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Former ILF user takes Council to court over care package cuts
16 June 2016 | News
... man who needs 24-hour care has been given permission to bring a legal challenge Oxfordshire County Council’s ... The care package was previously joint funded by the Council and the Independent Living Fund (ILF) but when the ILF was ... closed by the government in June 2015 the responsibility and funding was transferred to the local authorities, in ...
Ageless Thanet 50+ Festival
07 November 2018 | News
Disability Rights UK in partnership with Volunteering Matters manned a stand for GOGA Thanet to promote the volunteering ... in partnership with a huge number of fantastic people and organisations, aims to promote a wide range of fun and ...
3D Printed Hands Short-listed for £50,000 Prize
23 July 2015 | News
3D printed hands and household objects that ‘tutor’ shortlisted for ... designers, developers and entrepreneurs have been named finalists in the Inclusive Technology Prize - a competition ...
DWP WCA Maximus contract statement: Our response
30 October 2014 | News
... Rights UK receives huge numbers of distressed calls and emails complaining about both the content and the process of the Work Capability Assessment. We ...
Landmark PIP legal challenge success shows effective use of collaborative public law approach
24 April 2019 | News
... effective collaborative approach to public law has featured in a case study of a landmark PIP legal challenge. In March 2017, new PIP ... 2017 judgment in RF v the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the High Court ruled that March 2017 ...
The Leadership Academy is recruiting delegates now!
15 November 2016 | News
I wanted to share some exciting information with you about The Leadership Academy ... advantage”. People with lived experience of disability and long term health conditions, need to work differently, and often think differently. Unlocking barriers provides ...
Unlawful detention of disabled people condemned
12 March 2014 | News
Tens of thousands of disabled people are being unlawfully detained in care homes and hospitals across England and Wales, according to a House ...
Prime Minister proposes Maths until 18
11 January 2023 | News
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak set out plans in his New Year speech to ... on how this would work for those not studying A-Levels, and there has been no acknowledgement of the barriers posed ... finances. He said: "In a world where data is everywhere and statistics underpin every job, letting our children out ...
We oppose the Hendy review proposals to defer 50% of vital Access for All rail projects
26 April 2016 | News
Following the proposals on Access for All detailed in the Hendy ... Disability Rights UK, RNIB, Muscular Dystrophy Campaign UK and Campaign for Better Transport wrote to the Secretary of ... passed since the rights of disabled people to access goods and services were passed into law – yet still many of us ...
Social Services face landmark penalty for depriving daughter of home life for over a year
23 September 2015 | News
... of thirteen months Background to the case from Butler and Co, Solicitors - Read more In May 2013, P’s mother went on holiday for two weeks, ... not least the fact that P had been observed hitting herself and that she had also taken a member of staff to ground ...