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Get Ahead Newsletter issue 3
02 December 2020 | News
Issue 3 of the Get Ahead Newletter is out now!
You can download a copy here.
DR UK's Upcoming Webinar on Disability and Climate Change
30 June 2023 | News
Join Disability Rights UK on Friday the 28th of July from ... 11:30am as we host a webinar on the subject on disability and climate change, where we invite you to join the ... has acknowledged that very little work has explored issues around Disabled people and resilience-building in the ...
New research highlights concern at DWP’s increasing lapsing of PIP appeals
05 June 2023 | News
... Law Centre (SWLLC) has issued a new research report examining the increased lapsing of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) appeals by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and its negative effects. Lapsed appeal ... offered to be lapsed. This is disproportionately high. In nearly all of these cases, the guidance set out by the DWP in ...
Four in ten banks fail Disabled customers, says Which?
27 July 2021 | News
... their Disabled customers as widespread branch closures and the shift to online banking make it increasingly ... banks being highly rated by customers, Which? identified issues with accessibility of branches and ATMs, poor ... posed by branch closures, Disabled consumers also face problems when trying to access cash, which has already been ...
New Age UK report finds 1.6 million older people have unmet needs
13 July 2023 | News
The headline figures show that 1.6m older Disabled people have unmet care needs, and 36,000 fewer older Disabled people than 2017/18 are ... avoided if they received help earlier, before small health problems mushroom into crises requiring urgent clinical ...
Health and Disability Green Paper – a cause for concern
31 August 2021 | News
On 20 July the DWP published its long promised Health and Disability Green Paper consultation titled “ Shaping Future Support ”. It considers the options for addressing some “short-to medium-term issues in health and disability benefits”. It also aims to ...
New research highlights barriers to SEND support
15 November 2022 | News
... been published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) and the Disability Policy Centre (DPC) exposing the barriers that Disabled young people are facing when ... consultation , including more information on the current issues in SEND policy, can be found on our website. Bethany ...
Independent Review of Scottish Adult Disability Payment Highlights Importance Of “A Compassionate, Practical And Accessible System”
01 August 2025 | News
Adult Disability payment (ADP) is a benefit for people in Scotland between the age of 16 and pension age who need help ... for those with fluctuating conditions and mental health problems, taking into consideration the environment in which ...
1.6 million children live in mouldy and damp homes
23 February 2023 | News
... on a survey of 2,000 renters, analysis by Citizens Advice indicates that more than half of private renters in England (2.7m households) are currently struggling with ... said poor energy efficiency is often the cause of these issues. And its study showed that tenants of private rentals ...
DWP spends almost £40 million contesting disabled people’s right to ESA
28 August 2017 | News
An investigation by The Independent has revealed that the DWP ... still, that cost only refers to those incurred by the DWP and does not include the yet unverified money spent by the ... assess disabled people with have with mental health problems. Responding to the Independent, a DWP spokesperson ...