Access to Work Collective

Get in touch: [email protected]

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

Hello! We’re uniting disabled people, their organisations, employers, researchers, suppliers + policymakers to:
• Raise awareness
• Share solutions
• Support inclusive employment
• Close disability employment + pay gaps

Join us https://t.co/H9RmWDvyhw

#AccessToWork

[The Disability Policy Centre @DisPolCentre]

The @AccessToWorkCol say 67% of those receiving AtW would not be in work without the scheme.

This would equate to up to 50,000 disabled people.

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

Self-employed disabled people face waiting up to 19 months for Access to Work decisions, evidence shows
#AccessToWork #DWP
@CommonsPAC @CommonsWorkPen
@AccessToWorkCol @TheDPCG @OctoberPoppy
https://t.co/niPMF2Gwfc

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

Expressions of interest are now open
to join the new APPG Good Work for Disabled People which has a focus on Access to Work,

If you are interested please complete the form by 19 March 2026.

#AccessToWork

[appg_gwdp @appg_gwdp]

Help government understand how to increase equality of access to good work for disabled people. Our Chair @SteveDarlingMP is forming a Stakeholder Advisory Board with a focus on the Access to Work award. Complete the Expression of Interest by 19 March https://t.co/hhAKIghtnN

[appg_gwdp @appg_gwdp]

Delighted to announce the formation of our All Party Parliamentary Group Good Work for Disabled People with a focus on Access to Work chaired by @SteveDarlingMP Secretariat by @univinclusion and Advisory Board chaired by @ShaniDhanda #AccessToWork

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

A new APPG has been formed which includes a focus on Access to Work.

The APPG is called Good Work for Disabled people and is chaired by @SteveDarlingMP

We look forward to supporting the work and the APPG.

#AccessToWork

[Steve Darling MP @SteveDarlingMP]

Creating good work for disabled people should be at the heart of government policy. This came a step closer yesterday with the inaugural meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Good Work for Disabled People, which I chaired.

As part of our work we will be convening a Stakeholder Advisory Board to ensure the lived experience of disabled people is central to what we do. I look forward to continuing this vital work to the benefit of both our disabled community and our national economy.

@sianberry @mariecgoldman

#disabled #economy #work

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

@SteveDarlingMP Thank you so much for your support @SteveDarlingMP

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

@Beloved71478281 @Mikeo56977865 From Access to Work

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

Urgent Press Request: We are looking to speak to anyone who was recruited for a role but couldn’t start, or had to leave their role or close their business, because of long delays in receiving an Access to Work support decision.

#AccessToWork

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

If this has happened to you, we'd really like to hear about your experience for a press piece.

Please email us at [email protected]

Image description: Have you been unable to start a job, or forced to leave, due to delays in an Access to Work support decision?

[Inclusion London @InclusionLondon]

If you have applied for the Access to Work scheme and you are deaf, deafblind, or have hearing loss, DeafATW and @rnid want your views. @AccessToWorkCol

Complete the survey by 16 January: https://t.co/oxfdbHZX6v

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

50 MP's asked parliamentary questions on Access to Work this year. Leading the way in 2025:

1. @MartinWrigley – 18
2. @LouHaigh – 13
3. @Helen_Whately – 6

If your MP is asking questions, thank them.
If not, ask why.

#AccessToWorkCollective #AccessToWork

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

50 MP's asked parliamentary questions on Access to Work this year. Leading the way in 2025:

1. @MartinWrigley – 18
2. @LouHaigh – 13
3. @Helen_Whately – 6

If your MP is asking questions, thank them.
If not, ask why.

#AccessToWorkCollective #AccessToWork

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

If you want to get involved, support the work or simply stay connected, reach us at [email protected]. Everyone is welcome.

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

From May to Nov 2025, the Collective grew faster and achieved more than we ever imagined. What started as a way to stop people navigating Access to Work alone has become a national effort shaped by thousands of disabled people and allies. https://t.co/MEvVRN6xBA

#AccessToWork

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

DWP failure to provide up-to-date figures on Access to Work cuts is ‘major warning sign’, say campaigners
#DWP #AccessToWork
@AccessToWorkCol
https://t.co/du5HBxlmqw

[Disability News Service @johnpringdns]

‘Unacceptable’ new figures show rejections of Access to Work claims have shot up this year
#AccessToWork #DWP
@AccessToWorkCol
https://t.co/smOb9zr0K2

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

We’re calling for the Government to fix the delays and barriers that are holding disabled people back from working.

Thousands have already added their names, but there’s still time to make sure your voice is heard.

Sign our open letter: https://t.co/PYZq5fxkCC

#AccessToWork

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

Access to Work is only treasury funded programme that has sustainability helped to reduce the disability employment gap. By funding Access to Work and administering it properly you would get hundreds of thousands of disabled people off the waiting list for it, actually in work.

[Department for Work and Pensions @DWPgovuk]

"The stories we're hearing about people who never thought they could work, getting into work through this kind of help are really encouraging" - Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden

Connect to Work is supporting thousands of sick and disabled people https://t.co/8ieIaFhyYa

[Access to Work Collective @AccessToWorkCol]

@UKLabour Fixing Access to Work will only help you achieve your goal of getting more disabled people in work. 62,000 people are on a waiting list. You already have a solution, it just needs more funding and to be administered properly.

[liane gomersall @ligomersall]

Access to Work dossier of evidence shows ‘real harm’ and job losses caused by DWP cuts and failings https://t.co/cf1uO1CwvO via @johnpringdns