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Fulfilling potential: making it happen: better working with disabled people: the way forward: the government response to consultation findings
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- London
Following the consultation, the Government intends to establish a Fulfilling Potential Forum to meet for the first time in April 2014, and a Fulfilling Potential Policy Advice Service to be fully operational by April 2014. Responses (25 formal, 8 individual and 7 Government Departments) focused on the need for forum members, expert advisors and their advice to be independent. Expert advisors should have topic competency-based expertise on key policy areas, and have an understanding of the issues faced by the full range of disabled people. This document outlines how these requirements and those of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (UNCRDP) are to be incorporated into the proposed Forum and Advice Service. (Original abstract)
Fulfilling potential: making it happen: better working with disabled people; the Government's response to the triennial review of Equality 2025: a consultation on next steps for advice from and engagement with disabled people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 19
- Place of publication:
- London
This discussion paper sets out the Government’s response to the Independent Triennial Review of Equality 2025 (EQ2025). It outlines principles and options for successor arrangements to EQ2025; comments that the ‘Fulfilling potential’ discussions have been told by disabled people that they want to be “involved at every stage of policy development and delivery”; and seeks views on how best to make that involvement a reality. This document consulted on a two approaches. First, policy advice: a list of expert advisors to inform policy development across government is proposed. Second, strategic engagement: a forum of some 30-40 members is proposed, “to provide engagement on priorities and wider strategic direction”. How should effectiveness be evaluated and the new arrangements administered? The consultation closed on 16 October 2013. (Original abstract)
Checking the Right to Control is working properly in Trailblazer areas: easy read
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Right to Control is a new legal right for disabled people. It gives disabled people more choice and control over the support they need to go about their daily lives. Disabled adults living in seven test areas will be able to combine the support they receive from six different sources and decide how best to spend the funding to meet their needs. Disabled people will be able to choose to: continue receiving the same support; ask a public body to arrange new support; receive a direct payment and buy their own support; and have a mix of these arrangements. Trailblazers are areas where the Right to Control is being tested. Seven Trailblazer areas are working with Jobcentre Plus to test how the Right to Control will work for disabled adults. The Government will evaluate the Trailblazers which will inform a decision about wider roll out. This easy-read booklet is about checking if the Right to Control is working in Trailblazer areas.
Involving disabled people: Government response to the consultation on implementation and monitoring of the Independent Living Strategy
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A five-year cross government Independent Living Strategy, jointly owned by 6 government departments and co-produced with disabled people, was launched in 2008. The aim of the strategy was that disabled people who need support to go about their daily lives would have greater choice and control over how support is provided and greater access to housing, transport, health, employment, and leisure opportunities and to participation in family and community life. A consultation took place to seek views on how best to ensure that disabled people were actively involved in implementation and monitoring of the strategy. This document is the government's response to the consultation. It describes the consultation process (which included public consultation events in York and London and had 95 written responses), and reports on the submissions about the questions in the consultation and government decisions following consideration of the responses.
UK core report: additional information on the UK in support of the UK initial report on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- London
On 24 November 2011, the Government submitted the first UK report on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People to the United Nations. Two years after ratification of the Convention, this report says what has been achieved in the UK, and the Government’s approach to delivering its commitment to equality for disabled people. The Government’s ambition is to enable disabled people to fulfil their potential and have opportunities to play a full role in society. The report identifies the progress that has been made in a range of areas, and reflects work across the whole of the UK. The Government consulted extensively with disabled people to prepare the report, including making the draft report publicly available for comment earlier this year. The views expressed by disabled people will inform the work that Department’s do in the future. Disabled people will be closely involved in the development of the new Disability Strategy. The Government will be publishing a discussion document about the Strategy shortly, with the aim of working with disabled people to finalise the Strategy in 2012.
UK initial report on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: annex D: United Nations convention indicators; annexe E: evidence of international co-operation
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 167p.
