One in ten families with disabled children feared losing their home after...
Up to half a million disabled people and their families – including children and disabled adults living on their own – will be worse off under Universal Credit if current plans go ahead, according to a...
View ArticleLaurence Clark: Why isn’t IDS looking at the barriers that prevent disabled...
Laurence Clark in The Independent challenges the government’s track record of supporting disabled people into employment: Fundamental to all this is a lack of understanding on the part of the...
View ArticleSeetec offer employer wage incentives for taking on Work Choice customers
Seetec is delivering the DWP Work Choice programme across 9 North London and 6 West London boroughs. After a review of its contract delivery, Seetec have decided to offer wage incentives to employers...
View ArticleChanges to Access to Work
Access to Work is a disability employment programme delivered by Jobcentre Plus. It is different to most other DWP programmes in that it supports disabled people who are in work or about to start work...
View ArticleAnalysis of Work Programme performance in London by payment group, age,...
LVSC analysis of June 2013 performance figures DWP issued official performance stats on the Work Programme in June 2013. The figures relate to the performance of the programme from its commencement in...
View ArticleAccess to Work extended to traineeships and work trials
From Inclusion London: Disabled people on traineeships, supported internships, work trials and work academies will for the first time get additional help through the Access to Work scheme – which...
View ArticleNIACE launch Toolkit to support employers to take on disabled Apprentices
LINK: Employer Toolkit – Supporting accessible and inclusive Apprenticeships From National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE): To help more disabled people gain access to Apprenticeships...
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Report on disability, poverty, and work: more intensive personalised support...
New Policy Institute, Disability, Long Term Conditions and Poverty (July 2014) (PDF) From New Policy Institute: Most studies underestimate levels of poverty among disabled people. This study shows the...
View ArticleEvent: Briefing for providers for ESA Work Programme leaver pilot in central...
From Central London Forward: Supplier Event – Pilot Programme for ESA Work Programme Leavers (26 November 2014) The City of London Corporation on behalf of the eight local authorities in the Central...
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Disability Action in Islington: Trustee recruitment
Are you ready to take on a new venture? Do you have a passion for community development? Are you a working or retired professional with skills in Marketing, Community Fundraising, Strategic...
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