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DR UK finds out about co-production in action!
11 July 2018 | News
... Festival last week hosted by SCIE (The Social Care Institute of Excellence). We heard great examples of how ... users of services are being involved in designing, creating and delivering better public services. Co-Production ... came from Britain’s Got Talent winner Lost Voice Guy and the Chief Executive of SCIE (no less!) who kicked off ...
Supported housing funding to be retained in welfare system
09 August 2018 | News
Housing benefit will be kept in place for all those living in ... it also provides a life-long home for those with learning and physical disabilities, mental ill-health and older people. Last year the Government had consulted on ...
Opening up opportunities for independent living for disabled people
03 November 2015 | News
New Big Lottery-funded research initiative, Drill, will rely on partnerships between disabled people and academics to uncover and pilot good ideas Underlying Drill will be partnerships ...
Terminally ill people in ‘vicious cycle’ of fuel poverty
26 November 2020 | News
... published a new report on the impact of fuel poverty on terminally ill people. The report shows that terminally ill ... which some may struggle to afford due to depleted incomes and the other significant costs associated with their ... flare up or become worse, affecting their mental wellbeing and, in the worst cases, even hastening their death. The ...
Half of all disability benefit decisions overturned in court
15 November 2019 | News
Half of all people who appeal in court against disability benefit decisions win their ... won an appeal over their benefits at tribunal between 2013 and 2018. The government says that only around 5% of ... are carried out on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) by the private contractors Capita, the ...
Campaigners raise thousands in days for #TransportJustice legal fund
06 September 2018 | News
... actions on behalf of disabled people who have faced discrimination on public transport has raised thousands of pounds in just a week. Read Disability News Service ... travel. The appeal went live on 29 August and is already nearly halfway to its target of £10,000, with three weeks ...
Increase diversity or lose funds warns Arts Council England
17 February 2020 | News
Only six per cent of people working in the arts identify as disabled, compared with just ... population, according to a new report from Arts Council England (ACE). ACE Chairman Sir Nicholas Serota said the report paints “a disappointing picture” of diversity and accused organisations of “treading water”. ACE has ...
1 in 5 who return to work after cancer face discrimination
08 November 2016 | News
... 20,000 of those who are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK will face discrimination in their workplace, ... explores the impact of cancer on working life, found that nearly a fifth of people (18%) who return to work after being ... guilty for having to take time off for medical appointments and a loss of confidence in their ability to do their job; 1 ...
You can now track your Personal Independence Payment appeal
17 April 2018 | News
As part of our £1bn reform programme the courts and tribunals service are developing digital services to support the Social Security and Child Support Tribunal. Read courts and tribunal service ...
Support into work from school failing most young people
07 April 2016 | News
Overlooked and Left Behind: improving the transition from school to work for the majority of ... in their transition for work by the education system and the focus on apprenticeships is not suitable for ...