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We respond to homecare maximum expenditure policy
14 August 2013 | News
... Rights UK believes no one should be forced to go into residential care against their wishes. It is completely ... independent living. Enabling disabled people to have choice and control is the best use of public money - enabling us to participate fully in our communities and contribute.' The High Court has rejected a legal ...
Boy wins grammar school discrimination case
15 September 2020 | News
A visually impaired child has won his 11+ discrimination case against Reading Grammar School. The Equality and Human Rights Commission supported the boy after the ... path to an equal society starts in childhood. It is right and just that disabled children receive parity of ...
C4 Dispatches: UC stories wanted
10 February 2015 | News
C4 Dispatches is looking at the introduction of Universal Credit and how it is working in practice and the consequences of the new system for claimants They ...
Local Welfare Provision funding extended
03 February 2015 | News
... reviewed its previous decision to end Local Authority Funding for Local Welfare Assistance Schemes from April 2015 ... including to help them respond to local welfare needs and to improve social care provision.” [ Hansard 3 ... : Column 5WS ). Local Welfare Assistance Schemes are grants and loans, provided by your Local Authority, to meet a ...
Prescription Charges Coalition petition smashes target: Help with the final push
29 May 2018 | News
... Charges Coalition has smashed its 20,000 target and are now aiming to reach 25,000 signatures on their petition! Thousands of people tell the Prescription Charges Coalition (PCC) ...
The budget must deliver great things for disabled people
21 November 2017 | News
In this Huffington Post blog, Philip Connolly, Policy and ... effort to supporting everyone to make a contribution, and give more effort to those who are further behind. Good ...
Disabled applicants applying for public appointments
30 April 2014 | News
The Commissioner for Public Appointments is publishing a web page of practical tips to ... These ideas are by no means an exhaustive list and are to be used as a prompt rather than a mandatory checklist. ...
DR UK ambassador appointed to the NHS Assembly
31 March 2019 | News
NHS Assembly announced to help deliver the Long-Term Plan. Find out more Disability Rights UK wants to congratulate one ... Assembly has been created to advise the Boards of NHS England and NHS Improvement on delivery of the improvements in ...
Disability Hate Crime Network Website launch
07 January 2014 | News
Disability Rights UK Ambassador, and Hate Crime Network coordinator Stephen Brookes has announced the launch of the network website http://www.dhcn.info/ Events details and full links to the Disability Rights UK third party ...
Trailblazers launch new body image campaign
07 March 2019 | News
Trailblazers are encouraging people to share their personal stories and experiences on body image as a new campaign is launched. ... wants to know how you feel about your body image and the factors that influence this. They want to hear from ...