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Disability Wales and All Wales Forum have jointly called for an extension to the current Pathways to Work consultation period. We believe that this extension is essential due to several pressing issues that hinder meaningful participation, particularly for individuals and communities in Wales. We are deeply concerned by the lack of accessible consultation events held throughout Wales. […]

Disability Wales welcomes the strong and considered response from the Senedd’s Equality and Social Justice Committee to our letter raising urgent concerns about the UK Government’s proposed cuts to disability benefits.  In their reply to us, the Chair acknowledged that whilst welfare is a reserved matter, the Committee felt compelled to act due to the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Wednesday 21 May, Disability Wales and its members will travel to Westminster to take part in a mass lobby against the UK Government’s proposals to slash disability benefits — cuts that threaten the financial security and basic human rights of disabled people across the country. There is considerable fear and anger […]

For Immediate Release  Fear and anger across Wales as UK Government’s heartless cuts to disability benefits slashes support and regresses rights  A week after the UK Government published its Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, the Chancellor confirmed in her Spring Statement plans for devastating cuts to disability […]

We understand that the proposed benefit cuts are causing significant concern amongst the disabled community, and we want to reassure you that you are not alone. We stand in solidarity with disabled people across Wales in challenging these potential changes. The UK Government’s Green Paper was published on Tuesday 18th March: Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits […]

Disability Wales welcomes the discussion by the Senedd Petitions Committee earlier this week (March 10) on making Blue Badges lifelong for individuals with lifelong diagnoses. This petition highlights the lesser-known provision that reassessment is not always required, yet its inconsistent implementation across local authorities creates confusion. An information request conducted by STAND North Wales – […]

DW welcomes the Senedd Equality Committee’s Report on the Disability Employment Gap in Wales which is currently 31%. We agree with the Committee’s finding that ‘too many disabled people face unnecessary barriers to employment in Wales today’ and that progress in tackling these is ‘too slow’. DW gave evidence to the Committee and we fully […]

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and an opportunity to remember all those who died in the Holocaust and other genocides around the world. Disabled people were amongst those who were first targeted by the Nazi regime, with hundreds of thousands being subject to […]

The end of a year always sparks a period of reflection and we certainly aren’t resisting this opportunity to take a look back at the past twelve months. 2024 has been a challenging time for DW with an organisation restructure seeing us waving goodbye to two valued members of staff. However, we have continued to […]

Disability Wales (DW) gave evidence at the Senedd on Monday 14th Oct in response to the Equality and Social Justice Committee inquiry into ‘Disability and Employment’. DW issued an urgent call for the Welsh Government to publish its long-awaited draft Disability Rights Action Plan drawing on the extensive work of the Disability Rights Taskforce which met […]