Press Releases

The Skills for Care workforce strategy offers an essential step forward in recognising the importance and value of the workforce and the need to invest and reform the sector. 

VODG Responds to the ADASS Spring Survey results, painting a stark picture for the new government that urgent social care change is needed.

VODG welcomes the new government and the opportunity for change, emphasising the need to prioritise disabled people.

Leading Charities Call for Urgent Commissioning Review to end Inhumane Imprisonment of Disabled People Against their Will

VODG comments on the Labour Party manifesto calling for both short and long term solutions to put support for disabled people on a surer footing.

VODG Comments on the Green Party Manifesto and calls for the next government commits all government departments to the co-production of policy with disabled people, disabled people’s organisations and third sector providers.

VODG Comments on the Conservative Party Manifesto emphasising the importance of any welfare reforms being co-designed with disabled people.

VODG comments on the Liberal Democrat Manifesto and calls for social care to be a key campaigning issue as we approach Election Day.

As we approach the election and the new administration that will follows, we must harness the opportunity to do things differently when it comes to the decisions that impact disabled people and the organisations that work alongside them.

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) recently published a report which found that despite steps taken, the government continues to fail disabled people.

The government has announced its intention to review welfare and fit notes, using language in the Prime Minister's speech that is polarising, harmful and deeply concerning.

In its latest report, the Nuffield Trust looks at a set of five key preventative health care services and functions to understand whether they are working as they should for people with a learning disability.

This report from Community Integrated Care, Korn Ferry and YouGov builds an evidence-based case for investing in the social care workforce.

Today's Spring Budget is another missed opportunity to invest in the social care support disabled people and their families need.

Ahead of the Budget this week disability charities are calling on The Chancellor to make disabled people of all ages, their families and carers a priority. 

Today's Disability Action Plan provides some welcome steps forward but lacks longer-term ambition.

VODG Chief Executive Dr Rhidian Hughes responds to the report published by the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee on local authority funding and the £4bn funding gap they currently face.

Today the Secretary of State for Levelling Up has announced £500m in new funding for councils.

Each year the Joseph Rowntree Foundation publish a poverty report, providing the essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK. The report finds that disabled people face a higher risk of poverty and have done so for at least the past 20 years.

The 2023 Sector Pulse Check is the annual report by Hft and Care England, giving a snapshot of the financial health of the sector.