Impact of welfare reform on public spending
A resource database on the impacts of public spending cuts from The Centre for Human Rights in Practice at the University of Warwick
News
Devastating impact of cuts on disabled people
A letter published in The Guardian 1st May 2015.
Banks need to make accounts accessible
Sign this petition urging banks to create adapted accounts, tailored to their customers' needs.
The Emperor's New Clothes - 21st April
Russell Brand joins forces with acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom on a polemical documentary about the financial crisis and gross inequality we currently face.
#welfareceasefire on thunderclap
SIgn up to this thunderclap by 16th April 2015.
Sheffield - Alternatives to Austerity
The Festival of Debates in Sheffield provides a chance to discuss alternatives to austerity.
Carers deserve a livable income
CarerWatch and signatories letter in The Guardian 31st March 2015.
Conservatives leave chair empty
At the Citizen Jury Event being held by LDA England on 2nd April.
Social Care system in crisis
Major new report outlines the increasing crisis in social care
Churches welcome call for benefit sanctions review
A coalition of major UK Churches, with a combined membership of more than 800,000 people, has welcomed the call for a full independent review of the benefit sanction system.
Individual Service Fund (ISF) survey
Please complete this quick survey on Individual Service Funds from the Housing and Support Alliance.
Cumulative impact of welfare reform: Scotland
New research published by Scottish Parliament on the cumulative impact of welfare reform on households in Scotland.
Government must do better - survey results
Results from LDA England's quality checking Government survey February 2015 reveal the deep level of shock and outrage felt by many.
Discover - What is politics good for?
Series of useful seminars
Charities are servants of Government
A new research report from NCIA
Maximus Day of Action - 2nd March
Join DPAC in a day of protest across UK on 2nd March 2015.
Appeal for Thomas and family
Paula Rawnsley’s 20 year old son Thomas is in hospital on a life support machine. This is an appeal fund to help Thomas and his family.
Self-Directed Support in Scotland - 16 March
We Chose to Climb an international event on SDS in Glasgow, 16 March 2015.
Campaigning Charities in Austerity UK
A research report published by NCIA - Voluntary Services and Campaigning in Austerity UK.
Don't be shy, love your taxes
A series of protests being held in Sheffield on 14 February 2015, plus please sign the tax dodging bill petition.
Benefit sanctions savage mental health
Benefits claimants judged as unfit to work due to mental health problems are more likely to have their benefits stopped by sanctions than those suffering from other conditions.
Quality Checking Government
In the run up to the General Election in May 2015, the Learning Disability Alliance England have produced a questionnaire in order to quality check government policy.
Jobseeker Agreement Unlawful
Finding of tribunal into job seekers agreement
Independent Living Fund High Court ruling
Independent Living Fund High Court ruling
Claiming Full Citizenship Conference
Save the date and a call for papers for Claiming Full Citizenship Conference in Vancouver, October 2015.
Research shows impact of ISFs
Better Lives - an evaluation of personalisation in Southwark published today.
Best Buddies UK launched
Best Buddies UK launched at the end of October.
Poverty in Sheffield Today - 29 November
Finding A Way Forward - a meeting in Sheffield 29 November 2014.
Time to Stop the Lies
A petition on 38 degrees to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards - IDS Time to Stop the Lies.
Keep Volunteering Voluntary
Sign up to this campaign to keep volunteering voluntaryp.
Regulations putting people at risk
Publication of open letter on regulations
LDA England goes live
LDA England website goes lives
H&SA Annual Conference 20 November 2014
The most important conference of the year for people working in the housing and supported living sector for people with learning disabilities.
Petition to re-think pre-paid benefit cards
Sign this petition at 38 degrees.
Women Centred Working
An initiative to encourage the design and delivery of more effective services for women who are facing multiple disadvantages.
Think on it: 3 - 5 December 2014
3 day residential workshop with Kate Fulton, Bright Souls and Judith North, Orenda.
Carers and General Election 2015
Carer Watch is compiling a list of questions to MPs before the elections in 2015 and collating their responses.
New report proposes basic income
Let's Scrap the DWP - the case for Basic Income Security - has been published by The Centre for Welfare Reform
Join the Learning Disability Alliance
The Campaign for a Fair Society, People First England and the Housing and Support Alliance have formed the Learning Disability Alliance - join them.
Call for welfare ceasefire
Carer Watch and Pat's Petition call for groups to support a welfare ceasefire to end the shameful changes to the current welfare system
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