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Disability Hate Crime Guidance Statement
28 February 2012 | News
Disability Rights UK has been contacted by many people interested in our hate crime guidance. We are very grateful ... Alliance, the National Centre for Independent Living and the Royal Association for Disability Rights. We also ... on the growth of negative press coverage of disability issues. Their report ‘Bad News for Disabled People’ is ...
Government must commit to accessibility in phase three
07 July 2020 | News
... laid out the aims of the third phase of its economic planning as part of his Summer Statement. Reiterating that measures to protect employees and jobs in March was phase one, new announcements about apprenticeships, training, job creation and job search starting now is phase two and phase three ...
Brexit: Should disabled people care?
04 October 2018 | News
You could be forgiven for wanting to skip this article. I’m sure you feel you’ve ... on in there a minute… Whether you voted leave or remain, and I suspect disabled people were pretty much reflective of ... Prosperity Fund instead although, of course, it is too early to see exactly what that might look like. On the ...
Inclusive Practice: Disability and School Careers Advice, Information and Guidance
13 May 2019 | News
Free training workshop for school careers advisers and coordinators, school careers leaders and careers coaches interested in developing their ...
Inclusive Practice: Disability and School Careers Advice, Information and Guidance
15 January 2019 | News
Disability Rights UK offered free one-day training days (October to January) designed for school careers advisers, coordinators and school careers leaders. The training was for those who wished to develop their understanding of disability equality and enhance their skills to ...
Man removed from home after court order granted in error
04 November 2020 | News
... court order was made without proper evidence or his case being heard. A Court of Appeal ruling found that a judge ... the Court of Appeal ruling. Mazhar has muscular dystrophy, and full capacity to make decisions about his care. Two ... officers and three paramedics arrived at his home in the early morning, showed him the order, and took him to ...
DR UK and Liberty statement on Care Act easements
06 May 2020 | News
Statements from Disability Rights UK and Liberty on Care Act easements Disability Rights UK and Liberty have released statements opposing the suspension of Care Act rights by at least seven ... We’d like to hear from any disabled people who are having problems with their care packages, in these areas or ...
Report exposes shocking rise in levels of food-poverty related illness
20 July 2023 | News
New data obtained by The Times has found that cases of malnutrition in the UK have more than doubled in a decade and have quadrupled since 2007/8. Findings which were ... 312 children — were hospitalised with malnutrition in England. This was exposed alongside figures that showed that ...
Broken benefits system forcing thousands of Disabled people to fall behind on payments and skip meals
31 August 2021 | News
Thousands of Disabled people on out of work benefits, such as ESA and Jobseeker’s Allowance, are facing considerable mental health and physical challenges as ... whether the Government acted unlawfully by not giving nearly 2 million Disabled people on legacy benefits the same ...
Energy firms stop forced installation of pre-payment meters
10 February 2023 | News
Energy firms have agreed to stop forced installation of prepayment meters in the homes of ... people. The new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Grant Shapps, has announced that Energy ... which failed to protect their vulnerable customers and were then using courts and bailiffs to force entry to ...