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Sporting Future - A New Strategy for an Active Nation
16 December 2015 | News
... UK welcomes the new Government strategy for sport, Sporting Future: A New Strategy for an Active Nation and we are encouraged by the shift in emphasis towards a physical activity for all and away from sport for the few. There is a clear commitment ...
EHRC publishes equality guidance for schools
07 July 2013 | News
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has today published guidance to help schools protect their pupils from discrimination and promote equality Schools Technical Guidance ... the requirements under the Equality Act 2010 and explains clearly how those working in schools can create an environment ...
Resolution Foundation recommendations for UC migration
05 September 2018 | News
The benefits of moving: Managing the transition of existing claimants to ... of Universal Credit (UC) has been far from smooth” and notes that “implementation is shortly to enter its next and, arguably most difficult, phase: ‘managed ...
20 metre PIP case allowed to go to court
02 May 2013 | News
Court grants permission for full hearing of legal challenge to Government’s new disability ... Steven Sumpter can only walk a few metres with a stick and is otherwise dependent on a wheelchair. He was assessed ... component of Disability Living Allowance(DLA) last year and he has used this to lease a Motability car. Along with ...
WCA assessors: How much training?
21 September 2014 | News
... Rights UK has just been sent the result of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request regarding the length and type of training for work capability assessment Health ... asked: Length of Training Course given to HCP for Physical and Mental illnesses(i.e Chronic Pain Syndrome, Aggressive ...
Disabled people make up two thirds of Coronavirus deaths - ONS
23 September 2020 | News
... people who died of Coronavirus were disabled people according to the latest data from the Office for National ... After adjustments for region, population density, household and socio-demographic characteristics, of those whose ... women were 2.4 times more likely to die of the virus, and disabled men were twice as likely to die of the virus. ...
3D printed robotic hand wins Dyson Award
24 August 2015 | News
A 3D printed robotic hand that costs just £1,000 to produce has ... robotics graduate Joel Gibbard, can be produced in 40 hours and could go on sale as soon as next year. As winner of the ...
High street should pursue the purple pound
26 August 2014 | News
Thousands of high street businesses could effectively be turning away the custom of 1 in ... (27 August 2014). Research from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shown disabled people find shopping ...
Disabled people’s contribution to the economy
14 December 2014 | News
... Press release – for immediate use Disability Rights UK and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation are hosting a seminar to explore how economic policies can be ... developments in economics such as 'inclusive capitalism' and pre-distribution, this ‘Affordable: an economy that ...
Disability Poverty Campaign Group (DPCG) Statement on the parliamentary vote on Winter Fuel Payments
09 September 2024 | News
The announcement by the UK Government that the Winter Fuel Payment will be cut for up to two million ... provided by the Winter Fuel Payment. Winter is approaching and from next month, the energy price cap will rise to ... This is a rise of around 10% on the previous price cap and, according to the regulator Ofgem, will add an extra ...