Turn Up and Go assistance. They are aware there are times when ...
Liz Sayce joins Healthwatch Committee
13 May 2014 | News
Disability rights expert takes up role with health and social care consumer champion Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK, Liz Sayce, has been appointed to the committee of Healthwatch England to help ... With personal experience and knowledge of mental health issues, she has published widely on mental health, ...
Disability Confident Britain? DWP progress report
09 December 2014 | News
The DWP has issued a report on its progress to increase employment opportunities for disabled people 1 year after we set out our plans in the disability and health employment strategy: the discussion so far. The ... campaign, extended Access to Work scheme coverage, and Work Choice programme. In the foreword to the new ...
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 ...
Shielders told to shield – but only up to a point
04 November 2020 | News
A second lockdown is now running from 5 November to 2 December. New guidance has been ... in his address to the nation that it would be a “medical and moral disaster” if the country did not go into ... available with ever increasing waiting times, resulting in nearly 13,000 extra deaths to date, not related to the virus. ...
DWP Household Support Fund Awareness Week
17 October 2023 | News
The DWP has announced that “in aiming to further support households with the rising cost ... allocated £842 million to Local Authorities in England to extend the Household Support Fund for a year from 1 ... help if you’re struggling to afford things like: energy and water bills food essential items Your council ...
Strategic partner updates December 2015
30 November 2015 | News
Health and Social Care update from our work as Strategic Partner ... up a user-led consortium as one of 22 strategic partners in the voluntary sector. Our name is ‘Win-Win Alliance – ... Supporting wider health and care economy implementation issues Our health and social care system is at its core ...