Tag Archives: Disability Wales
WG Consultation: Action on disability: the right to independent living
Consultation – Action on disability: the right to independent living The Welsh Government is consulting on a draft framework and action plan that aim to: tackle inequalities and poverty experienced by disabled people promote equality of opportunity provide support to … Continue reading
Have you been offered Direct payments? Give your experience to Disability Wales
Disability Wales Direct Payments survey Do you have Direct payments or been offered it but turned it down? Disability Wales needs your views – help them design a new project. The survey results will remain anonymous and will be used to … Continue reading
UK government to be questioned by UN about human rights violations, 23 & 24 Aug 2017
Review of the UK Governments’ compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People Last year the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) assessed the UK’s progress in implementing the UN Convention on the … Continue reading
Disability Wales calls out UK Government on human rights violations
Disability Wales blog post, 21 August 2017: Disability Wales calls out UK Government on human rights violations Disability Wales and Deaf and Disabled People’s Organisations (DDPOs) from across the UK join forces in Geneva this week, presenting evidence of ongoing … Continue reading
Looking for Embolden Ambassadors – Disabled women in Wales creating positive change
Disability Wales blog post, 13 July 2017: #IAmEmbolden – Celebrating Deaf and disabled women creating change #IAmEmbolden launches nominations Disability Wales is looking for Embolden Ambassadors – Deaf or disabled women in Wales who are breaking stereotypes, achieving great things and creating … Continue reading
Disability Wales’ online Accessible Transport Survey – deadline 17 May 2017
Disability Wales Transport Survey Disability Wales wants to know your views and thoughts on the current bus & rail network in Wales and how it can be improved. The responses so far have been so useful. They need lots more … Continue reading
Welsh Government asked to address United Nations disability concerns in upcoming infrastructure projects
Disability Wales blog post, 20 March 2017: Driving Forward Disability Rights March has been a busy month at Disability Wales. In partnership with DPOs across the UK we visited Geneva to give evidence to the UN Committee on the Rights … Continue reading
UK government plans to help people with health conditions & disabilities into work need to improve
The UK Government green paper Work, Health and Disability: Improving Lives set out the government’s proposals on ways to halve the disability employment gap experienced by disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. The consultation closed on 17 Feb 2017. Interested … Continue reading
Take part in a survey of your experiences of benefits, WCA, getting support to work
Disability Wales request your help in responding to the DWP. That’s because the Department for Work and Pensions has produced a Green Paper, ‘Improving Lives: Work, Health and Disability’, which outlines the steps that it wants to take to halve … Continue reading