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Access to Work
Young disabled jobseekers on work experience will be able to access extra support to help them into mainstream placements for the first time. They will be given access to the Government’s successful Access to Work scheme, which provides more than £100m to help disabled people into mainstream work by providing specially adapted equipment, support workers […]
Read MoreParliamentary Reports
Please see below May Parliamentary Reports: 25 May 2012 18 May 2012 4 May 2012
Read MoreCommunications Review Update
UKCoD write to Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), welcoming recent commitment to explore the improvement of broadcast access services for people with sensory loss in the Communications Green Paper. Letter to Ed Vaisey MP
Read MoreThe Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Bruce
Sir MalcBrolm Bruce receives knighthood for public and political services in The Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2012
Read MoreRelay Services
UKCoD writes to BT, MGB and UKCTA in response to their reply to signatories to the open letter published in the Times. The letter reads…
Read MoreRelay Services – Ofcom response
Ofcom have today published Review of Relay Services: Further Consultation. The Closing date for responses is 13 July 2012.
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Following the open letter in the Times, representatives from the sector are being copied into a reply from BT, UK Competitive Telecommunications Association and the Mobile Broadband Group, with it they included a letter sent to the Minister last November, initial reactions range from disbelief in the telecoms companies misunderstanding of deaf peoples needs to […]
Read MoreParliamentary Report – April
Please see below April Parliamentary Reports: 27 April 2012 20 April 2012
Read MoreRelay Services – Open Letter Update
Firstly to say, thank you to everyone for signing the letter and all the support since its publication. The letter has produced a lot of interest in the media, see the news report provided. We are grateful for the responses so far, all these show there is a commitment to finding a solution to ensure […]
Read MoreLord Ashley of Stoke
It is with great sadness that UKCoD reports the recent death of Lord Jack Ashley. Lord Ashley was a great champion of causes relating to Deafness and hearing loss and played an active and leading role in advancing Deaf equality and the recognition of BSL and in December 2003 Lord Ashley was given a lifetime achievement […]
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