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A peer support scheme that has helped hundreds of disabled people in a single borough with the barriers they face in their daily lives has secured nearly £600,000 in funding over the next five years to continue its work. Inclusion Barnet’s […]
One of the most influential figures in the European independent living movement has told peers how the use of personal assistants has given him “a life, a job” and the ability to contribute to society. Dr Adolf Ratzka was giving evidence […]
A charity is warning that scores of user-led mental health groups across England have been forced to close, many of them after losing out to large mental health charities and private sector organisations that have been “sweeping up” their contracts. Research […]
The government must work closely with disabled people and user-led organisations to rebuild trust damaged by the flawed work capability assessment (WCA) if it wants to improve its failing welfare-to-work programmes, according to a new report. The report by The Work […]