Month: July 2018

July 2018

Delivering legal rights through practical problem solving

In this article we explain our Legal Entitlements and Problem-Solving (LEaP) Project with the Centre for Law and Social Justice, the School of Law, University of Leeds. Why we started the Project Disabled children and their families sometimes need extra support in order to have a normal everyday life – for example, help with bathing or

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The accessibility of Disabled Facilities Grant application forms

  A survey has found that about half of local authorities in England do not make application forms freely available for home adaptation grants – known as Disabled Facilities Grants. Key findings included: The law imposes strict timescales for the processing Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) – but if local authorities withhold the application form, they

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