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Meet Sue Kent: First massager to gain her qualification using her feet
26 April 2017 | News
... comes from Sue Kent of Mumbles, Wales. My name is Sue Kent and I am a sports massage therapist with a difference – I use my feet to provide massage in my clinic in Wales. I am the first person to gain this ... are collectively known, were all born in the late 1950s and early 1960s. There are just under 500 of us still alive in ...
EHRC reminds shops to comply with the Equality Act
08 September 2020 | News
The Coronavirus crisis saw thousands of disabled people struggle to buy food online or in-store. Supermarkets rushed to prioritise those on ... of disabled people trying to purchase food during the early months of the Coronavirus crisis was appalling, there ...
CQC to review use of DNACPR during pandemic
14 October 2020 | News
The Department of Health and Social Care has asked the Care Quality Commission to ... Resuscitation (DNACPR) decisions were used during the Coronavirus pandemic. Disability organisations ... expected by the end of the year, with the final report due early next year. Read more here: ...
High street off limits to disabled shoppers?
30 November 2014 | News
Wheelchair users are being deprived of the opportunity to sample the festive ... attractions of their local high streets due to access and security worries, according to a new survey by the ... out of 10 disabled people and carers (84%) had experienced problems with the accessibility of major high street stores ...
Bedroom Tax challenge goes to Supreme Court
11 January 2015 | News
... officer at Disability Rights UK, said it was “mystifying” why disabled adults were being treated differently ... decision R oao MA & Others -v- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to the Supreme Court. This was a Court of ... to adults was discriminatory, but that this was objectively and reasonably justified and therefore lawful because ...
DWP staff fail in two-fifths of cases to meet new standards aimed at preventing claimant deaths
24 June 2024 | News
... survey by the department found its staff did not meet the standards on hundreds of occasions, the Disability News Service (DNS) reports. The standards include staff having to identify if a disabled person will ... range of benefits provided by DWP, examined a sample of nearly 4,000 claims. Across those cases, 1,309 separate ...
I Can Make It Case Study: Carrie Boyce
18 May 2016 | News
... share their success stories with us when it comes to navigating the obstacles in the path to employment. Before her star ... of how having been diagnosed with severe dermatomyositis early in her career, she ‘swam for the music that saved ... blog space is all yours… If you’re disabled, aged 18-29 and have a story that you’d like to share with us about ...
Vitamin D for shielders
01 December 2020 | News
More than two and a half million vulnerable people across England will be offered free Vitamin D supplements for the winter, the government has ... micrograms (400 IU) of Vitamin D a day between October and early March to keep bones and muscles healthy. Public Health ...
Scottish Government announces rent freeze
06 September 2022 | News
In her speech outlining her government's annual programme at ... Nicola Sturgeon announced plans to freeze rents for public and private tenants and a ban on winter evictions in a package of measures ...
Panorama report on SEND families ‘on their knees’
08 September 2020 | News
... families with children with special educational needs and disabilities in the UK are facing. Parents reported that they felt like ... to resource-match while having to find fighting funds of nearly £10,000. DR UK’s Kamran Mallick said: “We hear ...