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Majority of EASS calls involve disability
25 May 2015 | News
... for the Equality Advisory & Support Service (EASS) during April 2015 show that around 60% of calls on the helpline ... were concerned with Article 8: Right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence. View statistics ... Helpline. The Helpline advises and assists individuals on issues relating to equality and human rights, across ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 work in National Apprenticeship Week
16 March 2015 | News
... presented at a strategic workshop on 12 February to update and discuss issues relating to apprenticeships for disabled people This was a follow ...
PHSO report highlights gaps in continuing healthcare
04 November 2020 | News
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) has released a new report, Continuing Healthcare: getting it right first time based on ... cases it has dealt with in the past three years. Among the issues addressed are the unlawful requirement for people to ...
Responding to change in jobcentres
18 June 2013 | News
Public Accounts Committee 5th Report of this Session examines the response to change in jobcentres This report examines the current performance of Jobcentres and suggests that their approach will need to change with ... that Jobcentres coped well with higher claimant numbers and increased demand for their services during the economic ...
ENIL Independent Living Myth Buster
17 December 2014 | News
ENIL's Myth Buster on Independent Living deals with some of the most common ... misconceptions about disabled people, independent living and personal assistance ENIL decided to publish this Myth ... Living organisations and their non-disabled allies on the issues of Independent Living. ENIL represents the disability ...
Disability Wales & Disability Rights UK cite “mass death and real suffering” of Disabled people in Wales at UK Covid-19 Inquiry
27 February 2024 | News
Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) Disability Wales and Disability Rights UK have today addressed the Covid-19 Inquiry in Cardiff on the “mass death and real suffering” experienced by Disabled people in ...
New Personal Independence Payment Case Law Pack
01 April 2019 | News
... be one of the most comprehensive text books on the Personal Independence Payment regulations and case law. Order your advance copy It will be an ... aids and appliances general adjudication and evidential issues including the length of awards DLA to PIP transfer ...