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Deepness Dementia Conference
09 August 2022
Deepness Dementia Media is a non-profit organisation that provides radio shows, online education courses and many other projects in order to encourage living well with dementia. It is run by people living with Dementia for people living with Dementia . Their conference in Sheffield is taking place on the 26th and 27th of September 2022.
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Move More Big Health Event
09 August 2022
Speakup Rotherham are holding their annual Keeping Healthy event in Sheffield with partners at the English Institute of Sport Sheffield on 12th September from 10am to 2.30pm.They have 100 spaces for adults with learning disabilities and autistic people from across Sheffield, Rotherham, Doncaster and Barnsley, to try sporting activities and attend workshops. If you want to go you need to book.
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Speak Up for ME and Fibromyalgia
05 August 2022
25% of people with ME/CFS are severely ill, leaving them housebound or bedbound.Funded by a Healthwatch Sheffield #SpeakUp Grant, Sheffield ME and Fibromyalgia Group are conducting a survey and focus groups to help improve access to health and social care support for people living with the conditions.
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New Guide to Money Support
04 August 2022
The Sheffield Money Support Guide is a new and developing website where you can search for advice and support with your finances and services or initiatives that help to ease the cost of living.As well as benefits and debt advice topics include food support,clothes, community eating, and hardship payments.
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Bus Service Cuts - your chance to share what is important to you
01 August 2022
Approximately one third of bus routes in Sheffield are vulnerable to being wholly or partly cut at the beginning of October. South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) are seeking feedback on what services are most important to you. This will inform which service might receive limited support from public money.
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Consultation on Changes to GP sites in the North of Sheffield
01 August 2022
The South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (formerly Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group) has launched a consultation today on their proposals to locate several existing GP surgeries in several new hub sites. We are keen to hear your views on these proposals and will be running focus group events to ensure that anything not captured in the consultation survey form is captured.
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Scan New Horizons
29 July 2022
All articles in this online disability lifestyle publication are sourced directly from their community of readers, giving disabled people a voice. Articles span topics from technology, relationships, sports, employment and travel. Check out the content this month.
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PA Advertising Campaign Seeks your Views
28 July 2022
Want to influence a brand-new advertising campaign in the making, aimed to market positive social care roles including PAs? Sheffield City Council is looking for interested Individual Employers and PAs who would like to influence the advertising campaign and help create stories and adverts.
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Beware Cost of Living Payments Fraud
27 July 2022
You may have seen in the media that there has been a significant increase in scammers attempting to obtain personal information by sending out texts suggesting that people are eligible for cost of living payments. If you are elgible, you don’t need to take any action and the DWP never ask for personal details by SMS or email.
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New Guide to Living Well in Sheffield
21 July 2022
Are you looking into improving your health and wellbeing? If so the latest guide to living well in Sheffield is out now to help you find out what’s on offer in your local area and citywide.The 72-page brochure has been produced by Sheffield City Council along with their ‘People Keeping Well’ partner organisations who they fund to deliver a range of health and wellbeing support and activities in the city.
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