Misery of blindness
Did you know? How devastating it can be to be blind when things go wrong? Free smoke alarms aren’t all they’re cracked up to be? Here’s a day in my life and what drives a normally competent and confident woman…
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Social security more difficult than it’s worth
Did you know? Eligible people are still not taking up their benefit entitlements. I’ve written previously about the large numbers of people who are not working and are not receiving benefits. Now a further report says that others who are…
Worse health prospects for visual/hearing impaired
Did you know? I’m much more likely to get dementia or Alzheimer’s disease due to my blindness. Mental health treatment is vital to reduce lost working days and unemployment. Reading Chapter 4 of the UK Chief Medical officer’s report “on…
Disabled people get worse employment support.
Did you know? It’s really obvious: One size doesn’t fit all when helping people back to work and disabled people fare worse. It’s no surprise to us who help unemployed people to get jobs that one approach doesn’t suit all.…
What happens to work programme rejects
Do you know? How are all the unemployed people without benefits surviving? How the Work Programme is performing? September’s employment figures show that the economic upturn, the Work Programme and the Welfare Reform benefit sanctions regime are all having impact…
Work is good for you and there’s help to do it.
Did you know? Work is good for you and there’s lots of free help available. Bolsover District and Chesterfield Borough both have very high levels of people with long-term health conditions/disabilities due to the legacy of the former mining industry.…
Austerity hitting disabled people hardest
Did you know? Austerity hitting disabled people hardest? While austerity policies may well be shown to have been at least part of the answer to the financial crisis over the last few years, the evidence provided in the recent Dignity…
Employment Support allowance (ESA) fails disabled people
Did you know? Employment and Support Allowance is failing disabled people and their desire to work: DWP shoots self in foot. There was quite a flurry in the media this week about the Work and Pensions Select Committee report on…
Voluntary work threatened by benefit sanctions.
Did you know? Contractors funded to run the Government’s compulsory community work seem to be passing the buck to volunteer organisations. When unemployed people complete two years on the Work Programme without getting back to employment, they are put on…
Longer working lives
Did you know? UK Government wants more people to work until age 67. Medical retirement” with the onset of ill-health or disability can seem the safe choice when life is looking bleak. But the longer term consequences can out-weigh any…