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DR UK response to the Welfare Safety Net Inquiry
13 February 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK response to the Work and Pensions Welfare Safety Net Inquiry More about the ... to disabled people, particularly in respect of benefit issues. DR UK run a second-tier advice line where we assist ... in.” The Special Rapporteur highlights several endemic problems with the new benefit, including its inbuilt delay ...
How Membership Organisations Benefit from Self Service Portals
04 April 2022 | News
Having worked with membership organisations of all shapes and sizes for many years we’ve learnt a huge amount about ... (ITSM) practices that permits users to solve their own issues without the need for directly contacting a support ... automated solutions which empower people to solve their own problems. Let’s consider why there’s such a high desire ...
Peer support could boost work prospects for disabled people
23 May 2016 | News
... way of boosting disabled people’s employment prospects, and should have a stronger role in government work ... to connect employment peer support to a range of other life issues – such as housing or debt problems – that can prevent someone finding work or moving ...
Bedroom tax help inadequate says Ken Butler
27 May 2013 | News
... welfare rights officer for Disability Rights UK, said ministers had claimed there would be no evictions as a result ... effects of the bedroom tax are already being felt. Already nearly a thousand people have received notice of arrears letters in ...
Being LGBTQ+ and Disabled: Where Identities Meet
29 July 2025 | News
... blog post was written by one of our Board members, Celestine. She dives into the complex intersections of a queer and Disabled identity, shining a light on overlapping ... But one contributing factor is high rates of mental health issues within the LGBTQ+ community. In Canada, mental ...
High Court rejects application for second Jodey Whiting inquest
21 September 2021 | News
... second inquest into her death. Jodey Whiting, 42 years old and a mother-of-nine and grandmother from Stockton-on-Tees, ... and so missed the WCA. Jodey had severe mental health problems. She had also been ill with pneumonia and receiving ... who lived with serious long-term physical and mental health issues, was desperately let down by the DWP but this ...
1.3 million people in poor mental health who need help with Universal Credit are being “Set Up To Fail”
25 May 2021 | News
New research by the charity Money and Mental Health Institute (MMHI) says around 1.3 million ... says that many people with common symptoms of mental health problems - such as difficulties understanding complex ... — instead of being #SetUpToFail . Read more about these issues here , and sign our petition calling on government to ...
It’s Time To “Stop the Witch-Hunt” Against Flexible Working, Says Coalition of Unions and Equality Campaigners
07 October 2024 | News
Unions and equality campaigners have today, on Monday 7th October, ... the truth.” Pointing to the recruitment and retention problems facing employers the organisations say: “There ... workforce than before the pandemic, and one of the biggest issues facing employers is recruiting and retaining skilled ...
Reports to the UN Committtee 2017
02 February 2017 | News
... Organisations submission to UNCRPD Full report : England and Wales - pdf and word versions Full report : Great ... following the publication of our report UNCRPD issues to present to UK Government Information provided by ... to the convention, the report argues. It says that access problems in buildings, on the street and public transport ...
Disabled people still being overlooked in roadmap planning
22 February 2021 | News
Ministers and the NHS must improve safeguards for Disabled people as ... extremely vulnerable. However, there remain critical issues affecting Disabled people, set out in the attached ... digital access. We are also concerned about the employment problems that new Shielders might face and the challenges ...