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Web: www.disabilityalliance.org

Aims

Disability Alliance is committed to breaking the link between poverty and disability by providing information to disabled people about their entitlements and campaigning for improvements to the social security system and for increases in disability benefits so that they better reflect the real costs of disability.

Members

Disability Alliance has 300 paid member organisations. (There are several price bands for annual membership depending on the size of the organisation.)

Publications

Disability Alliance publishes the Disability Rights Handbook annually in mid-May. This is a comprehensive guide to social security benefits and services for disabled people. Information runs from April - April. The 35th edition costs £27.50 (or £12.00 to individuals in receipt of any benefit). Further publications increase the information available to private individuals and professionals. Recent titles include The ESA Guide and DLA/AA - A guide to making a claim.

Briefings

Briefings, factsheets and responses on a range of subjects are available free to download from their website. The factsheet list now has 53 titles.

Campaigning for change

Campaigning work involves meeting regularly with government ministers and civil servants. Written responses are made to Government consultation documents, and evidence is provided to House of Commons Select Committees.