This week's IL newsletter: Second Hand Dance warns that Access to Work cuts are putting disabled artists' jobs at risk. Its Artistic Director's funding has been slashed by 76%, despite no change in her needs or role.
#AccessToWork #DisabledLedArts #DisabilityRights
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#AccessToWork #DisabledLedArts #DisabilityRights
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October 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
This week's IL newsletter: Second Hand Dance warns that Access to Work cuts are putting disabled artists' jobs at risk. Its Artistic Director's funding has been slashed by 76%, despite no change in her needs or role.
#AccessToWork #DisabledLedArts #DisabilityRights
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#AccessToWork #DisabledLedArts #DisabilityRights
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Disabled people are losing up to 85 per cent of their Access to Work grants. How can people lose the support they need to do their jobs?
#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabledPeople #Employment #TheWhipLine
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#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabledPeople #Employment #TheWhipLine
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ACCESS TO WORK: Disabled People Lose Essential Support
YouTube video by The Whip Line
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October 14, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Disabled people are losing up to 85 per cent of their Access to Work grants. How can people lose the support they need to do their jobs?
#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabledPeople #Employment #TheWhipLine
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#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabledPeople #Employment #TheWhipLine
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Disabled people are losing up to 85 per cent of their Access to Work grants. How can people lose the support they need to do their jobs?
#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabledPeople #Employment #TheWhipLine
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#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabledPeople #Employment #TheWhipLine
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ACCESS TO WORK: Disabled People Lose Essential Support
YouTube video by The Whip Line
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October 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Disabled people are losing up to 85 per cent of their Access to Work grants. How can people lose the support they need to do their jobs?
#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabledPeople #Employment #TheWhipLine
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#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabledPeople #Employment #TheWhipLine
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Disabled people are losing up to 85% of their Access to Work grants, even when their circumstances haven't changed. Here's why.
#Disability #AccessToWork #DWP #DisabilityRights #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/government...
#Disability #AccessToWork #DWP #DisabilityRights #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/government...
Government cuts 85 per cent of grants for disabled people on Access to Work scheme
How has the government been able to remove almost all grant money that disabled people need to stay in work, without changing the law?
thewhipline.substack.com
October 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Disabled people are losing up to 85% of their Access to Work grants, even when their circumstances haven't changed. Here's why.
#Disability #AccessToWork #DWP #DisabilityRights #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/government...
#Disability #AccessToWork #DWP #DisabilityRights #TheWhipLine
thewhipline.substack.com/p/government...
any #journalists working in the #adhd space fancy doing an investigation into why #ADHDcoaching can cost above £120 per session, when #counselling would cost on average £55 ...? Wondering if it might have something to do with funding often coming from #accesstowork ?
October 5, 2026 at 8:33 AM
any #journalists working in the #adhd space fancy doing an investigation into why #ADHDcoaching can cost above £120 per session, when #counselling would cost on average £55 ...? Wondering if it might have something to do with funding often coming from #accesstowork ?
It warms our professional lipspeaking hearts to read such positive comments about the difference our skill can make in a person’s life. Well done to that lipspeaker, what a wonderful reminder of the impact our skills can have. @RNID #AccessToWork rnid.org.uk/information-...
#SpokenWordsMadeVisible
#SpokenWordsMadeVisible
October 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
It warms our professional lipspeaking hearts to read such positive comments about the difference our skill can make in a person’s life. Well done to that lipspeaker, what a wonderful reminder of the impact our skills can have. @RNID #AccessToWork rnid.org.uk/information-...
#SpokenWordsMadeVisible
#SpokenWordsMadeVisible
You can't make this up.
Just called #AccessToWork . It's exhausting. I ended up saying,
"So you don't have my report, which you say is unusual after 3 weeks & you are going to ask my case manager, who is on annual leave with an unknown return date, whose email isn't monitored, to contact me? (1/3)
Just called #AccessToWork . It's exhausting. I ended up saying,
"So you don't have my report, which you say is unusual after 3 weeks & you are going to ask my case manager, who is on annual leave with an unknown return date, whose email isn't monitored, to contact me? (1/3)
September 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
You can't make this up.
Just called #AccessToWork . It's exhausting. I ended up saying,
"So you don't have my report, which you say is unusual after 3 weeks & you are going to ask my case manager, who is on annual leave with an unknown return date, whose email isn't monitored, to contact me? (1/3)
Just called #AccessToWork . It's exhausting. I ended up saying,
"So you don't have my report, which you say is unusual after 3 weeks & you are going to ask my case manager, who is on annual leave with an unknown return date, whose email isn't monitored, to contact me? (1/3)
You might have seen our talented friend Annalisa Dinnella's piece on #AccessToWork in the Guardian this week, a shortened version of a longer article - we're delighted to publish the full piece here: www.touretteshero.com/2026/08/17/i...
