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Jodey Whiting Family Given Permission to Apply for Second Inquest
12 November 2020 | News
The application for a new inquest will be made to the High Court within the next six ... submitted about the effect on her of a Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) decision to halt the benefits on which ... of her application included an investigation into the handling of Jodey’s benefits by the DWP and a report from ...
Our response to the halving the disability employment gap inquiry
10 May 2016 | News
... employment gap. Their ambition was the subject of an inquiry by the Work and Pensions Select Committee chaired by the Labour MP Frank ... in the economy. However we do support the commitment and have identified the elements of a strategy and have also ...
Two Board Meetings in three days for our Hertfordshire Champion!
15 June 2017 | News
Our Champion for I Can Make It in Hertfordshire, Bethany Young, participated in two ... Council in the space of 72 hours. Along with our Research and Engagement Officer Anna Denham, on Tuesday 13 th June ... council, to seek the council’s adoption of I Can Make It and its approach of using social value to open up new job ...
DR UK says sign the petition to increase disability benefits
26 April 2020 | News
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government ... emergency increase of £20 a week for both Universal Credit and Working Tax Credits. Although DR UK welcomes this ... April 2020 survey of over 200 disabled people which found nearly all (95%) had seen an increase in their costs as a ...
Experiences of Personal Independence Payment on people with sensory impairments
03 February 2016 | News
Researchers at NatCen Social Research are currently working on a project about the experiences of people with vision impairment and people with combined hearing and sight loss who have been claiming Disability Living ...
Making Community: The Wider Role of Makerspaces in Public Life
16 December 2015 | News
This paper has been selected for the CHI (computer human interface) 2016 Papers and Notes Program. View research paper Authors: Nick Taylor, ... DJCAD, University of Dundee - Ursula Hurley, School of Arts and Media, University of Salford - Philip Connolly, ...
DR UK policy position on supporting disabled students in HE
09 July 2017 | News
This Inside Government Forum provided attendees with an opportunity to understand recent government reforms to the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) and their impact on universities going forward. Time and ...
Taking Charge: Practical help with disability all in one book
06 March 2017 | News
A practical guide to living with a disability or health condition If you have a ... in one place your 'rights' to a decent life, with choice and control - giving information on 'what you have a right to expect' from services, education and employment. The guide is intended to complement our ever ...
CQC announces new Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care (ASC)
24 January 2019 | News
... press release The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care ... Debbie Westhead who has been interim Chief Inspector since Andrea Sutcliffe’s departure in December last year. Kate, ... co production in adult social care throughout the county and provided clear leadership across the health and care ...
NUJ condemns DWP adverts as an insult to disabled people
21 May 2019 | News
... Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the DWP for running a misleading PR campaign about Universal Credit. The DWP campaign includes unbranded wraparound advertorials and features that promote Universal Credit, but they are not clearly labelled as paid adverts and advertorial information. ...