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Disability Living Allowance Campaign - we need your help
We may be in the final stages of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) campaign and need your help. As you know, we have been working closely with Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Ministers and Officials to find a solution to the current exclusion of people with severe sight loss from claiming the higher rate mobility component of DLA. After 18 months of discussions, officials have submitted a paper to Ministers making recommendations.
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Disability Living Allowance Campaign - we need your help - 19 August 2008
We may be in the final stages of the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) campaign and need your help. As you know, we have been working closely with Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Ministers and...
No one Written Off: Reforming Welfare to Reward Responsibility - 7 August 2008
‘No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility’, published 21 July 2008, is a wide ranging consultation on the future of welfare. The Green Paper sets out plans for improving support...
Are you a Summer Sunshine prize draw winner? - 1 August 2008
Action for Blind People’s Summer Sunshine Prize Draw took place on 1st August. There were three main prizes - including a wonderful first prize of £10,000 or a new Vauxhall Corsa - and ten runners up...
No Limits for Leeds Children - 7 July 2008
Blind and partially sighted children from the Leeds area attended Actions for Blind People's ‘have a go’ sports day at John Charles Centre for Sport in Leeds.
New figures show disability hate crimes are still going unreported - 20 May 2008
Action for Blind People recently carried out a survey on physical and verbal abuse towards blind and partially sighted people.
Welfare Rights fact sheets 2008 now live! - 27 April 2008
Our Welfare Rights fact sheets have been updated for 2008 and are now available to download online in pdf, Word and audio format.
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Visual Impairment Newsfeed
Special treat for gardeners
Date: 19 Aug 2008
Source: Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
Preston visit for new sight loss service
Date: 19 Aug 2008
Source: Preston Citizen
Create Vision UK help the visually impaired
Date: 19 Aug 2008
Source: Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
