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Join DPAC's Vigil Outside High Court for Case Against Consultation on WCA Changes
05 December 2024 | News
The legal challenge against the consultation on changes to the Work Capability ... Assessment (WCA) will be heard in the high court on 10 and 11 December. DPAC is holding a vigil outside the Royal ... the first day of the hearing. The hearing is open to public and we have asked for a wheelchair accessible court room. ...
Being Active Guide
05 January 2015 | News
Being Active: A guide for people with impairments or health ... relevant information, so they have control over where, what and how they can start being active. Research shows that ... as active as they would like to be. According to Sport England’s Active People Survey four out of five disabled ...
The Impact of Ticket Office Closures on Disabled People
04 July 2023 | News
... ticket office closures will have on Disabled people accessing rail travel. Disability Rights UK note with deep concern ... for Transport plan to disclose that up to one thousand rail station ticket office will face closure in a ... next week. Previously we have written to various rail and transport ministers and received little comfort in their ...
Ombudsman upholds two thirds of social care complaints
01 October 2019 | News
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has upheld two thirds of complaints about social care providers in 2018/2019. The Ombudsman ... decisions showed another increase in upheld complaints. Nearly two thirds of our investigations are now finding ...
75 organisations again call on Government to make carer’s allowance Fairer for Carers
02 November 2020 | News
Carers UK and 74 other organisations, including DR UK, have joined together to again call on the ... pandemic like those on Universal Credit? The answer is clearly yes - so the £20 increase should also be payable to ...
New report advocates rebranding residential care
03 September 2014 | News
... century…” #137087889 / gettyimages.com This is the final report of the Commission on Residential Care on the ... of residential care homes/settings as places of illness and frailty, where you would only go as a last resort. The ... despite these perceptions, the sector is full of innovative and excellent examples of high-quality, personalised and ...
Lead Scotland host national conference
19 May 2016 | News
Lead Scotland are hosting their 5 th national conference, ‘Are We There ... th June at Perth College UHI . The conference aims to bring together a diverse range of partners from across the college, university, skills, health and community learning sectors to meet new and emerging ...
Young people – have your say on education
19 May 2021 | News
The Educational Pathways and Work Outcomes of Disabled Young People in England Project at the University of Warwick is looking for Year ...
I Can Make It is making progress towards some excellent results
01 June 2017 | News
We hope you all had a nice Bank Holiday! We’re going through a combination of the half term holidays and our own ones with, it is safe to say, both champions and staff going to some interesting locations. Don’t ...
Family Carers Not Given Support They Need, Report Finds
20 February 2024 | News
... for Social Justice (CSJ) has found that carers are not being given the support they need, meaning many are forced to ... Our social care system is failing both Disabled people and carers, and the large intersection of Disabled people ... CSJ’s report surveyed family carers and found that nearly 400,000 family carers have left paid employment to ...