IntersectionalAspie · @CreativeCrip
21st Oct 2012 from Twitlonger
Some Facts about DisRightsUK - the charity behind #HardestHit:
News on @DisRightsUK from Benefits & Work Email:
DRUK WORKING FOR CAPITA ON PIP
We can also reveal that leading disability charity Disability Rights UK (DRUK) has signed up as a paid sub-contractor to Capita, to help the company carry out personal independence payment medicals in central England and Wales. There is no information on DRUK’s website about the arrangement with Capita.
The deal with Capita was sealed some time prior to 2nd May 2012, since when DRUK continues to claim it is considering bringing a court case to prevent PIP being introduced. The charity also still leads the Hardest Hit campaign against benefits cuts and heads up the Disability Benefits Consortium.
Capita’s bid document quotes DRUK as saying:
"Disability Rights UK is delighted to endorse Capita's approach to learning, development and continuous improvement."
Capita make it clear that they are paying DRUK not just to advise them on accessibility issues and to recruit senior disabled staff, but also to pass on information gained from DRUK members. The bid document explains that:
“. . .we have committed to employing a resource within DRUK dedicated to capturing the views and experiences of claimants and those impacted by PIP. DRUK has over 1,000 member organisations which should allow for broad capture of ongoing claimant experiences.”
You can download the successful Capita bid documents for Wales and Central England here:
http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-1399/A_Capita_Doc4Part5TenderForm_LOT2.pdf
http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2012-1399/Capita_Doc4Part6Annex2_Lot2.pdf
DisRightsUK is headed by the odious Liz Sayce, responsible for the Sayce Review who "which was commissioned to look at how the £320m protected budget for disability employment could be used more effectively to support thousands more disabled people into work." http://tinyurl.com/7ldcm5z ... Clearly working to a specific #fitforwork ideology given their shafting of Remploy http://tinyurl.com/czhnu7a ... Shows just how twisted the Hardest Hit Campaign & Disability Benefits Consortium are too!