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Documents available as .pdf downloads: WNDiS Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures June 2020 WNDiS Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures June 2020

PIP (Personal Independence Payments) WNDiS will continue to support clients with applications and appeals for PIP, regardless of changes to assessments. The PM is no doubt aware that PIP is very hard to get, and is reassessed roughly every three years already. We hope that the government’s research into PIP will be shared and that… Continue reading PIP

Like all other services, WNDiS does not tolerate any abusive or inconsiderate behaviour from clients. While it is understood that it can be frustrating to wait for help and people often feel that they are not being listened to in general, calls and other requests are taken in the order that they come in, to… Continue reading WNDiS Statement on Abusive and Unreasonable Behaviour

The Disability Evidence Portal is a way to have your say. It is a knowledge exchange platform that seeks to enable and empower decision makers with evidence-based knowledge to make decisions on how best to improve access, health, education, livelihood and social outcomes for people with disabilities worldwide. DEP aims to do this through the… Continue reading The Disability Evidence Portal

Blue Badge Issues The  Blue Badge scheme was started in 1971 as part of The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, and provided parking concessions for people who were eligible. More recent changes have included  giving badges for those with ‘hidden disabilities’ which is a necessary development,  given the improvements in our understanding of… Continue reading Blue Badge Issues

A supreme court judgement in July 2919 ruled that PIP claimant, MM, had not been awarded enough points for the Mixing with Others section for Daily Living as he had been given a support person to help him with this, as well as prompting, and had only been awarded 2 points and not 4. He… Continue reading PIP Ruling

Tribunal wins ‘expose broken system’ Read the article online at https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/100-per-cent-tribunal-win-record-exposes-broken-disability-9231194/

WNDiS is funded by The National Health Service, the Borough Council and the Farthing Trust, a local charity. None of the funding is permanent and the some funding is currently only agreed until end of March 2022. If you would like to make a donation to help with WNDiS’ running costs and to help to… Continue reading Make a Donation to WNDiS

In April 1996, Janice Simons led the West Norfolk Disability Information Project (WNDiP), a group that had been meeting regularly to share information within the diabled community in West Norfolk, into a new era. West Norfolk had been described as a “blackspot” for information by the disabled community, with services as far as Norwich being… Continue reading History of WNDiS

        WNDiS Client’s Story A WNDiS client, Kevin Bennison, took part in a forum organised by the charity Feeding Britain on July 5th, which was all about PIP and ESA disability benefits. When Kevin started his PIP application, his partner had recently died, and he was bringing up his daughter as a… Continue reading LATEST FROM WNDIS: