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Call for the overhaul of personal budgets for older people
Personal budgets must be overhauled to ensure older people, particularly those with dementia, can benefit from them, according to the Association of […]
What do you think of the new Disability Living Allowance?
Leonard Cheshire Disability Campaigns is urging disabled people to respond to the government consultation on the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) The […]
Pie, Peas and Personalisation!
We have organised an evening of games and activites (all based on personalisation and independent living) as a way of welcoming new […]
Update on Personal Health Budgets
In Control recently organised an excellent webinar on Personal Health Budgets (PHB’s)Personal health Budgets flyer . The key messages were: A PHB […]
Joint meeting with the PFG
Active independence and the Personalisation Forum Group met yesterday to explore ways in which we can work together as user led organisations. The […]
Rights of disabled people may be at risk, says Human Rights Committee
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) today publishes its Report on the implementation of the right of disabled people to independent […]
Active Independence teams up with Protective Behaviours UK
We are pleased to announce that we are teaming up with Protective Behaviours UK to offer their very popular Foundation Level Protective […]
Active Independence gets Skills for Care funding!
Skills for Care has awarded Active Independence a grant of £4260 to deliver a number of activities aimed to support disabled people […]
News on Pensions
From October this year, new rules around workplace pensions come into force. This means that all employers – however small – will […]