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I Can Make It Wishes to Recruit Volunteer Champions to Create Job Opportunities in Leicester and Bristol
11 October 2016 | News
On 11th October I Can Make It met with Michael Brittain, the Director of Disability Rights UK member Mosaic , to ... create job opportunities for young people with disabilities and health conditions in and around Leicester. As a result we’re looking for some ...
At least 166,000 in Social Care Debt and more than 1,100 taken to court
04 June 2018 | News
At least 166,000 trapped in social care debt, GMB investigation reveals. The Freedom ... of PIP has led to 25% of people losing their DLA and many with a reduced award . "Around half of new PIP ... the need for urgent reform of both the welfare benefit and social care systems. Good social care should be a right ...
I’m really looking forward to getting Out and Getting Active in this lovely weather says Stephen
25 May 2017 | News
The Get Out Get Active project is making waves - here is one of our mentors Morris meeting his ... first time. They’ll be working to get Stephen more active and boosting his confidence as part of the GOGA project. ... Morris “I’m really looking forward to this. Morris and I have the same sense of humour and, as cheesy as it ...
DR UK in the Mirror: The Queue, Rosie Jones, Sofie Hagen, and the Square Pegs Singers
22 September 2022 | News
Anna Morell road tested the Lying in State accessible queue in the Mirror last week. And you can read her latest Dis Life column about the difference between disability equity and disability equality; why Rosie Jones and Sofie Hagen ...
Thousands of Disabled people disenfranchised by the introduction of voter ID
04 May 2023 | News
... 85,000 people have applied for a free voter ID certificate in time for the May Local Elections, despite the Electoral ... at the local elections taking place in some areas of England on Thursday 4 May 2023. It will then apply to UK ... DR UK Policy and Campaigns Officer, said "Disenfranchising nearly 2 million voters across the UK is a completely ...
Scope offers four strategies to reduce the Disability Price Tag
13 March 2019 | News
... for 2019, reveals the extra costs faced by disabled people and families with disabled children. Read The Disability Price Tag Key findings for disabled people: On average disabled people face ... can be more effectively targeted at disabled people. Early Intervention and Family Resilience fund Set up an ...
Delegation to meet Anne McGuire
05 September 2013 | News
A delegation of disabled people and allies will be meeting Anne McGuire, Shadow Minister, on 10 September. This meeting came about because both she and the Minister failed to attend National Disabilities ...
Making mental health matter more
19 January 2014 | News
Today the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg addressed a conference which brought together mental health experts, charities and users of mental health services to talk about how mental ... aim to make the system fairer for people with mental health problems. Today, the research institute RAND Europe has ...
VODG raises concerns as HMRC "jumps the gun" on sleep in payments
19 August 2018 | News
Following the Royal Mencap Society v Tomlinson-Blake Court of Appeal judgement on sleep in payments VODG, and wider sector bodies, have called on government to make a decision and to be clear about what changes it is proposing ahead of ...
Over half of disabled people using social care can’t get support to live independently
11 November 2015 | News
... Scope has published new research that aims to understand how social care affects younger disabled people and the impact of the funding crisis. The charity spoke to 500 disabled people aged ...