http://www.disabilityalliance.org/ Disability Alliance is a national registered charity with the principal aim of relieving the poverty and improving the living standards of disabled people. Our eventual aim is to break the link between poverty and disability. We provide information on social security benefits and tax credits, undertake research into the needs of disabled people, with particular emphasis on income needs and seek to promote a wider understanding of the views and circumstances of all disabled people. We are also a campaigning organisation. en-gb http://www.disabilityalliance.org/drh35.gif http://www.disabilityalliance.org/ 104 148 http://www.disabilityalliance.org/commtemp.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/commtemp.htm Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:00 GMT These have now been posted. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/litrg.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/litrg.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:30:00 GMT The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) is concerned that people who have been on incapacity benefit (IB) since April 1995 or before will lose out when they are transferred over to employment and support allowance because of changes to how they will be taxed. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/jrfsocare.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/jrfsocare.htm Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:55:00 GMT This new Joseph Rowntree Foundation report indicates that users favour taxation as the best method of funding social care. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/dwp631.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/dwp631.htm Tue, 2 Mar 2010 12:15:00 GMT DWP research report 631 examines the early stage of implementation of employment and support allowance (ESA) from the perspective of both staff and customers. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/ecj.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/ecj.htm Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:15:00 GMT The Minister for Disabled People - Jonathan Shaw MP - has just made a written statement in the House of Commons regarding people who lost their entitlement to a disability benefit after they moved abroad. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/lawscope.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/lawscope.htm Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:40:00 GMT The consultation contains detailed proposals for the law reform of adult social care. The closing date for responses is 1 July 2010. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/control.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/control.htm Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT The Office for Disability Issues (ODI) has also launched a consultation on the regulations which govern the Right to Control Trailblazers. The closing date for responses is 19 May 2010. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/f33.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/f33.htm Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:35:00 GMT New factsheet added. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/winfuel.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/winfuel.htm Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:50:00 GMT The vast majority of those entitled to it received their Winter Fuel Payments before Christmas, but there are around 80,000 people who have still not claimed this money. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/stateofcare.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/stateofcare.htm Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:50:00 GMT This Care Quality Commission report aims to give a complete picture of health care and adult social care in England – including how well the two sectors work together. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/drh35.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/drh35.htm Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:30:00 GMT If you want to know which benefits you can claim and don't know your rights, the Disability Rights Handbook is the guide for you. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/esaguide.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/esaguide.htm Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:25:00 GMT You can now download a 2010-2011 update for our Employment and Support Allowance Guide. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/support.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/support.htm Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:55:00 GMT An easy way to raise money for Disability Alliance that does not involve parting with extra cash is to use “Give as you Live” to to search the web and shop on line. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/workcoop.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/workcoop.htm Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:10:00 GMT Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to give public sector workers the right to form employee owned co-operatives to take over the services they deliver. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/surface2.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/surface2.htm Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:00:00 GMT Dr. Tom Pey, Guide Dogs' Director of External Affairs, has invited Lord Faulkner to “honour his pledge to take a blindfold walk in a shared surface area and experience for himself the stress and the anxiety that is posed when traffic and pedestrians are forced together.” http://www.disabilityalliance.org/afcsrev.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/afcsrev.htm Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:10:00 GMT This MOD review makes a number of recommendations including increases in lump sum payments, compensation for loss of promotion and a longer time in which to claim under the scheme. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/ssac7.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/ssac7.htm Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:25:00 GMT The Committee has been asked to consider regulations which propose introducing personalised conditionality and support for claimants with a youngest child aged between 3 and 6 years as part of the progression to work pathfinders. The closing date for responses is 29 March 2010. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/jrf7.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/jrf7.htm Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:25:00 GMT This Joseph Rowntree study examines low-skilled workers' experiences of work retention and progression; and offers suggestions for future policy on work sustainability. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/injurycomp.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/injurycomp.htm Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:05:00 GMT This consultation document sets out the Government's proposals to improve support for people who need to trace Employers' Liability Insurance policies in order to obtain compensation for an accident or industrial disease sustained in the course of their employment in Great Britain (GB). The closing date for responses is 5 May 2010. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/loneparent.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/loneparent.htm Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:30:00 GMT From 15th February 2010 an exercise will commence over a four week period, where DWP will contact all affected disabled lone parents, who were mistakenly taken off income support, advising them of the error and informing them of their options. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/cqc2.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/cqc2.htm Tue, 2 Feb 2010 17:00:00 GMT This consultation looks at Care Quality Commission (CQC) proposals for assessing quality in 2010-11 and beyond. The closing date for responses is 27 April 2010. http://www.disabilityalliance.org/worktopen.htm http://www.disabilityalliance.org/worktopen.htm Tue, 2 Feb 2010 13:00:00 GMT The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on the proposal that all existing Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) customers will be contacted by the Department when they approach State Pension age, instead of having to contact the DWP themselves. For some customers, the DWP will pay their State Pension without requiring a claim. The closing date for responses is 12th March 2010.