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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Join the Intersectional DPO Forum: Building Inclusive Spaces Together!
15 August 2023 | News
Are you part of an Intersectional Disabled People's Organisation (DPO) or a ... aimed at creating a vibrant space for sharing, support, and collaboration. Event Details Date: 19th September Time: ... voices, share valuable insights, and collectively address issues that often go overlooked.Agenda: Introduction to the ...
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 ...
Disability charities urge the Government to get a grip on PIP in new report
18 September 2017 | News
... shows the stressful assessment process for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is making people's conditions ... the findings of a survey of over 1,700 disabled people and people with long-term conditions who have made a PIP ... support this. Disability Rights UK is a member of the DBC and contributed to the report. The DBC recommends the ...
Personal Independence Payment (PIP) assessment: second independent review
29 March 2017 | News
The Department for Work and Pensions appointed Paul Gray CB to undertake the two reviews Personal ... mean it hasn't tackled some of the most fundamental problems with PIP; and some of its conclusions may not ...
DR UK says the PM must stop scapegoating Disabled people for a failing economy
19 April 2024 | News
The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak today delivered a scathing attack on so-called ‘sick note culture’ and that a life on benefits had become a "lifestyle choice" ... by gullible GP’s. In reality, the rise in mental health problems is all too real. There are over 1.9 million people ...