Published: December 17, 2014
Winter Newsletter 2014
Please take a look at the Winter edition of Lothian Disability Newsletter below, there is also a plain text version for screen readers. Please circulate through your relevant networks. Newsletter…
LCiL News
Published: November 27, 2014
Have Your Say – Edinburgh’s Budget 2015-2016
LCiL has responded to the CEC budget consultation and is encouraging other organisations and individuals to do the same. You can read our response on the E-library here Consultation responses…
Published: September 18, 2014
Autumn LCiL news
The LCiL Newsletter Autumn 2014 is hot off the press, containing articles on the Care Charge Petition, Independent review of Personal Independence Payment and a survey on how to improve the…
Published: September 16, 2014
Personal Independence Payment report
Last month Grapevine, LCiL’s information and advice service, jointly hosted a consultation event with Inclusion Scotland to hear what people’s experiences have been of claiming the replacement disability benefit Personal…
Published: August 29, 2014
Grapevine publications updates
The list of care agencies has been updated and expanded upon. If you would like an up to date copy, please contact Grapevine using one of the options below: Tel:…
Published: July 25, 2014
Have you been affected by sanctions?
Statistics from the UK Government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show a 65 per cent rise in the number of disabled people receiving sanctions for jobseeker’s allowance between 2009…
Published: July 24, 2014
Personal Independence Payment – A consultation event
PIP started to replace Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in April 2013. For many people affected it has been a stressful and worrying time. The first Independent Review of PIP has…
Published: June 12, 2014
Summer newsletter
The LCiL Newsletter Summer 2014 is hot off the press, containing articles on the successor to ILF, LCiL Champions birthday, SDS translation guide and many more interesting topics.