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Blog Archive
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Active Together
09 January 2023
Through Get Yourself Active’s ‘Active Together’ project, disabled people talk about why physical activity is important to them and how they have been supported by their care/support worker.The videos can be used as teaching resources in the social care and work sector to break down barriers and support disabled people to be active in the ways they want.
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Sheffield Failing to Plan for Accessible Homes
09 January 2023
A failure to plan for fully accessible homes has been uncovered by BBC Freedom of Information requests to hundreds of local councils, underscoring what the Equality and Human Rights Commission has called a ““hidden crisis” in housing for disabled. Cities such as Sheffield, Coventry and Bradford currently have no quotas.
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Your Voice, Your Experience, Your Change
08 January 2023
Sheffield Health and Social Care want to improve community mental health services for people with serious mental illness, holding engagement events with service users, their families and carers on 17 & 19 January. An online survey also seeks your views on Sheffield’s physical health strategy for people living with SMI, people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
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Don't be a Selfish Parker
06 January 2023
The Selfish Parking’ campaign calls for more respect for people with accessibility needs, It aims to highlight why it’s not okay to misuse a disabled parking space or blue badge and educate and raise awareness of the importance of effective parking management in addressing many of the issues that impact negatively on local communities.
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Ambulance Service Strike Action
21 December 2022
Ambulance service strikes for ambulance staff, paramedics and call handlers are taking place today and on 28 December for 24 hours, between midnight and midnight. If you need medical help or advice, please contact NHS 111 online first and only ring 999 if it is a life-threatening emergency.This article contains useful information about falls prevention and what to do if you or someone you care for falls.
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Importance of Taxis and Public Transport
21 December 2022
Sheffield Safe Places has produced a new video highlighting the importance of taxis and public transport for breaking social isolation and how loneliness can have a severe effect on people’s health.Loneliness can be a bigger killer than a lifetime of smoking and is likely to increase your chance of death by 26%.
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LEAP into Energy Advice
17 December 2022
Sheffield City Council is promoting a new free service helping people to keep warm and save on energy. The Local Energy Advice Service ( LEAP )provides free advice and acts as a first point of contact to put you in touch with support from organisations such as Groundworks Yorkshire and their Green Doctor scheme.
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Potential Winter Power Cuts?
16 December 2022
You may have heard in the media talk about possible power cuts this winter. In the background at Disability Sheffield, we have been following up on what the implications of this might be for disabled peoples’ lives. Whilst these cuts are unlikely, we hope some information will be helpful and prompt the most medically dependent to make some additional checks and preparations.
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Cold Weather Payments
15 December 2022
If you’re eligible to get cold weather payments, which help households pay for energy bills when temperatures plummet, you don’t need to apply – you’ll be paid it automatically, But if you think you should have received a cold weather payment and haven’t, here’s who to contact.
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Help to Get Your Room Winter Ready
13 December 2022
Sheffield Churches Council for Community Care has recently set up a free scheme to provide practical assistance to the over 65s to get rooms winter ready.Their team can help to move, for example ,furniture into or out of a room or away from radiators, retrieve stored blankets/clothes and collect small white goods such as heaters.
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