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People of Bristol please listen out for our I Can Make It Champion!
11 April 2017 | News
... On Monday the 10 th of April our Champion for I Can Make It in Bristol, Charlotte White went to BCFM ’s studios to pre-record a radio programme to introduce I Can Make It and talk about employment for a show hosted by Disability Rights UK organisational member, West of England Centre for Inclusive Living (WECIL). If you would ...
Education factsheet updates
29 November 2023 | News
The following Education factsheets have now been updated... Funding ... are studying at further education (FE) level. Careers and Work for Disabled People This factsheet provides ... information on disability, rights under the Equality Act, and the funding and support available to access ...
Child residence tests breach human rights
29 June 2014 | News
... tests breach their rights, says Human Rights Committee In their new Report the Joint Committee on Human Rights ... children with special educational needs or disabilities, and section 17 and 20 Children Act 1989 cases. For more information go to ...
A hundred people die fighting for terminal illness benefits
07 November 2021 | News
... 100 people denied fast-tracked disability benefits for terminal illness died challenging the decision, bbc.co.uk has ... recognise when a claimant was approaching the end of life and was in desperate need of support". Dr Sam Royston, its director of policy and research, said if people died before their appeals were ...
Giving birth to purple culture
03 June 2015 | News
There is a culture to all politics and at its best the culture of disability politics has been angry, stirring, passionate and liberating but at its worst it has been patronizing, ...
The “Paulley Principle”: A DR UK ambassador’s view
18 January 2017 | News
In his new blog Stephen Brookes MBE, DR UK ambassador and ... disabled people in planning public service vehicle design and service provision as, unless or until a specific change ...
Ombudsman finds council wrong for automatically reducing disability-related expenses where a cheaper option was available
16 June 2021 | News
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found Essex County Council at fault in how it considered two separate women’s Disability ... available to the women. Michael King, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, said: “The council appears to ...
Half of disabled travellers feel they can’t fly, finds Which? survey
13 January 2020 | News
A lack of adaptations by travel-related businesses has led to half of all disabled people feeling they ... according to a survey of disabled people by Which? Travel and the Research Institute of Disabled Consumers. A quarter ... were dissatisfied with the assistance available, rising to nearly a third for Heathrow services. A lack of staff to ...
People’s experience using adult social care services
28 February 2019 | News
This NICE quality standard covers the experience of adults using social care services. Find out more It applies to all ... services, including people's own homes, residential care and community settings. Its aim is to help people understand ...
IDS promises PIP 16 week turnaround
02 July 2014 | News
Iain Duncan Smith has promised that, before the end of the ... debate on the performance of the Department for Work and Pensions he said: “..the delays faced by some people are unacceptable, and we are committed to putting that right. Already we have ...