New co-op project to support service users across Wales
Disabled people in Wales who receive direct payments for their care needs will be able to form co-operatives to take control, own and manage the services they need to support
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Master’s research breaks new ground in special needs teaching
Research conducted by a University of Chester Master’s graduand has led to ground breaking work in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) pedagogical practice. Peppy Hills, Director of Arts at
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Disabled continue to face barriers accessing health services
Children as young as five are having to translate for their deaf parents at the doctor’s because Britain’s health services are failing to ensure access for disabled people, a report
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Wales replace ILF with £20M fund to support severly disabled
A new £20m fund to support more than 1,600 severely disabled people in Wales with their care needs will be devolved to local authorities when the existing UK fund closes
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£700K to improve oral health of elderly in Welsh care homes
New funding to improve the oral health of older people living in care homes has been announced by Deputy Minister for Health Vaughan Gething. The £700,000 investment over the next
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Sense Scotland announces service closure
Sense Scotland has announced it is to close its Newark Drive service as demand has “dropped markedly.” The facility in Glasgow’s south-side offered support and overnight care for youngsters with
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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
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Closure of Independent Living Fund declared lawful
A 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,
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300,000 disabled people living in unsuitable homes
Leading 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
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Blind School gets Royal opening of new facility
In 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
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