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Local welfare provision in England is at risk of collapsing
12 September 2017 | News
The Decline of Local Welfare Schemes in England: why a new approach ... is needed. Download Decline of Local Welfare Schemes in England In 2013/14, the Government made a decision to abolish ...
Disabled people lose legal aid in 99% of benefits disputes
15 April 2018 | News
Official figures show that cuts have caused a massive drop in claimants granted help for welfare battles Read Observer ... 2016-17. This is because of the 2012 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act, which removed more than £350m from the legal aid budget and ended the right to legal representation in many benefits ...
EHRC steps in as thousands denied rightful A-level grades
13 August 2020 | News
Britain’s equality watchdog, the Equalities and Human Rights ... has indicated it will intervene after the government’s handling of this year’s A-level results. Young people have ...
Have high support needs in work? Tell Scope your experiences
10 November 2016 | News
... support for disabled people with high support needs: Scope interview participant recruitment. Scope is carrying out ... Interviews will be about experiences of applying for work and accessing support while in work. Scope are recruiting ... with high support needs, can bring about improvements for and by themselves, using, for example disabled staff ...
LA Bungalow sell off will affect 1 in 4 older disabled people
02 March 2016 | News
The Housing and Planning Bill, which has a crucial reading in the House of Lords ... by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that high demand for bungalows will mean that homes lived in by older ...
I Can Make It meets key local government officials in Bristol
03 August 2016 | News
On Wednesday 27 th of July I Can Make It had a meeting with Bristol City Council . This was a chance for us to meet with senior officers from across the council and align I Can Make It to projects Bristol City Council ... temporary jobs route. We thank all the meeting attendees, and especially Jacqueline Miller, Commercial Development ...
Two-fifths of older adults in psychiatric wards got COVID
14 October 2020 | News
At least two-fifths of older adults in psychiatric wards in London were infected with COVID-19 at the height of the pandemic, a new study led by UCL researchers has found. The ... mortality rates may have been affected by slow testing and poor PPE provision. The study looked at data from all ...
In memory of Josie Brown: CEO of Salford Disability Forum
31 August 2015 | News
... Forum I had personally got to know Josie whilst working with her to organise the mobile digital fabrication ... people with learning difficulties at Princess Park, Irlam and had lent her support to it being the location for the fab lab’s first tour event on September 3rd and 4th Josie was an impressive, committed and strong ...
Sense report shows devastating impact of reductions in social care
03 September 2020 | News
A new report from deafblind support charity Sense shows the full extent of the ... The report forms part of its Forgotten Families campaign, and is based on responses from 1,000 disabled adults living ... report shows that overnight, families had support removed and had nowhere to turn for help. There are 1.7 million ...
Evason report: better benefits deal in NI for four years
19 January 2016 | News
... published by a group led by Eileen Evason, a professor in social administration, includes proposals to mitigate Northern Ireland (NI) Welfare reform. The scheme proposes supplementary ... payments to carers, people suffering ill health and families on low incomes. Claimants who lose more than ...