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  • Proposed Change to ASC Charges

    Proposed Change to ASC Charges

    23 October 2025

    Sheffield City Council is proposing two changes to the way that they charge for Adult Social Care for full fee payers. This change will affect people who receive higher levels of care at home and have savings or assets above £23,250. The public consultation closes on 9 November.

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  • Access To Work Survey

    Access To Work Survey

    16 October 2025

    Have you used the Access to Work scheme over the past two years? The Disability Poverty Campaign Group is running a survey on your experiences of Access to Work seeking to gather data on the support you’ve received. The consultation closes on 28 October.

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  • Lived Experience Advisor Roles

    Lived Experience Advisor Roles

    16 October 2025

    National charity Designability is inviting six to eight individuals with lived experience of disability to join a paid research project as Lived Experience Advisors. Applications are open until 20th October.

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  • Pathways to Work

    Pathways to Work

    06 October 2025

    You might have heard of services like WorkWell, Connect to Work, or UKSPF- they’re all part of Pathways to Work – South Yorkshire’s joined-up support offer for people who are facing challenges with work due to their health or other circumstances.

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  • Unpaid Carers App Project

    Unpaid Carers App Project

    03 October 2025

    Are you an unpaid carer? Would you like to help shape a new digital solution for Sheffield and South Yorkshire? The focus of the project will be to help develop a new app / digital solution to access information, advice, and support 24 hrs a day.

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  • Wheeling through Sheffield to Gaza

    Wheeling through Sheffield to Gaza

    03 October 2025

    Sha Qhadir is a Kurdish double amputee who is wheeling his wheelchair from Glasgow to Gaza and on 13th October will be arriving in Sheffield! His Wheel to Gaza campaign will take around three months,, raising money for Gaza Sunbirds – a Palestinian paracycling team who now use their bikes to distribute food and medicine – and awareness for the people of Gaza.

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  • Enhanced Care Survey at STH

    Enhanced Care Survey at STH

    02 October 2025

    Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are looking at how they provide care on a ward to patients who need a member of staff to stay with them most or all of the time. If you or a friend/relative have received Enhanced Care at STH please consider giving your feedback.

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  • Community Mental Health Survey

    Community Mental Health Survey

    30 September 2025

    Inclusion North want to hear from adults with learning disabilities and/or autism ,who are using community mental health services, and their families . Please complete their survey by 31st October to let them know about your experiences – what’s going well and what could be better.

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  • Make it Together

    Make it Together

    29 September 2025

    Deaf and Disabled people are four times more likely to feel lonely than non-disabled people. Join ‘Make It Together’ on 14 October – a relaxed, online ‘hangout’ for Deaf and Disabled people to get creative and chat about what’s getting in the way of joining activities that help us be in the community together.

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  • Paid Role at Independent Disability Advisory Panel

    Paid Role at Independent Disability Advisory Panel

    15 September 2025

    The Department for Work and Pensions has launched an expression of interest application process to become a member of the new Independent Disability Advisory Panel. The Panel is part of the Government’s commitment to improving collaboration with Deaf and disabled people and people with long-term health conditions. The closing date is midnight Monday 29 September

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