Campaigning News
Below are news items affecting either those with spinal cord injury or disabled people in general
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A new report by MPs and peers has called on the government to use its new care bill to provide a social care system that enables disabled people to live "truly independent lives".
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Find out more about the changes to the Council Tax benefit.
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Study reveals pressure ulcer research uncertainties
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Do you live in Cornwall and Manchester? Would you like to discuss your experiences of local health and care services?
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The high court will this week hear the legal claims of 10 disabled people who have been hit by the government's controversial "bedroom tax".
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Three disabled people have won the first round of a legal battle with the government over its decision to tighten eligibility for the new mobility benefit.
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The number of disabled people claiming Access to Work (AtW) support from the government appears to be rising again, after a sustained period when numbers have been falling.
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Five users of the Independent Living Fund (ILF) are to appeal against a "shocking" high court ruling
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The Clinical Reference Group on SCI is recruiting for patient and carer members to become part of the board.
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The Transport Committee has held its first oral evidence session on access to transport for disabled people.
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The prime minister has caused anger among many disabled people by giving MPs a misleading account of his government's new "bedroom tax".
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The government has again been accused of sending out misleading and confusing information about its disability living allowance (DLA) cuts and reforms.
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Consultation event to take place on the adult social care
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Disability People Against Cuts (DPAC) launch Early Day Motion against the closure of ILF.
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Tell us about your experiences of health and social care services
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Highlighting the new blog that the Public Affairs Team will be updating on a monthly basis.
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Following a Government consultation the Government has announced that the Independent Living Fund will close in March 2015.
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The next meeting of the APPG on SCI will take place on 28th November
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Local Authorities discuss changes to support of its users through ILF closure.
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Welfare update from Conservative Party Conference
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Spinal Injuries charity ASPIRE have recently produced a report on the impact of housing Spinal Cord Injured people in a care home.
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The Government has announced that an extra £15 million will be available for Access to Work as part of the spending review.
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SIA has recently responded to the Department of Transport's consultation on Personal Independence Payments and the Blue Badge scheme.
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New government figures show that one in five decisions to find someone "fit for work" made by the company that carries out the controversial disability benefit test is wrong.
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Disabled people with high support needs who protested outside government offices have described the "terrifying" reality they face if the coalition pushes ahead with plans to abolish the Independent Living Fund (ILF) in 2015
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The Government has published a draft bill on Care and Support alongside a white paper to reform social care and a progress report on funding of social care.
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The DVD "Personal health budgets: Stories from the pilot programme" is now available for the NHS to order - to give to people being offered a budget, and to use in staff training.
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Disability Rights UK would like to hear your views as part of a new survey
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SIA would like your views on accessing Health care.
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The All Party Parliamentary Group on Spinal Cord Injury Group on Spinal Cord Injury met on Tuesday 26th June.
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Take our poll on Social Care
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SIA to work alongside other SCI charities.
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The AGM of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Spinal Cord Injury will take place on Tuesday 26th June.
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The Department of Health is working towards developing a strategy on Long Term Conditions and would like to hear your views.
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The Office for Disability Issues are recruiting Ambassadors to work in local communities and enable Disabled people to play more of an active role in their local community.
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The Spartacus Campaign has created a resource to help people make sense of the Personal Independence Payments consultation documents.
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Read the results from the recent ILF Survey
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SIA would like to hear about your experiences of the Independent Living Fund in a new survey.
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A pilot programme on personal health budgets is underway.
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The next APPG meeting will take place on 21st March 2012
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Take part in a survey on pressure ulcers.
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The Urology Users Group Coalition is looking for feedback from continence product users in a new survey.
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Read the latest news on PIPs
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On Monday 16th of January the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) released the second stage of their Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) consultation.
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A new report shows that overwhelming opposition to the Coalition's disability benefit reforms was kept hidden by the Government in their response to the Personal Independence Payments consultation.
