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MP calls for face mask exemption awareness campaign
04 November 2020 | News
Disabled people who are unable to wear face coverings due to their impairments, are continuing to encounter hostility from some retail and transport staff and members of the general public. Whilst the exemptions are clearly set out in regulations, there has been a failure by ...
DR UK and allies write to Prime Minister about "ongoing assault on Disabled people's rights"
08 May 2024 | News
... Organisations, Trade Unions, Anti-racism organisations and Migrant Rights Groups have written to the Prime Minister to condemn the recent onslaught of attacks from the ... terms, condemned the government’s failures, having had nearly eight years to make progress since the UN's last ...
Get Yourself Active goes to make some sporting sense and says thank you to Iyiola
31 May 2018 | News
... Officer for Get Yourself Active went to the Sporting Sense Summit at the Lee Valley Velodrome. After it he ... this report on the event, which included trying out a hand cycle. So do read it and share it with anyone who might be interested. And as ...
Disabled people asked to help to design a social security system of dignity, respect and trust
19 June 2019 | News
Disabled people and others with personal experience of claiming benefits are leading a ground-breaking project to devise ... in which claimants would be treated with dignity, trust and respect. The Commission on Social Security, led by ...
Half of people with a learning disability and autistic people reluctant to provide feedback on care
18 March 2021 | News
... research from the CQC has revealed that people with a learning disability or autism are more reluctant to give ... the lived experience of people with a learning disability and/or autistic people has to be at the centre of how we decide to regulate and improve care. It is so important to hear their voices ...
Think Local Act Personal launches a report on lived experience of access to care and support
22 October 2020 | News
The TLAP Insight group (TIG) which makes up a group of organisations with key insight and expertise within the social care sector have reported that the lived experience of people accessing care and support during the pandemic can be greatly improved ...
DWP launches case trawl review exercise to identify PIP claimants owed benefit arrears following landmark legal judgment on the need for support when ‘Engaging with other people face to face’
24 September 2020 | News
... to identify claimants now owed benefit arrears following a recent Supreme Court judgment. This DWP review will result in potentially thousands more disabled people getting PIP or receiving it at a ... who are experienced in providing them with support Two issues in respect of daily living activity 9 were in dispute ...
Right to be active and well is a human right for disabled people; a call for action!
12 April 2017 | News
... shares his thoughts on the importance of recognising the staggering inequalities faced by disabled people today when developing wellbeing and physical activity opportunities. Read article In this ... he also discusses how this connects to the latest Equality and Human Rights Commission report. Right to be active ...
NHS offer greater choice of care and more control for wheelchair users over their provision
17 May 2016 | News
NHS England today sets out action to help people manage their own health by giving them more choice and control about the personal care they receive. Three key ...
Non-Residential Charges: Paying towards the cost of your care and support at home
07 October 2022 | Resource
Non-Residential Charges: Paying towards the cost of your care and support at home ...