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New DWP and RNIB training partnership to better support Universal Credit claimants with sight loss
30 September 2019 | News
All DWP Jobcentre Plus staff are now able to access new training through an online portal which offers information and advice to better support claimants with sight loss. The ... causes of sight loss, barriers faced by those with first-hand experience of visual impairment and the best ways to ...
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 ...
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 ...
High Court finds DWP unlawfully refused Universal Credit to disabled students for seven years - only for Secretary of State to change the law to bar them again
11 November 2020 | News
... published High Court judgment has shown that, between 2013 and 2020, thousands of disabled students were unlawfully barred from claiming Universal Credit for essential living costs benefit. ...
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 ...