Dan Jacques

Social Change Manager, @BarnwoodTrust ▪️ Short breaks research available here: ▪️ All views my own

[Dan Jacques @danjacques94]

#Accessibility is a really important priority for @BarnwoodTrust so it is so good that we have been able to create a range of accessible versions of our new report about short breaks.

Follow the link below for #EasyRead, #BSL and AV versions of the report 👇

[Barnwood Trust @BarnwoodTrust]

Have you managed to read our recent Barriers to Short Breaks #Research yet?

It is available in a number of accessible formats including Easy Read, BSL, audio and a face-to-camera film.

You can find all formats on our website: https://t.co/RnBZ2vkF6h

[Trussell @TrussellUK]

FYI: PIP (Personal Independence Payments) is not an out-of-work benefit.

It exists to help people pay for the extra costs that come with disability.

Cutting disability benefits won’t help people who are already working, and it won’t help people back into work.

[Stroke Association @TheStrokeAssoc]

We've joined @Scope [and the Disability Benefits Consortium] to urge the Chancellor to reconsider cuts to disability benefits. We're deeply concerned about the impact for stroke survivors, families and disabled people across the country. Full letter, here: https://t.co/BSH6eCBI0t

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Whatever is announced today, your benefits won’t change overnight:

📌 Equality Duty: Govt must assess impact first.
📌 Legitimate Expectation: Courts have ruled sudden cuts unlawful.
📌 Human Rights Act: Cuts must pass a proportionality test.
Changes will be challenged+softened.

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

I know coverage of disability benefits can be very distressing. So, I’ve worked with colleagues to make a range of support visible on The Guardian’s site.

If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.

[James Taylor @Jamestaylor2]

It’s #DisabilityPayGapDay

The disability pay gap is now 17.2%

And that means disabled employees lose out £4,300 per year.

And from today disabled people effectively stop earning.

We need to change this.

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

❕ As just announced at #CSTConf24, we're getting to work on rescuing the SEND system:

✔️ A focus on inclusion in mainstream schools
✔️ A new expert panel led by @TomRees_77
✔️ Dame Christine Lenehan brought on board

We'll build a system where every child can achieve & thrive.

[Disability Rights UK @DisRightsUK]

Today is #DisabilityPayGap day.

The day when Disabled workers stop getting paid for the rest of the year.

Yet, life costs £1,010 more each month for Disabled households than non-disabled households.

We are calling on the Government to END the Disability Pay Gap.

[Gloucestershire CC @GlosCC]

Free winter fun for families this Christmas ☃️

The Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme is back this winter to help keep children in Gloucestershire happy, healthy, and entertained with free activities and nutritious food.

Read more 👉 https://t.co/eRQHrkeMsA

[Motability Foundation @Motability]

🎉 We are funding @contactfamilies to research the challenges faced by disabled children and their families when accessing transport to and from school.

They have a survey for parents or carers of disabled children aged 0 to 25 years old: https://t.co/xHhOpT87k5

[Barnwood Trust @BarnwoodTrust]

Since the pandemic, flexible working—an adjustment long advocated by disabled people—has become more common. Empowered Employers is building on this, helping Gloucestershire organisations create inclusive policies, meaningful work opportunities, and remove barriers to employment.

[James Taylor @Jamestaylor2]

@scope Benefits barely cover the basics and the essentials. To suggest people are living a life of luxury is a lie.

[James Taylor @Jamestaylor2]

Absolutely have to call-out Isobel Oakeshott.

To say benefit claimants are 'parasites', sit on the sofa, drive their 'free motability' is completely outrageous.

At @scope we call out ableism. Call out discrimination. And to not let language like this go unchecked.

Shame.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The UK spending watchdog has found that special educational needs support is financially ‘unsustainable’

[@ft]

[Helen Barnard @Helen_Barnard]

V concerning if gov goes ahead with cuts to disability benefits. This was always just cost-saving. 500,000 disabled people get poorer, v few move to work. Not increasing opportunity or helping anyone. Just hitting a group already facing hunger & hardship. https://t.co/BCHqRuSBlD

[IPSEA @IPSEAcharity]

Children only get one chance at childhood. It’s not their fault that budgets are squeezed. As the @ChildrensComm rightly says today, “Children must not pay the price for balancing budgets.” https://t.co/IU0z0AP5A0

[Brendan May @bmay]

Sorry I’ve read this three times. And the story is what?

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

One Labour MP texts to ask if the Tory leadership result needs to be declared as a gift...

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

These are all good answers.