Is This Thing Working? ‘Access To Work’ and My Labyrinth of Doom - Touretteshero
Last year I wrote extensively about the sudden cut to my Access to Work support that meant I had to stop doing the job I love for three months. While my support was eventually reinstated, many other w...
www.touretteshero.com
August 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
You might have seen our talented friend Annalisa Dinnella's piece on #AccessToWork in the Guardian this week, a shortened version of a longer article - we're delighted to publish the full piece here: www.touretteshero.com/2026/08/17/i...
I’m in the middle of this myself, have had my support cut from 29 hours a week to ten, appealed (mandatory reconsideration) with the support of CAB and my MP, but to no avail. On the way to the Law Centre to see if they can help.
#accesstowork #ableism
#m www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#accesstowork #ableism
#m www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
August 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I’m in the middle of this myself, have had my support cut from 29 hours a week to ten, appealed (mandatory reconsideration) with the support of CAB and my MP, but to no avail. On the way to the Law Centre to see if they can help.
#accesstowork #ableism
#m www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#accesstowork #ableism
#m www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#disability
#creatives
#accesstowork
Shameful in 2026.
Disabled creatives like me are behind many of your favourite shows – so why has our work support been withdrawn?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/disabled-creatives-careers-access-to-work-scheme?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#creatives
#accesstowork
Shameful in 2026.
Disabled creatives like me are behind many of your favourite shows – so why has our work support been withdrawn?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/disabled-creatives-careers-access-to-work-scheme?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Disabled creatives like me are behind many of your favourite shows – so why has our work support been withdrawn? | Annalisa Dinnella
Cuts to the Access to Work scheme will mean no more contributions to shows like Sex Education, Call the Midwife or The Hack. It will be devastating to lose such talent, says TV writer Annalisa Dinnella
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2026 at 11:45 AM
#disability
#creatives
#accesstowork
Shameful in 2026.
Disabled creatives like me are behind many of your favourite shows – so why has our work support been withdrawn?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/disabled-creatives-careers-access-to-work-scheme?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#creatives
#accesstowork
Shameful in 2026.
Disabled creatives like me are behind many of your favourite shows – so why has our work support been withdrawn?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/17/disabled-creatives-careers-access-to-work-scheme?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
🧵 #AccessToWork strikes again an hour before an arranged call I get an email stating my case has been reallocated and telling me the deadline to submit paperwork I've already sent. No mention of the appointment today. I can't email back as they removed that as a method of contact. 1/4
August 10, 2026 at 9:03 AM
🧵 #AccessToWork strikes again an hour before an arranged call I get an email stating my case has been reallocated and telling me the deadline to submit paperwork I've already sent. No mention of the appointment today. I can't email back as they removed that as a method of contact. 1/4
In April I submitted an FOI request to DWP asking how disabled people can access forms and communication by email.
They missed the deadline. Then ignored the internal review request.
It’s now with the ICO.
#DisabilityRights #FOI #AccessToWork #PIP #DWP #ReasonableAdjustments #EqualityAct
They missed the deadline. Then ignored the internal review request.
It’s now with the ICO.
#DisabilityRights #FOI #AccessToWork #PIP #DWP #ReasonableAdjustments #EqualityAct
June 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In April I submitted an FOI request to DWP asking how disabled people can access forms and communication by email.
They missed the deadline. Then ignored the internal review request.
It’s now with the ICO.
#DisabilityRights #FOI #AccessToWork #PIP #DWP #ReasonableAdjustments #EqualityAct
They missed the deadline. Then ignored the internal review request.
It’s now with the ICO.
#DisabilityRights #FOI #AccessToWork #PIP #DWP #ReasonableAdjustments #EqualityAct
Access to Work have refused my reconsideration, again by post, despite requesting email. I sent medical evidence. I work for a DPO. Their own assessor backed support. Still refused. This scheme is failing disabled people. I’m exhausted. And I know I’m not the only one. #AccessToWork #AtW
June 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Access to Work have refused my reconsideration, again by post, despite requesting email. I sent medical evidence. I work for a DPO. Their own assessor backed support. Still refused. This scheme is failing disabled people. I’m exhausted. And I know I’m not the only one. #AccessToWork #AtW
If Access to Work is cut, small charities lose staff. Communities lose vital services.
📊 26% of charity workers are disabled
💸 34% of small charities have no reserves
🌍 £20bn+ social value at risk
It’s not saving — it’s sacrifice.
#AccessToWork #SmallCharities #Inclusion #AtW #VoluntarySector
📊 26% of charity workers are disabled
💸 34% of small charities have no reserves
🌍 £20bn+ social value at risk
It’s not saving — it’s sacrifice.
