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<p>I am committed to ensuring that disabled people and disabled people’s organisations
are engaged with and listened to. My diary for this year is filling up with meetings
with disabled people and stakeholders, ranging from individual Access to Work customers
to larger organisations such as Action on Hearing Loss.</p><p> </p><p>Access to Work
has a regular stakeholder forum which brings together disabled people and disabled
people’s organisations to discuss how the Access to Work offer works for our customers.
This group includes representatives from organisations such as the Thomas Pocklington
Trust, Versus Arthritis and the National Deaf Children’s Association. The group is
due to meet next month and will discuss plans for future improvements for the Access
to Work scheme.</p><p> </p><p>DWP also undertakes regular engagement with stakeholders
on specific issues. For example, this week officials held a stakeholder workshop on
Access to Work’s Tech Fund policy, exploring strategies for encouraging the take-up
of assistive technology to meet support needs. Next week, we are hosting the latest
in a series of stakeholder workshops to discuss the Access to Work offer for self-employed
people.</p>
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