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UKCoD's contribution to Fulfilling Potential
On 1 December 2011, the government announced a discussion with disabled people to gather suggestions for a new cross-government disability strategy. This discussion has now ended and a range of good responses has been received. The Government’s response to the discussion will be available at the end of March and the Disability Strategy itself will be published […]
Read MoreDisability Employment Support: Fulfilling Potential
This is to let you know that the Government has published a command paper, Disability Employment Support:Fulfilling Potential, which sets out its strategy for specialist disability employment programmes and includes a summary of the responses to the public consultation on the Sayce review. The Written Ministerial Statement
Read MoreRelay Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Encourage your MP to sign the RELAY SERVICES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING – EDM – details can be found here www.parliament.uk – Primary sponsor Malcolm Bruce MP
Read MoreParliamentary Report
Click on link to view the Parliamentary Report week ending:- 24 February 2012 17 February 2012 10 February 2012 27 January 2012 20 January 2012
Read MoreParliamentary Report
Take a read through our latest Parliamentary Report. Week ending 13 January 2012 Parliamentary Report
Read MoreSymposium on BSL
Doubtless by now, there are people saying: “why do we need a BSL Strategy and Alliance and what’s the point of having a symposium on BSL?” The charity sector is likely to face a meltdown in the next three years. There is no doubt that the austerity measures will bite much harder in the coming […]
Read MoreAdult Hearing Services AQP Info Day……
If you are a Member of UK Council on Deafness and would like to attend the Adult Hearing Services AQP Information Day, please email Clare Long at c.long@deafcouncil.org.uk to register your interest. Places will be on a first come first serve basis and are limited! NB – The session is about adult audiology services and will not […]
Read MoreJeremy Moore calls for contributions from deaf and disabled people…..
Speaking at the UK Council on Deafness conference, ODI Director Jeremy Moore called for contributions from deaf and disabled people from all walks of life to shape the new cross-Government Disability Strategy. To read ODI Director Jeremy Moore’s speech at the UK Council on Deafness conference visit http://odi.dwp.gov.uk/about-the-odi/jeremy-moore-UK-cod-speech.php Click to view the Fulfilling Potential discussion document […]
Read MoreWork Together / Support Each Other
UKCoD wishes all its Members a Happy New Year! It will be a challenging year, for public services, for deaf organisations and for UKCoD – to enable us all to get through this period, we can do so by working together and supporting each other. Please check our website for our latest news or follow […]
Read MoreRelay Services
Improvements to relay services are still very much on our agenda, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Ed Vaisey MP, has written to UKCoD with continued support – see here for further details Letter to UKCoD
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