- Place of publication:
- London
On 24 November 2011, the Government submitted the first UK report on implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People to the United Nations. Two years after ratification of the Convention, this report describes how key indicators are being used the UK, and evidence of international cooperation to meet government targets. The Government’s ambition is to enable disabled people to fulfil their potential and have opportunities to play a full role in society. The report identifies the progress that has been made in a range of areas, and reflects work across the whole of the UK. The Government consulted extensively with disabled people to prepare the report, including making the draft report publicly available for comment earlier this year. The views expressed by disabled people will inform the work that Department’s do in the future. Disabled people will be closely involved in the development of the new Disability Strategy. The Government will be publishing a discussion document about the Strategy shortly, with the aim of working with disabled people to finalise the Strategy in 2012.
Fulfilling potential: working together to enable disabled people to fulfil their potential and have opportunities to play a full role in society: a discussion document
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 46p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In December 2011, the UK government announced a discussion with disabled people to gather suggestions for a new cross-government disability strategy. The Government’s ambition is to enable disabled people to fulfil their potential and have opportunities to play a full role in society. To realise this ambition, we want to tackle barriers to realising aspirations and individual control, as well as change attitudes and behaviour towards disabled people. The new strategy will build on previous strategic thinking, including the Life Chances report, the Independent Living Strategy and the Roadmap 2025, as well as the UK’s commitment to the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People. The discussion exercise ran until Monday 12 March 2012 with the ODI receiving over 500 responses from individuals, disability organisations and contributions from events across the UK. Emerging themes from the exercise were discussed at an event attended by disabled people, disabled people’s organisations, and officials from across Government, the outcomes of which are published separately.
Fulfilling potential responses
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper, in response to “Fulfilling potential: working together to enable disabled people to fulfil their potential and have opportunities to play a full role in society: a discussion document”, outlines the key outcomes from an event attended by disabled people, disabled people’s organisations, and officials from across Government on Thursday 22 March 2012. There were 542 responses: 297 from individuals (253 of these are from disabled people); 182 from organisations; and 60 combined responses following events or meetings. Comments suggested that the Government needs to be open and transparent about this discussion, and explain clearly how the experiences and ideas of disabled people will be used to shape the final strategy. The new strategy should be based on the social model of disability. It should build on existing protected rights and entitlements, and promote the principles of independent living. The strategy should also promote disabled people’s right to live in communities, and have services such as transport, and buildings and communications that are accessible and inclusive so that they can participate and contribute.
UK initial report on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 123p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes how the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (‘the Convention’) is being implemented in the UK. It states that the UK approach is to build on a strong existing legislative and policy framework to deliver the Government’s commitment to equality for disabled people. The Government’s ambition is to remove barriers to create opportunities for disabled people to fulfil their potential and be fully participating members of society. This is reflected in Government support for the Convention both at home and abroad where the UK calls upon States that have not yet signed and ratified the Convention to do so as soon as they are able. The UK believes that the Convention is an important and necessary statement of the rights that all disabled people have and must be able to exercise. The UK has focused strongly on making practical differences for disabled people, and raising awareness of the issues they face. Progress is being made across a broad front. The UK is determined to ensure that communities are empowered to take the best decisions for the local circumstances of disabled people, and that the resource and expertise of communities is brought to bear to improve equality of opportunity.
Life opportunities survey: wave one results, 2006/11
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Office for Disability Issues
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Office for Disability Issues
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 213p., tables
- Place of publication:
- London
The Life Opportunities Survey is a large-scale longitudinal survey of disability in Great Britain. It aims to explore disability in terms of the social barriers to participation that people experience, and collects information on participation in different areas of life, barriers that people face to participating in these areas of life, and how levels of participation and barriers to participation change over time. Wave one of the survey was conducted between June 2009 and March 2011, and included a total of 31,161 interviews with adults aged 16 and over across 19,951 private households. This report presents a summary of the results. It includes information on household characteristics, participation restriction, impairment, Equality Act disability status, education and training, employment, economic life and living standards, transport, leisure activities, social contact, housing, accessibility outside the home, accessibility of public services, domestic life and social care, discrimination, crime, children, and severity of impairment.