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New Year's Message 2022
05 January 2022 | News
After the past couple of years, it feels almost inappropriate to wish you all a happy new year. But there ... two characteristics which mark out Disabled people: hope, and resilience. As such, we sincerely hope that the storm ... off the year, we are already working on a deep range of issues on behalf of Disabled people across the UK. Living ...
Fuel Poverty Awareness Day
27 November 2024 | News
... 2024. NEA is a charity that works to eradicate fuel poverty and campaigns for greater investment in energy efficiency, to help those who are poor ... energy bill increase of £19 for the average household and bringing warnings that millions are already “rationing ...
Three key meetings in the space of four days for I Can Make It!
31 July 2017 | News
Last week was a very busy yet positive and interesting week for both Champions and Staff involved with I Can Make It. On Monday, 24 th July ...
A very productive meeting for I Can Make It in Darlington, with more to follow
09 March 2017 | News
... North East, met with Owen McAteer, Foundation for Jobs Coordinator at Darlington Borough Council. During the meeting, ... interesting opportunities to create new jobs in the town, and Owen shared some very useful contacts in businesses in ... on Wednesday was a positive meeting between Anna Denham and Commissioners for the 0-25 SEND Team at Hertfordshire ...
We can help you in supporting disabled people to pool their personal budgets
25 January 2016 | News
Are you supporting disabled people to pool their personal budgets or are ... we all benefit! User-driven commissioning (UDC) is a tried and tested approach to support, gather and translate the lived experience of people’s care ...
New JRF report says disabled people account for half of those in poverty
06 December 2016 | News
Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2016: the latest annual ... that will further damage disabled people’s independence and standard of life. Disability Rights UK will continue to ...
Should I stay or should I go? Get independent advice before you claim Universal Credit
24 April 2022 | News
The DWP is encouraging those receiving “legacy benefits” who would be ... six means tested legacy benefits: income-related employment and support allowance; income-based jobseeker's allowance; ... income support; housing benefit; child tax credit; and working tax credit. As part of its initiative, the DWP ...
Invitation to be part of a study of disabled people from the LGBT community
27 April 2016 | News
New study funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Social Care Research seeks to understand more about the challenges faced by the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) disabled community. Find out more ...
Independent advocacy service launched to help disabled people access Social Security Scotland benefits
30 June 2020 | News
... been launched to support disabled people to access benefits and to enable them “to have their voice heard, express their views and feel understood”. The executive agency that administers the Scottish social security system, Social ...
Tell us how your experience in the workplace is affected by workplace design
17 April 2018 | News
... Academy Programme students, Emily Georghiou (Centre for Ageing Better) and Paul Hartley (Blind Veterans UK) are exploring the role ... of this, they have developed a survey to try to understand people's experiences in the workplace and how this is ...