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Cutting disabled people’s benefits will make it harder for them to find work
11 January 2016 | News
We’re so glad that Disability Rights UK Ambassador Lord Colin Low has come out against the proposed 30% Employment and Support Allowance cut from 2017 to new claimants in the ... people in the WRAG group who want to get back into work (and many would like to) it’s clear what is needed: much ...
Driving down the costs disabled people face
23 June 2015 | News
... Extra Costs Commission report marks the end of a year-long independent inquiry into the extra costs faced by disabled people and their families It calls on disabled people to: be ‘bold and loud’ and build consumer power behind the ‘purple ...
£450k announced to help patients have their say on health services
12 September 2018 | News
A windfall of £450,000 to support practical and innovative ... programme has been awarded the money from NHS England and the National Lottery – through the Big Lottery ...
DR UK delivers thought provoking training at the orpheus centre
08 January 2018 | News
... Rights UK recently delivered Disability Confidence and Awareness training at the Orpheus Centre. Orpheus is an independent ... specialist college in Surrey that increases the confidence and skills of young disabled adults through the performing ...
Spirit of 2012 award winners
15 July 2015 | News
Four organisations working in the UK have been awarded a ‘Challenge Fund’ grant to create opportunities for disabled people in arts and cultural activities Three organisations, Beacon Hill Arts , Oasis Children’s Venture and ARC Stockton , have received full grants to deliver up ...
NAWRA receives reply from Esther McVey over potential ESA underpayments
23 January 2018 | News
Letter to new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions about income related ESA. Last year, NAWRA (National Association ... Allowance claimants who had been migrated to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), and only been awarded ...
Housing Minister announces housing accessibility consultation
08 September 2020 | News
The Minister for Housing Robert Jenrick has launched a ... on the accessibility of new homes. The existing minimum standard for accessible housing in England has four main criteria: level access to the main ...
Get Yourself Active celebrates an excellent set of results from a partnership that it is part of.
20 June 2018 | News
... Active are pleased that Chester FC Mental Health & Wellbeing which we through our partners, Cheshire Centre for ... We’d like to congratulate Chester FC Mental Health and Wellbeing on their excellent four victories and wish them well for the next football season. Their ...
DRILL Roadshow Reports published
04 April 2016 | News
... now completed over 18 DRILL Roadshows across Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. The purpose of which was to determine how research and piloting would contribute most to ...
Parliamentary committee says scrap bedroom tax
15 December 2013 | News
In an interim report published today, Monday 16 December ... This takes account of the evidence received which shows clearly that there are not enough smaller houses available for ... their existing housing before the new tax was invented – and the lack of any alternative offers means that they have ...