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Independent living FAQs
07 October 2022 | Resource
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Disability Confidence in Thanet!
03 May 2018 | News
“I loved learning about different kinds of disabilities plus the one thing I’m taking away is ... trust) a week ago. Staff included receptionists, managers and personal trainers, who all got together to talk ...
Debt charities urge Ofgem to protect people with energy debt
08 August 2022 | News
... regulator Ofgem to urgently improve protections for people in arrears after publishing a briefing highlighting the ... many face. Citizens Advice , the Money Advice Trust and StepChange Debt Charity are warning that with a further ... Group met with Ofgem in late July and raised a number of issues on which it needed to take action including improving ...
New guidance on joining the judiciary as a non-legal member
06 June 2021 | News
Your specialist knowledge of living with a disability could have benefits to the delivery of justice within England and Wales. You might be able to use your expertise by ... to help other tribunal members understand more about the issues they are being presented with, and reach the right ...
DR UKs new training contract
25 January 2015 | News
Disability Rights UK provides training to improve accessibility of assessments Disability ... has no validity (there is no link between the points system and whether someone can or cannot work) – and the way it ... over a million disabled people accessed our information on issues from PIP to Access to Work. See also Why ...
Covid-19 Inquiry Manager
12 March 2024 | Opportunity
... Rights UK (DR UK) is excited to recruit a Covid-19 Inquiry Manager. The purpose of the role is to ensure the representation of views and experiences of Disabled people during the Covid-19 Public Inquiry, through communication and exchange of information with Disabled People's ...
Tribute to Lorraine Gradwell
03 September 2017 | News
Lorraine Gradwell, founder of Breakthrough UK and former ... I had the opportunity to ask the Office for Disability Issues to invite Lorraine to be part of the project group ...
Government Fails to Implement Emergency Evacuation Plans
03 December 2024 | News
In September 2024, on publication of the final Grenfell Tower Report, Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner strongly committed to implementing the ... issued a statement alongside a coalition of organisations and specialists, stating that "the way that the rights and ...
MPs debate PIP processing progress
25 November 2014 | News
Commons MPs debated the processing of Personal Independence Payment PIP decisions on ... contained the following: On PIP backlogs Between them, Atos and Capita have: doubled the number of health professionals ... as part of PIP evidence [usually in relation to mobility issues – though no mention was made of cases where the ...
DR UK statement on ILF closure
05 March 2014 | News
... anyway. Despite the heroic efforts of some users of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) in successfully challenging ... that ILF users will face a reduction in their care and support packages with some disabled people losing all ... how the closure of the ILF would impact on individual care and support packages or how any funding cuts would translate ...