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What people are saying at our events on UNCRPD
03 October 2016 | News
In her new blog, our Deputy CEO Sue Bott shares her ... Read blog Sue, with colleagues, have been going round England to talk to people about the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and getting their views about how well the UK is doing in ...
A better future for disabled people
19 April 2015 | News
Shadow Disabilities Minister Kate Green and Labour MP Rachel Reeves have today ... disability hate crime Reform the Work Capability Assessment and introduce a specialist Work Support programme to provide ...
DR UK criticises new WCA stats
26 January 2014 | News
DR UK and other Disability Charities criticise the Work Capability ... after 32% of new claimants found fit for work Following news that 32% of new claimants for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) were deemed as fit for work ...
Possible legal challenges on universal credit - call for clients
16 November 2017 | News
NAWRA are searching for potential universal credit judicial review claimants ... consent a working disabled person moving from WTC to UC and losing money due to loss of disabled worker element a ... person who is losing out because of irregular income and so gets less UC than an employed person earning a ...
DR UK says Staffordshire County Council action on DoLS disgusting
02 April 2019 | News
... assessments left 3,000 without legal protection, ombudsman finds. Read news story DR UK deputy CEO Sue Bott said: “I ... “It represents a growing trend amongst local authorities and CCGs in ignoring people’s basic human rights for ... council decided not to carry out assessments of low and medium priority DoLS applications it received from care ...
Nine more things you must do to be an exceptional leader
18 November 2018 | News
In the second of a two-part blog series Kate Nash OBE, a former CEO of one of the legacy organisations of DR UK, and now Ambassador, shares with us the things she has learnt ... is drawn from the interactions she has had with thousands of great leaders working, in different ways, in ...
79 percent of DLA reassessments move to PIP
16 September 2014 | News
... the second official statistics to be released on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) The statistics have been ... using guidelines set out by the UK Statistics Authority, and while they undergo evaluation they are labelled as ... in payment), new claims registrations, decisions made and awards up to 31 July 2014. The statistics on PIP ...
DR UK ambassador signs Anti Hate Crime pledge
12 October 2016 | News
... Stephen Brookes MBE signed the anti hate crime pledge during hate crime awareness week at the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner sponsored event in Blackpool St ... still need to create confidence in reporting of hostility and hate crimes for disabled people, and with support from ...
Did you know that for disabled people, the biggest barrier to getting active is low confidence?
27 July 2017 | News
We’re getting more disabled people active by providing one to one ... (GOGA) Peer Support project which is all about disabled and non-disabled people taking part in fun, inclusive ... with disabled people but all were open, enthusiastic and wanted to make a difference in their communities. Did ...
DRILL July Blog Post: John Beaton
27 July 2016 | News
... up on the DRILL website . DRILL, the Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning, is a partnership of Disabilty Rights UK, Inclusion Scotland , Disability Wales and Disability Action (Northern Ireland) , funded by the Big ...