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Tottenham Hotspur: Supporting Disability History Month and leading the way in disability access and inclusion
23 November 2015 | News
... support for UK Disability History Month as part of its ongoing commitment to backing football’s equality and inclusion campaign, Kick It Out . In November 2014, the ... Disability Centre of Excellence, in partnership with Barnet and Southgate College, to provide specialist education ...
Trust awards and grants
07 October 2022 | Resource
... grants go to the Turn2Us website , which has an online grant finder. If you are considering an education course and you can’t get the money you need from official ... Housing grants Local welfare assistance schemes in England Scottish welfare fund 16-19 bursary fund Disabled ...
EASS helps in challenging travel insurance quote
27 April 2015 | News
Trying to arrange travel insurance for a holiday of a lifetime ... caller was planning a holiday of a lifetime with his family and had previously used the insurance company at a reasonable price. He decided to use the company again and disclosed that he has malignant melanoma more than once ...
Covid-19 Inquiry Told of Do-Not-Resuscitate Communication To People With Learning Disabilities
06 November 2024 | News
People with learning disabilities were told they wouldn’t be resuscitated ... has heard. Mencap’s Executive Director of Strategy and Influencing, Jackie O’Sullivan, shared with the ... ahead of its release. A Public Health England report in the early pandemic showed that adults with learning disabilities ...
Charging for support: a tax on disability and old age
30 April 2018 | News
In 2017 the Independent Living Strategy Group - an informal grouping of disability organisations and activists, chaired by Baroness Jane Campbell - put out a ... of a charge against their direct payment). This is a long-standing and much contentious issue. We are talking here, not ...
DR UK and Work Foundation peer support event
02 February 2016 | News
There is a growing body of evidence of the value of peer support for people ... living with long-term health conditions or disability, and particularly mental health conditions. Such support is ... together a range of subject experts to identify the key issues and discuss how we might take this forward. Speakers ...
DR UK welcomes debate on abortion and disability
29 January 2017 | News
... Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill, put forward by Lord Shinkwin, passed its committee stage in the House of Lords ... of the Abortion Act on disabled children, their families and carers. Link to Lords debate Briefing on the Bill Over ... CEO DR UK comments: “We are in support of this Bill and congratulate Lord Shinkwin on raising this issue. The ...
Blueprint for fundamental welfare reform for ‘getting people back into work’
24 July 2024 | News
Speaking at the launch of a new report by the Pathways to Work Commission, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall set out the path for a new ... people have consistently highlighted a range of structural issues with the work capability assessment (WCA), including ...
Government outlines work to improve aviation accessibility
03 April 2018 | News
The Government says it is considering a raft of new measures to work with the airline industry ... flying a more enjoyable experience for disabled passengers and those with reduced mobility. It comes as Britain's ... and the focus that is being given to improving operational issues and future design to ensure that they are no longer ...
PIP and ESA reviews and reassessments suspended for the next three months
24 March 2020 | News
The DWP has announced that PIP and ESA reviews and reassessments are suspended for three months. It is also automatically extending all disability benefit awards at the current rate to ... benefits are also being automatically extended. “Some issues are still unclear. For example, are people who have ...