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Report shows students ignorant of DSAs when applying for HE
16 January 2019 | News
... with the additional cost a disabled student faces when studying. This report assesses the extent to which DSAs are ... to learning that disabled students might experience and to look at the effect of recent changes to DSA funding. ... Students report high satisfaction with the application and assessment process overall Students with certain types ...
Government Fails to Commit to Accessible Homes
02 August 2020 | News
The government has announced sweeping changes to the planning system, with a view to making it easier to build homes and hospitals. The proposals would designate areas for ... vision for the future speaks of beautifully designed houses and tree- lined streets, however, there is no mention of ...
Councils break law over home adaptations
28 April 2015 | News
The long wait for a home — councils are failing disabled people Leonard Cheshire Disability’s new ... They also want more funding for adaptations from both local and national government and for all new homes to be built to Lifetime Homes ...
Rethinking the Work Capability Assessment
17 March 2015 | News
... Assessment (WCA) – which assesses eligibility for the main out-of-work disability benefit, Employment and Support Allowance – is widely seen to be failing This ... could actually get or keep work, given their impairments and given who they are. This report finds: Real-world ...
Shaw Power 100
20 October 2020 | News
... has published its annual Power 100 list of the UK’s most influential disabled people. DR UK CEO Kamran Mallick was ... Sophie Morgan, Srin Madipalli, Gavin Harding MBE, Shani Dhanda, Simon Minty, Jonathan Andrews, Samantha Renke, Caroline Casey and Nikki Fox. See ...
Scottish Welfare changes at a glance
21 January 2015 | News
Part of: Informing the debate on Scotland's constitutional future and Maintaining and strengthening the Scottish devolution ...
Kickstart scheme discriminates against disabled young people
03 September 2020 | News
... flagship measure to support young people between 16 and 24 into work poses major barriers for disabled adults. The ... for Jobs , which pays employers to take on young people and pays for 25 hours a week at minimum wage for six months. ...
DR UK at Disability First AGM
04 November 2018 | News
... was the keynote speaker at Disability First ’s AGM and 25 year celebration - Friday 2nd November at The Grange, ... past 25 years. Stephen Brookes MBE, rail sector champion and DR UK ambassador, also spoke at the AGM Disability First provide advice, training, information and support services to disabled people, ...
IPSOS Mori survey shows cutting disability benefits unpopular
23 March 2016 | News
... that 84% were opposed to proposed budget cuts to benefits and just 13% in support of them. Seven in ten (71%) Conservatives opposed the cuts and 22% were in support of them. View survey IPSOS Mori ...
Disability Sheffield is recruiting for an Advocacy Manager!
17 June 2019 | News
Disability Sheffield, Centre for Independent Living is looking to recruit an advocacy ... the Advocacy Manager will be responsible for supporting and supervising the advocacy team, which delivers a range of advocacy (statutory and non-statutory) as part of Sheffield Advocacy Hub. ...