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What The Rising Energy Bills Means For Disabled People: Calling For An Energy Social Tariff
23 August 2024 | News
Dan White, our Policy and Campaign's Officer and member of the Disability Poverty ... (DPCG), writes about what the new energy price cap and rising energy bills will mean for Disabled people. What are the ... people’s organisations like ours to understand the issues here. We work with the people involved and live the ...
New volunteer for Get Yourself Active and Get Out, Get Active
09 January 2017 | News
Iyiola Olafimiyan has kindly offered to come and support some of the work we are doing on Get Yourself Active and Get Out, Get Active. He will be coming in on a Friday ...
DPOs demand DHSC use the social model lens within its major condition strategy
27 June 2023 | News
... call for evidence . This is where the Department of Health and Social Care sought views and ideas on how to prevent, ... groups of health conditions that most affect the population in England. The following organisations co-sign this ... to the department’s consultation to recommend: Health issues must be through the social model lens to allow sport ...
IIAC advises industrial injuries changes
16 June 2014 | News
The Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAC) have reviewed the rule that allows decision makers of Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (IIDB) claims to ... the rule does not apply to all industrial diseases and some diseases have different time limits for the rule. ...
Ten year PIP reviews for people with most severe health conditions
17 June 2018 | News
New guidance coming into effect this summer means people who are awarded the highest level of support under PIP – and where their needs are expected to stay the same or ... to make an indefinite award; and if the Secretary of State issues guidance about deciding whether a fixed term award ...
Our statement on ILF closure
28 June 2015 | News
STATEMENT ON THE CLOSURE OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING FUND Tomorrow the Independent Living Fund ... opposed closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) unless and until an effective alternative approach is in place that ... the transfer of responsibility for ILF recipients in England to local authorities taking place tomorrow. In ...
7 in 10 PIP appeals won on the same evidence DWP already held
04 October 2022 | News
The claim by the DWP that they lose 70% of PIP appeals mainly because the claimant produces new evidence at their hearing has been proved to be untrue, the Benefits and Work has highlighted. According to the DWP’s own ... oral evidence does not suggest new evidence, says Benefits and Work. Instead it suggests that the tribunal asked ...
Campaigners call on Government to provide more financial support to Disabled people
25 May 2023 | News
A parliamentary debate on Cost-of-Living payments for Disabled People recently took place, after ... people signed petitions set up by campaigners Rachel Curtis and Abigail Broomfield. The next government disability cost of living payment is again £150 and will be paid to around six million people in summer ...
One Third of Disabled People are Struggling Financially
14 September 2023 | News
A new report into the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on Disabled ... which is led by DR UK, Inclusion London, Inclusion Barnet and Disability Positive. The research surveyed 815 people ... of positive changes already happening on some of the issues we highlight in the report. But to make a real ...
AGM January 2015
26 January 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK 3rd Annual General Meeting: 26 January 2015 -1pm – 4pm at Resource for London The ... Disability Rights UK Liz Sayce then outlined the past year and what we can expect in the coming year. Following members ... provision - We had 700,000 downloads of our factsheets and 8,000 were served through our helplines (our Self ...