Following wide-spread criticism of the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) which replaces DLA the Government undertook a consultation. One of the Key […]

Just a quick message to say that over the next few weeks the Active Independence site will be undergoing some behind-the-scenes maintenance. It […]

The Centre for Welfare Reform, on behalf of the Campaign for a Fair Society, has researched and published a detailed analysis of […]

The Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb, has announced that from April 2014 everyone eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding will be […]

Individual employer skills funding now available Individual employers (people who directly employ their care or support staff) are now able to apply […]

Following an eighteen month battle we finally supported a Disabled woman to get onto a Direct Payment and employ her own PAs. […]

As Chair of Active Independence I talk to a lot of people who receive their care from a care agency. This about […]

Just to say a BIG thank you to everyone for contributing towards making our Christmas get-together so enjoyable. We are a special […]

The final independent evaluation report about the pilot programme “Evaluation of the personal health budget pilot programme” has been published on 30 […]

In Age UK’s latest excellent briefings they call on the government to urgently look at implementing the recommendations from the Dilnot commission. This […]