am: Truth be said, there's no such thing as a typical day for me.... If I'm in the Liverpool office, in Edmund Street, then I'll be en route by now. If I'm talking to policy-makers in Whitehall I'll be ensconced on a train to London. And if I've got a night function I might even allow myself a lie-in. 9am: If I'm in the office, one of the first things I do is go through my emails and catch up with colleagues. We've got a wonderful team at Breakthrough UK and I'm proud to say 60% of the 35 staff we employ in the North West are disabled. One of our aims is to help disabled people find work and subsequently develop their careers, and we lead by our own positive example. Breakthrough UK is a social enterprise business which has a turnover of pounds 1m a year. .30am: A progress meeting. T...
CROWDS of protesters braved the bitter cold at the weekend to show their anger at benefit cuts that threaten the independence of disabled people. Supporters of The Hardest Hit campaign marched through Newcastle city centre to raise their voices against the coalition Government.
PEOPLE across the region have dug deep to help youngster Harry Bucknall regain his independence. The 13-year-old is one of many disabled children throughout the North East who have been provided with specialist equipment thanks to Real Radio's Big BBQ campaign.
IN the Comprehensive Spending Review, the Chancellor announced that the Government would be removing the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance for those people who live in residential care homes. Disability charities and organisations, such as Mencap, are campaigning against this decision.
UP TO 50 jobs will be created by a service aimed at maintaining the independence of the elderly and disabled in their own homes. The new model, Habito, is being provided by the Cheshire West and Chester branch of home care company Caremark.
Bath MP Don Foster has welcomed a concession from the Government which he says will maintain the independence of disabled people living in care homes. Ministers have decided to keep the mobility component of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for people in care homes in a move that has also been welcomed by the charity Mencap, which worked with Mr Foster to campaign against plans to scrap it.
BRITAIN''S annual awards for those who "go the extra mile" to remove barriers faced by disabled people are, for the second year running, being organised online. Breakthrough UK's National Independent Living Awards 2012 celebrate the success of those businesses, voluntary groups and individuals that excel in promoting the independence of disabled people.
BRITAIN'S poorest families found nothing to laugh at on April Fools' Day. Instead they were hit by devastating changes to the welfare system meaning that homelessness will rise and queues for food banks will get longer. These include the bedroom tax which means that 660,000 households lose on average Pounds 14 a week; the removal of council tax benefit affecting 3.7 million low income families; the introduction of a benefit cap which means 56,000 households lose around Pounds 90 a week; the abolition of crisis loans and replacement of Disability Living Allowance with the Personal Independence Payment which aims to cut the benefits bill at the expense of the sick and disabled.
THE Coalition Government aims to save pound(s)18bn a year from the welfare budget by 2015 and has indicated pound(s)10bn of further cuts from 2016. A reduction of that scale cannot be achieved without real hardship. Yet Iain Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, insists fairness is still the principle at the heart of the welfare system. The Government's benefit cuts have been made against a backdrop of criticism of long-term unemployed claimants who sleep in while their neighbours go out to earn a living, reducing the debate to sloganeering about shirkers versus strivers. According to opinion polls, this chimes with many people. Most believe the disabled should be entitled to additional support, yet they will lose around pound(s)1.02bn over three years because of t...
Anne Johnstone's column on the effect of Coalition policies in eroding support to disabled people is timely, and not only in light of the forthcoming Paralympic Games ("Still a race to be run for rights of disabled", The Herald, August 23). She refers to the Independent Living Fund as providing "a passport to freedom and independence to thousands" through the funding of direct assistance to the most severely disabled people in the population. This assistance has indeed enabled tens of thousands of people to live a decent life in their own communities and often to inspire others with their abilities, rather than living as perceived "victims" of their disability. The Independent Living Fund (ILF) was closed to new applicants in 2010; The Government intends to shut the fund completely in 2...
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