A letter coordinated by VODG brings together a cross party group of Parliamentarians to call on the Government to put disabled people at the heart of decision making. To share with your MP or to ask a Peer to add their support, please email [email protected] for a copy of the letter.
Following the Autumn Budget announcement of increased Employer National Insurance Contributions, VODG continues to raise awareness of the impact of unfunded burdens on members.
VODG and Collaborate have published a new report on some of the shifts and changes needed to reframe commissioning of third sector support for disabled people.
VODG members are invited to explore being involved in the next phase of SPECTROM training with Imperial College, to tackle over-medication in learning disability services.
Over 125 organisations, including VODG and our members, have written to the Chancellor, Health Ministers and opposition spokespeople urging Rachel Reeves to reconsider measures in her recent Budget.
The government has published its Employment Rights Bill and provided further detail on the initiatives it has planned to 'Make Work Pay'. This includes the establishment of an Adult Social Care Negotiating Body and a Fair Pay Agreement for Adult Social Care.
Disabled people face significant health inequalities and barriers to accessing the healthcare they need. The NHS will only be able to meet people's needs in partnership with social care and the third sector.
As a member of the Disability Poverty Campaign Group we have written to The Chancellor calling for the Household Support Fund to continue and be ring-fenced, as it is due to end imminently.
VODG is one of over 50 charities that have written to Chancellor to set out the challenge now faced by older people this winter and ask the Government to reconsider its plans to axe Winter Fuel Payments.
