Category Archives: disability

Thousands of carers missing out on help

April 15, 2012   Carers, disability

“The carers of the UK should not be left to suffer in silence.”

Thousands of carers missing out on help

12:00pm Sunday 15th April 2012 in News  By Julian Robinson , Eastleigh Chief Reporter

 Thousands of carers missing out on help

TENS of thousands of carers in Hampshire are putting their health at risk because they are unaware of respite services available to them, research has revealed.

Many of those who look after their sick, disabled or elderly relatives don’t realise they are entitled to specialist support – simply because they are unpaid.

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Fightback to save 1500 jobs for disabled at Remploy factories

April 15, 2012   Carers, disability, ukcuts

“Employers don’t look at you as people, they only see disability.”

By Don Mackay

A FIGHTBACK against the closure of factories employing more than 1500 disabled workers will be launched today.

Campaigners, backed by the GMB and Unite unions, fear many of the staff will never work again if the Government go ahead with plans to shut 36 of Remploy’s 54 factories.

Hundreds of disabled workers are expected to march on Parliament after a national rally in London next Friday.

Glen Holdom, GMB officer for Remploy, said: “We must show the strength of feeling that taking jobs from disabled people should not be tolerated in a civilised society.

“It will not improve the country’s financial situation – it may well make it worse.”

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UK is breaching human rights of disabled, UN told

April 2, 2012   Carers, disability, Scotland

A SCOTTISH campaigner will this morning tell the Human Rights Council of the UN that the UK Government is in breach of its human rights obligations to disabled people.

Stephen Naysmith
Social affairs correspondent

In Geneva today, Dr Pauline Nolan, Policy Officer for Inclusion Scotland, will submit evidence to a preliminary hearing ahead of a planned review of the human rights record of 14 states, including the UK.

On behalf of the Campaign for A Fair Society – a coalition of more than 70 Scottish charities – Dr Nolan will warn the cumulative impact of welfare reform and cuts to benefits affecting disabled people will mean their ability to live a full life is impaired. In particular, she will argue that welfare changes undermine their right to be included in the community.

The campaign also claims disabled people are being denied access to justice when they try to appeal against these cuts to their benefits.

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