#AccessToWork #SmallCharities #Inclusion #AtW #VoluntarySector
Second wave of cuts could lead to ‘decimation’ of Access to Work scheme, but DWP refuses to comment
The Labour government has launched a new cost-cutting drive aimed at Access to Work, which insiders fear could destroy the scheme and lead to disabled people being forced to quit their jobs. Leaked…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If Access to Work is cut, small charities lose staff. Communities lose vital services.
📊 26% of charity workers are disabled
💸 34% of small charities have no reserves
🌍 £20bn+ social value at risk
It’s not saving — it’s sacrifice.
#AccessToWork #SmallCharities #Inclusion #AtW #VoluntarySector
📊 26% of charity workers are disabled
💸 34% of small charities have no reserves
🌍 £20bn+ social value at risk
It’s not saving — it’s sacrifice.
#AccessToWork #SmallCharities #Inclusion #AtW #VoluntarySector
The very thing the government claims to want — pushing more disabled people into employment — is undermined by their own actions.
#AccessToWork #DWP #Disability
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
#AccessToWork #DWP #Disability
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
The DWP has tried to hide major changes to a grant scheme for disabled people
A whistleblower has exposed DWP plans for changes to the Access to Work scheme - ones that it hasn't made public yet
www.thecanary.co
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The very thing the government claims to want — pushing more disabled people into employment — is undermined by their own actions.
#AccessToWork #DWP #Disability
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
#AccessToWork #DWP #Disability
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
18 weeks waiting for an Access to Work reconsideration. I also submitted a complaint about delays and poor communication—exhausted in Jan and escalated to ICE in Feb. Still no update. These delays are putting my job at risk. Ombudsman next.
#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabilitySupport
#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabilitySupport
April 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
18 weeks waiting for an Access to Work reconsideration. I also submitted a complaint about delays and poor communication—exhausted in Jan and escalated to ICE in Feb. Still no update. These delays are putting my job at risk. Ombudsman next.
#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabilitySupport
#AccessToWork #DisabilityRights #DWP #DisabilitySupport
125 days since I submitted my request for a reconsideration on my Access to Work claim.
#accesstowork #dwp #delays #Atw
#accesstowork #dwp #delays #Atw
April 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
125 days since I submitted my request for a reconsideration on my Access to Work claim.
#accesstowork #dwp #delays #Atw
#accesstowork #dwp #delays #Atw
Opposing all disability benefit cuts
www.change.org/p/stop-the-disability-benefit-cuts
#DisabilityRights #PIP #AccessToWork #DWP #SocialJustice #BenefitsJustice #DisabledPeopleDeserveBetter #StopTheCuts #TribunalSupport #WelfareRights #EqualityMatters #InclusionNow #DisabilityAdvocacy #NoCruelCuts
www.change.org/p/stop-the-disability-benefit-cuts
#DisabilityRights #PIP #AccessToWork #DWP #SocialJustice #BenefitsJustice #DisabledPeopleDeserveBetter #StopTheCuts #TribunalSupport #WelfareRights #EqualityMatters #InclusionNow #DisabilityAdvocacy #NoCruelCuts
April 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The proposed changes to #PIP and #AccessToWork won’t "get more disabled people into work."
They’ll do the opposite — and cause a cascade of problems across public services and society.
Here’s what that really leads to:
They’ll do the opposite — and cause a cascade of problems across public services and society.
Here’s what that really leads to:
April 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The proposed changes to #PIP and #AccessToWork won’t "get more disabled people into work."
They’ll do the opposite — and cause a cascade of problems across public services and society.
Here’s what that really leads to:
They’ll do the opposite — and cause a cascade of problems across public services and society.
Here’s what that really leads to:
some people can’t work, and they deserve financial support that protects their independence and dignity.
#PIP is a broken system. It’s stressful, unfair, and 69% of appeals are successful at tribunal. That tells you everything.
#AccessToWork is no better.
#PIP is a broken system. It’s stressful, unfair, and 69% of appeals are successful at tribunal. That tells you everything.
#AccessToWork is no better.
April 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
some people can’t work, and they deserve financial support that protects their independence and dignity.
#PIP is a broken system. It’s stressful, unfair, and 69% of appeals are successful at tribunal. That tells you everything.
#AccessToWork is no better.
#PIP is a broken system. It’s stressful, unfair, and 69% of appeals are successful at tribunal. That tells you everything.
#AccessToWork is no better.
Read&Write software was approved, but DWP still haven’t paid the proforma invoice sent 2 Feb 2025.
Complaint escalated to ICE on 3 Feb 2025, 9 weeks later, no reply. Just told it’ll be “some time.”
People are waiting months for essential tools to work.
#DWPDelays #ICE #AccessToWork #ChronicIllness
Complaint escalated to ICE on 3 Feb 2025, 9 weeks later, no reply. Just told it’ll be “some time.”
