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New Passenger Assistance app
15 August 2021 | News
The new Passenger Assistance app, which takes the time and fuss out of requesting assistance when you want to travel, was released in May. ... to make the whole process of requesting assistance quicker and smoother. You no longer need to spend time on the phone ...
Mayor of London concedes to Disability campaigners over new emission zone plan
09 December 2022 | News
... Sadiq Khan, after he recently announced that he will expand the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) London-wide to tackle the threats of air pollution, congestion, and the threat of climate change. The expansion will come into effect on Tuesday 29 August 2023 and will operate ...
White Paper on Social Care
30 November 2021 | News
... re-build the care system On Wednesday 1 st December, the Minister for Care and Mental Health, Gillian Keegan, made a statement ... on Social Care. The Government ambitions were lofty: Choice and control; personalised care; and fairness. However the ...
MPs demand better protection for disabled claimants on DLA/PIP who claim DHPs
11 January 2016 | News
Work and Pensions Committee's report on the local welfare safety net Read report This report examines local authority provision under the local welfare ... intention to affect such people and time-limited DHPs are clearly inadequate to protect them. (Paragraph 56)” ...
I Can Make It keeps rolling during the winter months
08 December 2016 | News
December: a time for relaxing, thinking about how to enjoy/survive Christmas and winding down. Not if you’re a campaigner (amongst ... jobs) though. Instead it’s a time for keeping up momentum and setting the scene for the New Year! On Tuesday we had a ...
Your epilepsy, your benefits
18 August 2013 | News
Free benefits information days for people with epilepsy Are you confused ... what the changes to benefits mean for you? Epilepsy Action and Epilepsy Society are working together to host two free information days, in London on 1 October 2013 and in Manchester on 5 October 2013, about the recent ...
Tackling Barriers for Disabled Apprentices
30 March 2015 | News
... the conclusion of its London Apprenticeship Project by sharing the key learning achieved at its Tackling Barriers for ... of the event was engage with Employers, training providers and other organisations dedicated to supported disabled individuals and highlight the barriers encountered. The event succeeded ...
Sign up to Get Yourself Active's Webinar
16 May 2019 | News
Join Get Yourself Active on Wednesday 5th June, 2pm-3pm to ... to be an overview of the Get Yourself Active programme and its evaluation report covering the last four years. The ... into three sections which reflect the evaluation report and the three strands of Get Yourself Active's work: the ...
Adult social care entering a ‘perfect storm’ says ADASS
06 November 2016 | News
Adult social care is entering a ‘perfect storm’ which is impacting on vulnerable people who are getting less help and whose need for care won’t stop, according to new ... of almost £0.5 billion, further closures of residential and nursing homes and increased handing back of contracts, ...
We demand proactive EHRC on disability rights
11 July 2013 | News
Disability Rights UK challenges the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to raise its game on ... the EHRC to raise its game on disabled people's equality in Britain. We have a public narrative that paints disabled ... likely than other citizens to miss out on education, skills and work, and having much less choice over our day to day ...