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SIA trustees Raquel Siganporia and John Borthwick have been invited to join the National Institute of Clinical Excellence's (NICE) Guideline Development Group Pressure Ulcers as patient representatives
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An influential disabled MP has heavily criticised the government's "unsatisfactory" response to concerns about the way it uses statistics on its controversial "fitness to work" tests.
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This years AGM was held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on October 8th. The afternoon session was dedicated to Campaigning for Change: the Next Chapter where members were given the chance to discuss three questions.
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The Department of Health wants your views
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Labour's new shadow minister for disabled people looks set to spearhead a stronger line from the opposition over offensive government rhetoric on the 'abuse' of disability benefits.
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The possible closure of hundreds of ticket offices would make it 'nigh on impossible' for many disabled people to travel by train, MPs have heard.
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The Minister for Disabled people has denied the Government exaggerated DLA figures
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Ministers have used their partys annual conference to reinforce the message that many disabled people claiming out-of-work benefits are abusing the system.
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Jeremy Moore has joined as the new Director of Independent Living and the Office for Disability Issues (ODI)
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Sign a petition launched in order to to ask the Government to make adequate public toilet provision a legal requirement.
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SIA would like to hear from you
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Lord Low is looking to hear from Disabled people on their needs and how these are met. Particurly those living in state-funded residential care and their families, care providers and local authorities.
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The day of action on 11 May was a great success
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Disabled people, their families and friends will be taking to the streets in cities across the UK protesting against Government cuts to disability benefits and services.
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A trio of disabled women are set to take legal action against a bus company after claiming that they have faced repeated discrimination by its drivers.
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Disabled people who rely on a key employment support scheme to stay in work are being given just a week to confirm they still need their funding, or face having it withdrawn.
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Londoners need easy access to information about all the publicly accessible toilets in the capital, a report shows.
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New government guidance will make it even harder for disabled people to find work
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Seven doctors carrying out controversial 'fitness to work' tests are being investigated by the General Medical Council (GMC).
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The Government has been given a dressing down over the publishing of 'fitness to work' assessments.
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The government appears to have delayed publishing crucial evidence with regards to the Welfare Reform Bill
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The Supreme Court has ruled in support of a local council's withdrawal of overnight care
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An airline has been unable to explain why it is still refusing to accept powered wheelchairs on its flights
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SIA responds to the Joint Committee on Human Rights's call for evidence on Independent Living
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The annual Loo of the Year Awards is in its 24th Year.
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Campaigners are hoping to persuade peers to make significant changes to the governments welfare reform bill
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A disabled peer is set to introduce her own portability bill into the House of Lords
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Disability Rights Campaigners say they remain optimistic that changes can still be made to the government's hugely unpopular welfare reform bill.
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The Welsh government must join the rest of the UK and draw up its own national strategy for promoting independent living, a parliamentary commitee has been told.
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Disabled people's human rights are being breached because of the government's failure to implement their right to independent living,a committee of MPs and peers has been told.
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published its emerging key findings on their study into the Mobility Aids Market.
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Read SIA's response to Government proposals
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The Government is consulting on reform to DLA.
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Please write to your MP to support a Parliamentary Early Day Motion against the permanent closure of the Independent Living Fund (ILF).
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A senior civil servant has publicly defended the government's record on disability, after disabled activists criticised its programme of spending cuts and attitude to human rights.
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Some local authorities are imposing charges for home care services that are so high they must be making a profit from them, according to one leading disabled figure.
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Half of disabled people who claim disability living allowance (DLA) and have jobs would be forced to stop working or reduce their hours if they lost their entitlement to the benefit, according to a new survey.
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A big thank you to everyone who invited their MP to join the All Party Parliamentary Group on Spinal Cord Injury (APPG) following our request in October's forward.
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Maria Miller, Minister for Disabled People, has made a statement on the future of the ILF
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The Government has confirmed that the new public sector Equality Duty will be brought into force on schedule on 6 April 2011.
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SIA joins Guide Dogs' 'Talking Buses' campaign
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Following SIA's support of a Consumer Focus study, the OFT will investigate the UK's Mobility Aid and Wheelchair market
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