Did you know? •Autumn Statement may impact self-employed disabled people. •Access To Work support workers may be exempt from employers’ National Insurance contributions. •Government taking more notice of mental health issues – but perhaps not enough in relation to work?…
Did you know? Society’s attitudes and the benefits system are vilifying, de-humanising and not helping the most vulnerable people. Getting permanently “signed off” work with a sick note can seem great at the time when you are struggling with the…
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 figures show that there has been a further improvement in the number of people in…
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 about the Chief Medical Officer’s report a couple of weeks ago and how blind people…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
