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John Evans: Death of independent living pioneer leaves ‘massive gap’ and vital legacy

By John Pring on 16th January 2025 Category: Activism and Campaigning

John Evans: Death of independent living pioneer leaves ‘massive gap’ and vital legacy
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One of the founders of the UK’s independent living movement, John Evans, who was driven by a determination to ensure that disabled people could take control of their own lives, has died. Since he became disabled in an accident at the […]

National network will provide new voice for disabled people battling councils over social care

By John Pring on 15th August 2024 Category: Independent Living

National network will provide new voice for disabled people battling councils over social care
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Disabled people and allies are hoping that a new national network will support service-users who are constantly battling their local authority over their social care packages. The Care Net is particularly focusing on disabled people who use direct payments to arrange […]

DWP’s bank snooping laws ‘would create trap’ for claimants with social care accounts

By John Pring on 22nd February 2024 Category: Independent Living

DWP’s bank snooping laws ‘would create trap’ for claimants with social care accounts
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New laws that would give the government sweeping powers to carry out financial surveillance on benefit claimants would also pose a serious risk to disabled people who have set up bank accounts to pay for their social care, campaigners warn. Measures […]

Council stops activist using care funding for first holiday in 20 years

By John Pring on 25th January 2024 Category: Independent Living

Council stops activist using care funding for first holiday in 20 years
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A disabled campaigner is fighting his local council for the right to use some of his social care funding to take his first holiday in more than 20 years. Nathan Lee Davies, who has a life-limiting condition, has not been away […]

Recruitment of PAs is growing ever harder, survey finds

By John Pring on 14th July 2022 Category: Independent Living

Recruitment of PAs is growing ever harder, survey finds
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Recruiting a personal assistant (PA) has become harder since the start of the pandemic, with many disabled people giving up hope of ever finding someone suitable to provide their care and support, according to a new survey. The survey, which was […]

Change of mindset is needed on adult social care, DPO boss tells peers

By John Pring on 14th April 2022 Category: Independent Living

Change of mindset is needed on adult social care, DPO boss tells peers
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The boss of a leading disabled people’s organisation has told peers of the need for a change in “mindset” about adult social care provision that appears automatically to view disabled people as “dependent”. Ian Loynes, chief executive of Spectrum Centre for […]

Activist’s exposé of social care system shows some ‘live in state of fear’

By John Pring on 12th August 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Activist’s exposé of social care system shows some ‘live in state of fear’
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A disabled activist has used his 35 years of experience as a service-user to write a detailed exposé of England’s social care system. Donald O’Neal’s book – The Lack of Care Act 2014 – combines detailed research, knowledge built up as […]

Government’s pandemic failings caused us ‘horrendous’ challenges, say DPOs

By John Pring on 23rd December 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Government’s pandemic failings caused us ‘horrendous’ challenges, say DPOs
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Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) from across England have described the “horrendous” and “relentless” challenges they faced during the early months of the pandemic because of the failures of the UK government and local authorities. The DPOs told researchers of the lack […]

Coronavirus: Employers of PAs given just two days to digest vital new ‘furlough’ guidance

By John Pring on 11th June 2020 Category: Employment

Coronavirus: Employers of PAs given just two days to digest vital new ‘furlough’ guidance
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Disabled people who use direct payments and wanted to take advantage of the government’s coronavirus job scheme were given just two days to digest vital new guidance. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme allows employers to claim for 80 per cent of […]

Coronavirus: Control over support is helping keep disabled people safe, evidence suggests

By John Pring on 30th April 2020 Category: Independent Living

Coronavirus: Control over support is helping keep disabled people safe, evidence suggests
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Disabled people who use direct payments to pay for support in their own homes are using this control over their care to stay safer during the coronavirus pandemic than if they were in institutions, early evidence suggests. Disability News Service (DNS) […]

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