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Boost for hospital Changing Places
26 January 2020 | News
The Government has committed to giving half a million pounds to expand the number of Changing Places in hospitals across the ... equipment such as changing benches for adults, hoists and sometimes wet room facilities. There are currently only ...
DWP asks terminally ill for death date
06 July 2015 | News
Terminally ill welfare claimants are being asked by benefit ... by Frank Field , the newly elected chairman of the work and pensions select committee Field has written to the work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, asking for an ...
Government Urged to Protect Disabled People from Fire
27 May 2021 | News
... their lives, half of whom were Disabled People or children and 85% of whom were from minority ethnic backgrounds, Government has failed to ... event of fire. Disability Rights UK, Grenfell Next of Kin and the Leaseholders Disability Action Group, alongside ...
New homes to become more accessible
02 August 2022 | News
... built homes more accessible. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has published a long awaited response to its consultation on standards for new homes, which closed in December 2020. DLUHC ...
Get Yourself Active goes to Elevate
17 May 2018 | News
... nice to have a relevant trade show near our head office. And last week (9-10th May), Leo Capella Communications Officer, Kirsty Mulvey Programme Officer and Daniel Ball coordinator for Get Yourself Active in Leicester went to Elevate ...
Another new Champion for I Can Make It is ready to start making a difference
18 October 2016 | News
... champion. She is Pippa Stacey, who will be creating resources and providing an extra point of advice for champions in the ... this Friday (21 st of October) for an induction meeting and next week. However we need more young people with ...
Call on Government to tackle employment discrimination
21 October 2021 | News
Call on Government to tackle employment discrimination A Disability Employment Charter has been launched, ... supported by disability organisations, trade unions and academics. The Charter sets out areas for Government ... is almost a 30% gap between the employment rate of Disabled and non-disabled people. There is also a 19.6% disability ...
Disability Rights UK response to the Chancellors Autumn statement
22 November 2023 | News
... to the benefits system will push more Disabled people into deeper poverty, forcing people to accept unsuitable ... than tackling the root causes of poverty, discrimination and public service failures. . The message is clear, ... crisis, the impact of inadequate public services and the disastrous consequences of the Covid pandemic. We ...
Your mental health crisis care experiences needed
18 March 2014 | News
... Care Quality Commission want to hear about your experiences and knowledge of the help, care and support provided during a mental health crisis. As part of this work, they would ...
DPTAC to be retained
16 June 2013 | News
The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee to be retained The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee ... it will be welcomed by disabled people, DPTAC members past and present. We want now to re-establish and re-fresh our working links with the transport sector, ...