women with visible and invisible disabilities
Here is our group statement to the MPs who scrutinise the DWP, for their inquiry into the assessment of disability benefits. The last time they did this was in 2017-2018. We want to share it now as we have been supporting bereaved relatives interviewed in last night’s Channel 4 Dispatches: Truth about disability benefits. The … Read more
THANK YOU 853 London news for breaking this story. This shows that Greenwich had previously diverted £21m of the government Better Care Fund away from social care, then increased charges from our disability benefits to squeeze another £1.6m from disabled residents. (The Better Care Funds from government are meant for support in the community so … Read more
In October 2021, disabled claimants were back in court for the third time to challenge benefit losses under Universal Credit compared to previous benefits. We have been supporting the two disabled men, anonymously called TP and AR. This time, Disability News Service reported that a disabled mother and her family who have joined the case, … Read more
Update about woman cancer patient fighting extortionate care charges by Camden The woman cancer patient we are helping, thanks everyone for their support. She says: “Love and care for someone you don’t know is really appreciated.” She was readmitted to hospital last week for treatment for low oxygen due to lung cancer complications. We are … Read more
Here is our response to the DWP consultation: Shaping Future Support — Health and Disability Green Paper Response by WinVisible (women with visible & invisible disabilities) We are a grassroots multi-racial organisation with a UK-wide network, enabling disabled women of different backgrounds and situations to have a voice. On benefits, we provide self-help information, peer … Read more
Under COVID, sick and disabled claimants are losing vital benefits due to delays with assessments and decisions. But with WinVisible’s support, Ms S finally won over £4,000 disability payments in May 2021 plus ongoing payments, after being left in limbo for 16 months stuck on Universal Credit (UC) basic rate. Ms S has a severe … Read more
This Saturday, we’re delighted to be joining our friends in Scotland and Ontario, Canada for an online discussion organised by Action Against Austerity. WinVisible will be sharing news of how we are winning individual benefit cases, and our welfare demands under the pandemic as disabled women/of colour/mothers and family carers, immigrant and UK-born. Register free … Read more
Shared from the Disability News Service By John Pring on 24th June 2021 “Fresh evidence shows that the actions of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were a “central cause” of the death of a disabled women who took her own life after her benefits were wrongly removed, the high court heard this week. The court has … Read more
We all send our love and heartfelt support to bereaved mother Joy Dove, for a positive result after the High Court hearing which has just finished. Via her legal team, the three judges heard her application for a second inquest into the suicide of her daughter Jodey Whiting. Their ruling is expected in the near … Read more
Shared from BBC East Midlands: The family of a man who starved to death after his benefits were cut has vowed to fight on, despite losing a High Court challenge. Errol Graham starved to death in his Nottingham flat in 2018, eight months after his employment support allowance (ESA) was withdrawn. His family argued the … Read more