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A New Strategy for Sport: Change of Approach event
08 May 2016 | News
... Yourself Active website aimed at giving disabled people, health and social care staff and the sport sector ...
Support into work from school failing most young people
07 April 2016 | News
... on other groups including care leavers or those with mental health conditions. The support offered is towards a first ...
EHRC publishes business plan
04 April 2016 | News
... Promoting the right to equality of access to appropriate health and social care services and dignity of care. ...
Charities demand restoration of benefits value
16 March 2015 | News
... and pensioners, disabled people and those with long-term health conditions, in- and out-of-work families, and those ...
Children's Commissioner calls for improved SEND provision
16 September 2022 | News
... for greater consistentency in the delivery of Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs), alongside a full list of ...
Changes to the definition of "terminally ill" for the purposes of PIP, DLA and AA
03 April 2023 | News
The change means those thought to be in their final year of life are able to receive financial support through ‘special rules’ six months earlier than they were previously.
The ‘special rules’ allow people nearing the end of life to:
Our Stories: Disabled People's Experiences of COVID
19 July 2023 | News
... voices heard, particularly in respect of how we co-produce health and social care. We can’t get our loved ones back, ...
New guide to Adult Disability Payment in Scotland launched
14 August 2023 | News
ADP has been designed to treat claimants with ‘dignity, fairness and respect’. Whilst there have been a few significant changes to the eligibility rules (particularly the more generous rules if you are terminally ill), most remain the same as for PIP.
What is different is the way that that ADP is administered. In particular, face-to-face assessments, which can prove stressful, are avoided where possible.
Reinstate the Access to Elected Office Fund!
25 November 2023 | News
... would have 130 disabled MPs, or MPs with long-term health conditions. Women also remain underrepresented in ...
Leadership academy launch
12 November 2014 | News
... focused on using lived experience of disability or a health condition to one’s advantage in a business ...