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Blog Archive
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Reporting Domestic Abuse
14 April 2020
During the COVID-19 Pandemic Government guidelines to stay home and staying safe may mean people with abusive partners are at increased risk of domestic violence. There are various ways you can summon help or report an incident of domestic abuse in Sheffield including a new online portal.
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Foods to Boost Your Immune System
14 April 2020
As the Coronavirus situation continues and people are spending most of their time indoors, people are asking what they can do to keep healthy and boost their immune system. As well as keeping physically active, managing your stress levels and getting enough sleep, what you eat plays a large part in keeping healthy. Vitamins and minerals in certain foods can help.
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Individual Employer and PAs: Coronavirus FAQs
09 April 2020
Our new information sheet for individual employers and PAs contains guidance based on some of the questions we are being asked at Disability Sheffield by people who employ their own PAs. The outbreak of Coronavirus is a public health issue and as such certain precautions need to be taken by both employer and employee and both parties need to be aware in these difficult circumstances of their employment duties and rights.
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Urgent Help Requested In Legal Challenge to Care Charge Increases
08 April 2020
Campaigners Disabled People Against Cuts have backed a group fighting for disabled people – many of whom have learning difficulties – who are challenging Minimum Income Guarantee cuts, which they say will dramatically increase care charges
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These cuts are being imposed by Norfolk County Council, but DPAC are calling on people from all over the country to provide evidence for a ‘test case’. If you have had care charges increased and are struggling to pay these DPAC are asking if you could send them a short email outlining the issues you face with charging or refusal to allow Disability Related Expenses. -
Be Seen On Screen Supporting Independent Living
08 April 2020
Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance is coordinating the ‘Independent Living Film Project’ and is calling for disabled people to make a short video to tell everyone how important the concept of living independently is to you. Your videos will help to raise awareness about independent living and what it means in order to prepare the ground for an Independent Living Bill.
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Disability Sheffield Services Update
08 April 2020
It’s important to us that we keep you up to date with what’s been happening over the last few weeks at Disability Sheffield. In response to the COVID19 outbreak we have made some changes to the services we provide so that we can better respond to the needs of disabled people we work with. All our staff are working remotely from home to keep in touch with our clients, provide the latest information relating to the Coronavirus and offer some new and practical support for disabled people in Sheffield including people who employ a PA for their social care.
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Emergency Changes To Disability Benefits 'Needed'
07 April 2020
The Disability Benefits Consortium has written an open letter to Therese Coffey, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to call for emergency changes to the benefits system to ensure disabled people are protected from further physical and financial harm during the Covid-19 crisis. The Consortium has separately recommended that the DWP should engage more with disabled people in formulating policies and processes which affect them.
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Open Letter To NHS On Disabled People’s Human Rights Gains Nearly 2,000 Signatories
07 April 2020
Nearly 2,000 people have signed an open letter to NHS England, stating the need for the rights of disabled people to be upheld during the Coronavirus crisis. The letter reminds those in authority how the NHS is built on the principle that we are each equal in dignity and how it has a commitment to protect rights to life and to health, no matter who we are.
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COVID-19 e-learning programme for health and care workforce
03 April 2020
To help UK health and social care workers respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) has created a FREE, open access Coronavirus e-learning programme. The course is available to the entire UK health and care workforce, including people working in the NHS, the independent sector and social care.
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COVID-19 themed Scams and Tips to Protect Yourself and Others
03 April 2020
The National Fraud Reporting Centre has reported a new trend in scams relating to Coronavirus (COVID-19) and disabled people may be particularly at risk. We have collected together information on some of the latest Coronavirus scams to help you protect yourself and those around you.
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