http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk Choices and Rights is an organisation for disabled people in the Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area. We are one hundred percent run and controlled by disabled people. en-us http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk/graphics/rss_icon.jpg http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk 249 147 Choices and Rights an organisation for disabled people by disabled people. http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk/index.php?idsection=8&subid=1 Choices and Rights Disability Coalition have been successful in securing funding from The Department of Health�s User Led Organisation Fund to employ a Development Worker. Closing date for application: Friday 12th September http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk/index.php?idsection=5&subid=1&subsubid=1 Skills for Care launches first major study of direct payment employers and personal assistants. http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk/control/edit_content.php?idsection=5&subid=1&subsub=2 Have you got an opinion on social care services? If so, the Commission for Social Care Inspection are looking for your views. http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk/index.php?idsection=5&subid=2 Latest edition of Loud and Proud newsletter (Issue 19) now available to download. http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk/index.php?idsection=5&subid=1&subsubid=3 District Judge Weston, sitting at Kingston-upon-Hull county court, awarded a record £5,000 damages for disability discrimination against a golf club proprietor and former councillor. http://www.choicesandrights.org.uk/index.php?idsection=5&subid=1 Contact 999 by SMS Text Service Now Available! People who can't make voice calls can now contact the emergency servcies by SMS Text. Choices and Rights have been highlighting the problems for deaf people and others who can't use voice calls to call the 999 system for a number of years. We are therefore pleased to see that finally a national system has been put in place. Please go to the following link for more information.