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Disability Alliance campaignsClick on the links below for more information.
welfare reform
Link to information about the Welfare Reform Act and proposals for the new personal assessment test. Regularly updated.
extension of winter fuel payments to those eligible to receive cold weather payments
Disability Alliance and several other organisations have jointly written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to recommend the extension of winter fuel payments to those consumers currently eligible to receive cold weather payments. Posted 9 November 2006.
campaign to stop energy suppliers charging the poor more for gas and electricity
A coalition of charities and consumer organisations have asked energy suppliers to stop charging the poor more for gas and electricity. Posted 20 September 2006.
macmillan cancer relief's 'better deal' campaign
Disability Alliance has lent its support to MacMillan Cancer Relief's 'Better Deal' campaign, which aims to stop people with cancer from suffering financially. Posted 5 July 2005.
mobilise campaign
The focus of the campaign is the mobility component of disability living allowance which is currently not available to disabled people aged 65 and over.
end child poverty
The End Child Poverty (ECP) coalition has produced a ten point charter which calls for political parties to commit to ten radical policies which would take a million children in the UK out of poverty by 2010.
benefit reductions for people in hospital
We are concerned about the potential hardship caused by reductions in disability living allowance, attendance allowance or carer's allowance when a disabled adult or child goes into hospital.
cost of participation
The aim of the campaign is to secure changes in social security benefit rules to make it possible for disabled people to take up appointments on public bodies without losing out financially or putting their benefits at risk.
