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Into Apprenticeships and Training: Why Employing Disabled Young People Will Benefit Employers
04 December 2019 | News
This seminar will provide information and advice for employers, careers and enterprise advisers, disabled people, family carers and ...
DR UK and University of Exeter Launch Study Into Disability Pay Gap
10 July 2024 | News
Researchers from the University of Exeter are working with Disability Rights UK to study the Disability pay gap across England, after calls from the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) and Disability Rights UK for mandatory Disability pay gap ...
DR UK in the media on UN report and disability employment gap
02 February 2017 | News
This week, there has been a lot of media interest in the report we presented to the UN committee on disabled people's rights as well as our view on the Work and Pensions select committee report on disability ... applying £30 ESA cut say MPs Commenting on the Work and Pensions select committee report on disability ...
Sign up for our Disability and my Journey Into Higher Education webinar
14 November 2017 | News
In this webinar one of our I Can Make It Champions, Bethany ... talked about some of the barriers she encountered in HE and shared solutions for making education more inclusive. View presentation Time and date: 2pm Wednesday 29 November 2017 Sign up for our ...
My Claim Solved makes donation to support our advice and information resources
27 February 2017 | News
... . The company, which employs c.90 staff across 2 sites and helps members of the public reclaim mis-sold financial services products, regularly consults with staff in ... to the tune of £1000. The funding will be used to support and update Disability Rights UK advice and information ...
Calling all Heads of Procurement across Local Authorities and councils in England
05 July 2016 | News
Over the coming weeks we will be engaging with Local Authority procurement teams across England (both tiers of local government) for our "I Can Make It" ... the campaign uses the Social Value Act as it's main driver and engages young disabled people with key council decision ...
DR UK CEO and ambassadors in the top 100 disability power list
02 December 2015 | News
... achievements. We are very pleased to see many people being recognised who have supported DR UK as Trustees or been ... Baroness Jane Campbell, Phil Friend, Colin Low and David Blunkett. Currently working with us on the DRILL ... Geoff Adams-Spink. View the power list DR UK CEO and ambassadors in the top 100 disability power list ...
Farewell Independent Living?
17 December 2012 | News
The Government has announced its intention to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF) in ... plans to transfer ILF funding to Local Authorities and to the devolved administrations. Disability Rights UK ... Sadly, the Government has not addressed these important issues in its response. Liz Sayce adds: “As the plans ...
Dramatic decline in Blue Badge enforcement
26 January 2022 | News
... from the Department for Transport (DfT) show a 49% decrease in prosecutions for fraud and misuse of the scheme. Only 698 prosecutions took place between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021, compared with the previous year’s ...
Our Interview with Paralympian Sophie Christiansen!
20 May 2025 | News
... about the 50th anniversary of our Disability Rights Handbook, access to sport and physical activity for Disabled people and the dismantling of barriers we face as Disabled people in society. Read ... Christiansen: I started to speak out about disability issues around the London 2012 Paralympic Games because I was ...