Abandoned unemployed
Do you know? How are we going to resolve the ever-increasing number of people abandoned by the labour market and benefits system? The November employment
30/01/2015
Blog & Articles of Interest
Inaccessible health care penalises disabled people
Did you know? Inaccessible health care probably causes long-term health problems for some disabled people. Cross Country Trains abdicate responsibility for disabled passenger. I talked
30/01/2015
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?
30/01/2015
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
30/01/2015
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
30/01/2015
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
30/01/2015
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
30/01/2015
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
30/01/2015
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
30/01/2015