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New requirements to make goods, facilities and services more accessible to disabled people: consultations on a new code of practice and regulations
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment, NATIONAL DISABILITY COUNCIL
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 4 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Set of consultation papers on the further implementation of Part three of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Duties of trade organisations to their disabled members and applicants: consultation on a code of practice
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 2 booklets in pack.
- Place of publication:
- London
Disability Discrimination Act 1995: code of practice; rights of access, goods, facilities, services and premises
- Authors:
- NATIONAL DISABILITY COUNCIL, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 99p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Revised code of practice dealing with duties placed by Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 on those providing goods, facilities or services to the public and those selling, letting or managing premises.
Freedom to learn: basic skills for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities: the report of the working group looking into the basic skills needed for adults with learning difficulties and disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 48p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Many adults with learning difficulties and/or disabilities told us that the result of underachievement or the need to re-learn was low self-esteem and self-confidence. These are major barriers to learning. Such learners have literacy or numeracy needs at all levels. They range from people who need to acquire the basic skills to enable them to lead more independent lives to those who face specific barriers which currently prevent them from acquiring the basic skills needed for employment or further education.
Guidance on the education of children and young people in public care
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 113p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Guidance designed to ensure that looked after children get the education they need and deserve. The purpose of the guidance is to assist local authorities in their role as corporate parents to safeguard and promote the education of children and young people in their care, with the aim of bringing the educational attainment of these children closer in line with that of their peers, enabling them to achieve their full potential. The guidance has sections on: current policy on children and young people in public care; who is in public care and why; working towards better corporate parenting; effective cooperation between agencies; records; early years; career planning for young people and post sixteen educational opportunities; young people in care with special educational needs; admissions, exclusions and transitions; out of authority placements; joint funding; supporting carers; training; advocacy; and young people placed in secure accommodation.
Education protects: guidance on the education of children and young people in public care; summary and key messages to schools
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Education and Employment
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education and Employment
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Summary of guidance on the education of children and young people in public care, aimed specifically at schools.