Serious lack of awareness of government disability scheme
Substantial numbers of disabled people are missing out on government support to help them work, MPs have found. Inadequate funding and a lack of awareness of the Access to Work
Read MoreSubstantial numbers of disabled people are missing out on government support to help them work, MPs have found. Inadequate funding and a lack of awareness of the Access to Work
Read MoreA government decision to close a fund that helps the disabled to work and live in the community has been ruled lawful by a High Court judge. Mrs Justice Andrews,
Read MoreLeading UK charity Leonard Cheshire Disability has revealed that 300,000 disabled people will spend this Christmas trapped in unsuitable homes in a new report published today as part of its
Read MoreIn a historic day for the Royal Blind School, the re-developed school building in Morningside, Edinburgh was yesterday officially opened by the charity’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of
Read MoreThis paper reports findings drawn from a study of good practice in English social care for adults with disability and older people with severe and complex needs. People with severe and
Read MoreA children’s care home owner has been fined £2,400 following the death of a 15-year-old in its care. Hillcrest Care Ltd admitted employing insufficiently experienced staff at Pentwyn School, near
Read MoreA senior member of staff at Scotland’s national deaf school has been suspended as police explore allegations of misconduct. The specific details of the allegations at Donaldson’s School in Linlithgow
Read MoreA leading UK charity says disabled people are being ‘left out in the cold’ because they can’t get in through the front door of most UK homes. A survey by
Read MoreA Government decision to close a fund that helps the disabled to work and live in the community is under attack in the High Court. The Equality and Human Rights
Read MoreThousands of sick and disabled people are being subjected to “upsetting and unnecessary” benefits assessments, charities have warned. People living with progressive and degenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s, motor neurone
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