People are waiting months for essential tools to work.
#DWPDelays #ICE #AccessToWork #ChronicIllness
April 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Read&Write software was approved, but DWP still haven’t paid the proforma invoice sent 2 Feb 2025.
Complaint escalated to ICE on 3 Feb 2025, 9 weeks later, no reply. Just told it’ll be “some time.”
People are waiting months for essential tools to work.
#DWPDelays #ICE #AccessToWork #ChronicIllness
Complaint escalated to ICE on 3 Feb 2025, 9 weeks later, no reply. Just told it’ll be “some time.”
People are waiting months for essential tools to work.
#DWPDelays #ICE #AccessToWork #ChronicIllness
123 days since I submitted my #AccessToWork reconsideration.
Applied: 26 Apr 2024
Assessed: 20 Nov 2024
Reconsideration sent: 7 Dec 2024
Still waiting. No updates.
#DWP delays are leaving disabled workers without the tools we need.
#DisabilityRights #WorkAndDisability #AccessToWorkFail
Applied: 26 Apr 2024
Assessed: 20 Nov 2024
Reconsideration sent: 7 Dec 2024
Still waiting. No updates.
#DWP delays are leaving disabled workers without the tools we need.
#DisabilityRights #WorkAndDisability #AccessToWorkFail
April 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
123 days since I submitted my #AccessToWork reconsideration.
Applied: 26 Apr 2024
Assessed: 20 Nov 2024
Reconsideration sent: 7 Dec 2024
Still waiting. No updates.
#DWP delays are leaving disabled workers without the tools we need.
#DisabilityRights #WorkAndDisability #AccessToWorkFail
Applied: 26 Apr 2024
Assessed: 20 Nov 2024
Reconsideration sent: 7 Dec 2024
Still waiting. No updates.
#DWP delays are leaving disabled workers without the tools we need.
#DisabilityRights #WorkAndDisability #AccessToWorkFail
If the government really wants to close the disability employment gap, they must fix Access to Work first.
Pushing disabled people into work without proper support just sets them up to fail. AtW should empower people, not create more barriers. 5/5
#AccessToWork #DWP #DisabilityRights #Labour
Pushing disabled people into work without proper support just sets them up to fail. AtW should empower people, not create more barriers. 5/5
#AccessToWork #DWP #DisabilityRights #Labour
February 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If the government really wants to close the disability employment gap, they must fix Access to Work first.
Pushing disabled people into work without proper support just sets them up to fail. AtW should empower people, not create more barriers. 5/5
#AccessToWork #DWP #DisabilityRights #Labour
Pushing disabled people into work without proper support just sets them up to fail. AtW should empower people, not create more barriers. 5/5
#AccessToWork #DWP #DisabilityRights #Labour
for anyone wanting to add their experience w/ #AccessToWork to a national campaign: graeae.org/resource/acc.... original event has passed but the survey is continuing and i'd expect more to come.
it's long overdue time that #DWP steppedTF up and stopped making it demonstrably harder for us to work!
it's long overdue time that #DWP steppedTF up and stopped making it demonstrably harder for us to work!
March 27, 2026 at 11:59 AM
for anyone wanting to add their experience w/ #AccessToWork to a national campaign: graeae.org/resource/acc.... original event has passed but the survey is continuing and i'd expect more to come.
it's long overdue time that #DWP steppedTF up and stopped making it demonstrably harder for us to work!
it's long overdue time that #DWP steppedTF up and stopped making it demonstrably harder for us to work!
Reform MPs want to cut #Deaf #AccessToWork uk.news.yahoo.com/non-english-...
#AccessToWork keeps #Deaf people in work, wages = ↑ treasury & employs #BSL #interpreters
Compare: Farage's MP salary £91,346 = rarely in his community & earns £1m (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...)
Who is "scrounging"?
#AccessToWork keeps #Deaf people in work, wages = ↑ treasury & employs #BSL #interpreters
Compare: Farage's MP salary £91,346 = rarely in his community & earns £1m (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...)
Who is "scrounging"?
Non-English speakers cost DWP £2.12 million in translation costs
£500,000 has been spent on translation costs so far this year alone
uk.news.yahoo.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reform MPs want to cut #Deaf #AccessToWork uk.news.yahoo.com/non-english-...
#AccessToWork keeps #Deaf people in work, wages = ↑ treasury & employs #BSL #interpreters
Compare: Farage's MP salary £91,346 = rarely in his community & earns £1m (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...)
Who is "scrounging"?
#AccessToWork keeps #Deaf people in work, wages = ↑ treasury & employs #BSL #interpreters
Compare: Farage's MP salary £91,346 = rarely in his community & earns £1m (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...)
Who is "scrounging"?