Promoting choice, control and independence
for disabled people in Sheffield
Blog Archive
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12th March is Disabled Access Day
26 January 2016
We’re taking part in Disabled Access Day at Kelham Island Museum and we’d love to see you there – find out about the special offers, accessible events and activities in Sheffield and elsewhere and let us know where you’re going.
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Let's Talk About Restraint Conference - 17 March 2016
07 January 2016
Disability Sheffield have teamed up with Active Independence, Sheffield City Council and individual employers and their personal assistants to coproduce new Safer Restraints Training and downloadable resources to help people talk about safer restraints. We invite you to come along to our free conference at Rotherham United Football Stadium to share learning from the project.
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Our AGM papers are now online
03 December 2015
Following our Annual General Meeting on Thursday 3 December you can now view our AGM Agenda, Minutes and Accounts on our website.
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Please Make a Free Donation to Disability Sheffield with Easyfundraising
17 November 2015
Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be making a free donation to Disability Sheffield ? There are nearly 3,000 retailers including Amazon, John Lewis, thetrainline, Aviva and Sainsbury’s, who will donate a percentage of the amount you spend to Disability Sheffield to say thank you for shopping with them. It’s really simple, and doesn’t cost you anything.
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Chairperson Vacancy
22 October 2015
We are recruiting a new Chairperson for Disability Sheffield to lead a group of ten trustees with a wide range of experience.
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Stand for Election as Disability Hub Representative
21 October 2015
The next meeting of the Disability Hub on Thursday 26 November 2015 will elect its Disability Hub Representatives .Deadline for submissions is Wednesday 18 November 5pm if you wish to apply.
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Sheffield Equality Hub Network News
06 October 2015
We support Sheffield City Council to produce their monthly newsletter containing news and events from the Equality Hub Network and want to share news with you from across the network communities.
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Let’s Talk About Restraint
01 October 2015
Disability Sheffield’s ‘Safer Restraint’ project is one of the first in England to assess the needs of people employing their own care and support (individual employers), their personal assistants ( PAs ), family carers and practitioners to develop practical and accessible information, training and support planning for safer restraint.
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Personal Health Budgets : Treat or Treatment?
09 September 2015
In response to recent press reports concerning the use and suggested misuse of NHS resources for Personal Health Budgets, Disability Rights UK ( DRUK ) calls for greater investment in support for those with long term health conditions, not less.
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ROFA’s Submission to the Lords Select Committee Inquiry on the Equality Act and Disability
08 September 2015
Reclaiming Our Futures (ROFA) is an alliance of grass roots groups and disabled peoples’ organisations (DPOs) across the UK who have come together to defend disabled people’s rights and fight for an inclusive society. This written submission has been drafted specifically to address the impact of the Equality Act 2010 on Disabled people’s independent living. Disability Sheffield are part of this response as a member of ROFA.
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