Leonard Cheshire is calling on the government to urgently invest in care and work with disabled people to ensure social care reforms meet their needs.
Funding
Councils are being encouraged to apply for £30m fund to install Changing Places toilets in public places and tourist attractions to make these areas more accessible
Just under half (49%) of social services directors are concerned about funding increasingly complex care and support for working age disabled people, a new report has found.
Northern Health and Social Care Trust covers areas such as Antrim and Causeway where demand for stairlifts and hoists is increasing
Estendio, established by dyslexic founder Chris Hughes, will use the £450,000 investment to support more students with disabilities via its presentation support app, Present Pal.
A project set up by Freemasons is helping up to 33,000 adult, young and parent carers, with donations of more than £715,000.
Fund launched by insurance and long-term savings industry will allow both charities to continue running programmes for the disabled for another three years
English councils will receive investment for the creation of new spaces for children, as well as entirely new schools, DoE confirmed
Thirteen charities who help autistic and disabled people and those with a learning disability who are struggling with the effects of the pandemic are to benefit from £2.4m in government funding.
Seven leading care organisations have called on the government to end 25 years of inaction and fix the social care system.
