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DR UK joins BT in new football initiative
03 February 2020 | News
BT has today launched the 4-3-3 strategy, bringing together the four Home Nations in partnership with ... Associations, three communities - grassroots, women and disability and para communities, and three goals: Develop new ...
The Accessible Information Standard is now in force
01 August 2016 | News
The Accessible Information Standard aims to make sure that people who have ... and find out how to meet their needs. Record those needs clearly and in a set way. Highlight or ‘flag’ the ...
Vital COVID information is inaccessible to BSL users
20 December 2020 | News
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the majority of important health information provided by the UK government has not been in ... interpreter, at key briefings throughout the course of the pandemic. The UK Government claimed that it met its duties, ...
BBC commits to improving inclusion in the workplace
06 November 2018 | News
... Group for Disability is thrilled that, following an internal review , the BBC board of executives has ... of recommendations aimed at making the BBC a more inclusive and supportive workplace. The changes are geared at improving both recruitment and career progression for existing employees. The ...
DWP Announces Major WCA Changes for New ESA and UC Claimants from 2025
24 November 2023 | News
... capability assessment (WCA) descriptor consultation only ending on 30 October, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has now published its full response. ... is not subject to change, new claimants of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and universal credit (UC) will ...
Dis Life: Insisting on helping a disabled person who doesn't ask for help is ableism
06 January 2023 | News
... the moment a lady repeatedly asked her if she was ok and if she needed help after seeing her with her crutches. It was a cold and frosty evening. The wind whipping through my jumper, I ...
Cabinet office fails to engage with DPOs
28 January 2019 | News
... of Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), to the Cabinet Office, about a workshop on the barriers facing ... Disabled Peoples Organisations to express our deep dismay and concern about the total lack of engagement of Disabled ... officials from Cabinet Office, the Office for Disability Issues and ‘a small group of academics and disability ...
Citizens Advice warns of prepayment meter debt crisis
06 October 2022 | News
... prepayment energy meters by the end of 2022. CA are calling on the government to stop companies forcing people onto ... way to pay energy bills. A meter is installed in the home and topped up with credit bought either online or from a ... when someone cannot access their meter due to accessibility issues. Suppliers should carry out special checks to make ...
New rules tighten exclusion of Disabled students from Universal Credit
08 November 2021 | News
The Government has issued new regulations, removing an exemption ‘work around’ allowing Disabled ... the new rules that come into force from 15 December 2021 and provide that someone entitled to DLA or PIP will allow ... students who receive DLA or PIP can receive both ESA and Housing Benefit. Receipt of both benefits means that ...
DWP refuse to publish analysis of £20 week Universal Credit uplift ‘as it is not in the public interest’
18 July 2021 | News
... written to Therese Coffey MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, after the DWP refused to disclose any analysis ... it has undertaken on the potential impact on poverty of cutting the weekly Universal Credit £20 uplift from October ... for it to be released. However, we believe that it is clearly in the public interest to know whether this decision ...