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Eligibility As part of Access to Work, you may be eligible for: a grant to help pay for practical support with your work support with managing your mental health at work For these types of …

Overview Your local council can provide help if you have a disabled child, including: short break services holiday play schemes care at home some aids and adaptations financial help, eg money towards travel costs for …

Hundreds of thousands of disabled people are having to wait for £300 million of vital support because of delays to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applications, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice. Citizens Advice said: …

Katie Brebner Griffin, 29, was issued a disabled parking permit earlier this year due to her health but has received three vicious notes in just four months of having the permit. A woman with an ‘invisible …

‘Staff with long COVID need reasonable adjustments and support, not to be put on the scrap heap’. In a landmark legal case for sufferers of long COVID, an employment tribunal recently ruled that the symptoms …

WE NEED TO RECONSIDER THE GRASSROOTS From Mikey Erhardt, Get Yourself Active Communications Officer There is no blueprint for Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs). At Get Yourself Active, we have worked closely with grassroots organisations of …

Throughout the month of August, we will be running our annual Baywatch campaign to tackle disabled parking abuse. Similarly, to recent years, our survey will be asking motorists to think back over the last 12 …

Natasha Didenko had organised to go and see the Rocket Man singer with three family members as part of a ‘ladies evening out’ on June 29. A disabled woman was left “humiliated” by the inhumane treatment” she …

A disabled woman faces fines of more than £1,000 for using a disabled car parking space outside her flat. Cerys Gemma, who lives in Cardiff Bay, said the space allocated to her flat is inaccessible …

Mental health experts have joined GP practices throughout England to offer specialist support to patients. From a report by Future Care Capital – https://futurecarecapital.org.uk/ “Thousands more mental health experts working as part of family doctor teams is …