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Discuss the DWP Green Paper on disability & employment at events 31 Jan & 7 Feb 2017
Disability Wales events: Discussing the DWP Green Paper How does the Government treat disabled people on ESA? How do employers treat disabled people in work or looking for work? Tell Disability Wales! Have you been on Employment Support Allowance? Did … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Work and Pensions, Disability Wales, DWP, Employment and Support Allowance, ESA, Green paper, Improving lives, Merthyr Tydfil, Wrexham
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Wales Independent Living Grants funding should be ring-fenced says Disability Wales
Disability Wales blog post, 5 January 2017: Funding Should Be Ring-fenced To Protect Disabled People Disability Wales is calling on Welsh Government to take extra steps to protect disabled people who receive the Wales Independent Living Grants. By not ring … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Wales, ILF, Independent Living Fund, Welsh Independent Living Grant, WILG
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Disability Wales advises how to survive 5 problems disabled people face
Disability Wales article, 16 November: How to Survive Five Problems Disabled People Face Some situations we face can feel nightmarish. Yet simply knowing what to do can reduce your stress levels significantly, and help you to overcome what life throws … Continue reading
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Tagged accessible housing, Disability Wales, employment, independent living, PIP
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Two new Independent Living Centres planned in Wales
Disability News Service blog post by John Pring, 13 October 2016: Project set to double number of independent living centres in Wales Two groups have been chosen to set up new centres for independent living (CIL) in Wales, doubling the … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre for Independent Living, Disability news service, Disability Wales, Enabling Wales programme, John Pring
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Disability rights survey – be someone who speaks up for disability rights
Disability Wales blog post, 8 September 2016: Be someone who speaks up for Disability Rights Disability Wales wants to know your views on what the Government is doing for disabled people, and how well they’re implementing it. Also, we’re interested … Continue reading
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Tagged disability rights, Disability Wales, UNCRDP, United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Hold Government accountable for disabled people’s rights – Welsh events
Disability Wales blog post, 23 August 2016: Update: Hold Government Accountable for Disabled People’s Rights – We need to hear from you! Disability Wales wants to hear from disabled people and people with long-term health conditions how you think the UK, … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Wales, UNCRPD, United Nations Convention on the Rights of disabled people
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Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights
Disability Wales blog post, 26 July 2016: Opportunity for disabled people to help hold Government to account on its record on disabled people’s rights In 2017 the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be examining the UK’s compliance with … Continue reading
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Tagged Disability Rights UK, Disability Wales, disabled people, UK government, UNCRPD, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Multi-million pound disability research programme seek proposals
Disability Wales press release: Multi-million pound disability research programme seek proposals, 9 May 2016 The UK-wide Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) Programme invites research teams led by disabled people to respond to its first call for proposals. DRILL is … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Lottery, co-production, disability, Disability Wales, Independant living, research funding
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Disability Wales saved from closure
Disability Wales awarded £600,000 Welsh Government funding package, January 7 2016 Disability Wales has been awarded a funding package by Welsh Government totalling £600,000 over the next three years, which means that it is no longer at risk of closure this … Continue reading
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Disability Wales in danger of closure – show your support!
Following a Welsh Government funding change, as from the 1st of April 2016, Disability Wales (DW) will lose 68% of its income after its recent application to the Sustainable Social Services Third Sector Grant Scheme was turned down and risks … Continue reading
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