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about disability rights uk 
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About Disability AllianceDisability Alliance is a national registered charity which works to relieve the poverty and improve the living standards of disabled people. Our eventual aim is to break the link between poverty and disability.
Disability Alliance, the National Centre for Independent Living (NCIL) and Radar have now unified to form ‘Disability Rights UK’.
We provide information on social security benefits, tax credits and social care to disabled people, their families, carers and professional advisers. For help or information about our advice work go to: www.disabilityalliance.org/benefits.htm
We are best known as the authors of the Disability Rights Handbook, an annual publication with a print-run of over 20,000. We also have a range of other guides and other information, much of which is free to download. For information about our publications go to www.disabilityalliance.org/shop.htm
We are a membership organisation with around 250 members ranging from small, self-help groups to major national charities. We are controlled by disabled people who form a majority of our Board of Trustees. We run a dedicated telephone helpline for member organisations. For information about becoming a member go to www.disabilityalliance.org/member.htm
Disability Alliance is a campaigning organisation. We are particularly concerned with disability, social care and tackling poverty.
We also play an important role in advising and lobbying the Government on matters concerning disability benefits, tax credits, social care and tackling poverty. Where necessary we also undertake research into the needs of disabled people and use findings to influence central and local Governments.
Our campaigning and policy work is often collaborative. We play a leading role in the Disability Benefits Consortium, Get Fair and the Coalition on Charging as well as hosting their websites. We also consult with our member organisations so that they are able to feed into the issues we campaign and lobby on. For information on our campaigning and policy work go to www.disabilityalliance.org/campaigning.htm
The new charity, Disability Rights UK will be led, run and controlled by disabled people, with disabled people making up at least three-quarters of its board members.
Disability Rights UK will focus on:
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