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Grenfell: Nearly 7 Years On, We Are No Nearer Justice
31 January 2024 | News
... was Grenfell Testimony Week. It was a chance for survivors and bereaved families to speak out about the night of the fire, the loved ones that died, the continuing impact on their lives and the shameful lack of ... to prevent such a disaster happening in the future. Nearly seven years on, we are no nearer justice. People ...
DPO Sector Responds to the Civil Society Covenant Framework
12 December 2024 | News
Disability Rights UK (DR UK) and the Disabled People’s Organisations (DPO) Forum England have submitted a powerful response to the consultation on the emerging Civil Society Covenant. This response, written on behalf ...
Care Quality Commission seek ambassadors
10 March 2023 | News
The Care Quality Commission (the CQC) and Healthwatch are recruiting six campaign ambassadors to help them develop campaign messaging for people with a learning disability and autistic people, and to feature them as campaign ...
Celebrating Trustees Week
08 November 2023 | News
This year, Trustees Week is taking place from the 6th to the 10th of November. It is an opportunity to showcase charity trustees and thank them for their devoted time and commitment to charitable causes across the country. At ...
Disability Wales Celebrates 50-year anniversary
26 October 2022 | News
The national association of Disabled peoples organisations in Wales- Disability Wales, celebrated its 50 years ... chaired by Mik Scarlet – broadcaster, journalist, actor and musician, as well as an expert in the field of access and inclusion for Disabled people. The association took the ...
DWP watered down plan to prevent claimant suicides
27 October 2022 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) diluted key parts of a plan drawn up to prevent suicides and learn lessons from claimant deaths, while under the then ... of that money – £36 million – was allocated to improving safety, support for “customers with complex needs” ...
Try Describing YOUR Sight - Madeline Close
10 April 2024 | News
One of DR UK's Board members, Madeline Close, writes about the assumptions people make of her as someone with a visual impairment, and how being Disabled is part of her life and experiences, but cerrtainly doesn't define her. Why, ...
DR UK reaction to the Chancellor's Autumn Statement
17 November 2022 | News
The Government has announced in the Autumn Statement that it will increase benefits in ... April. Disability Rights UK, as part of the DPO Forum England, has said that further austerity will disproportionately ... cut.” Austerity is already responsible for tens of thousands of excess deaths in the UK. The UN Committee on the ...
DR UK backs rail staff cuts campaigners
11 January 2023 | News
Disability Rights UK is backing campaigners who are warning Transport Secretary Mark ... plans to remove guards from trains, cut staff and close ticket offices will stop many Disabled passengers from travelling by rail and will endanger lives. The National Federation of the ...
Benefit rates remain “close to destitution levels”, says JRF
30 January 2023 | News
In a new research report, UK Poverty 2023, the Joseph ... in 2020/21. However, it also highlights that living standards are likely to have fallen further since this 2020/21 ... data as benefits only increased by 3.1% when inflation was and is still much higher. The JRF acknowledges that benefits ...