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Blog Archive
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Move More Metro: May Edition
16 May 2019
Move More Metro is the organisation’s online newspaper, keeping readers up to date with sports and health news and events throughout Sheffield.Sheffield’s Move More Month is coming up in June!
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South Yorkshire Homeless Survival Guide
15 May 2019
The Homeless Survival Guide for South Yorkshire is designed as a ‘first port of call’ for anyone who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. It provides information on finding accommodation, food, health, other support and amenities in the Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham areas.
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Free Magical Workshop for Young People
14 May 2019
Changing Faces, which aims to support the 1.3 million people in the UK with a visible difference – a mark, scar or condition that makes them look out of the ordinary – have teamed up with children’s writing and mentoring centre Grimm and Co to hold a magical workshop between 4 and 6pm on Friday 4th June for 10 to 14 year olds living in the Yorkshire and The Humber area. It will take participants on a creative story-telling adventure, helping the young people to increase their resilience, confidence and self-esteem.
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Cinema's Help For Film Fans Who Are Deaf
14 May 2019
The Showroom has become Sheffield’s first deaf friendly cinema – with subtitled movies every Monday and now a deaf volunteer with knowledge of sign and oral language. Adele Johnston will be performing the role every Monday from now on. She can use either BSL (British Sign Language) or lip reading to help customers.
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Making our Conversations Count
14 May 2019
Sheffield City Council has released its report into adult social care for 2018 and say that although it has been ‘challenging’ due to a combination of financial cuts and increasing demand they are still making progress. It includes their ‘improvement plan’ for 2018-20.
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Interested in Being a Living Library Book?
14 May 2019
The University of Sheffield is holding a ‘Living Library’ for its social work students and is looking for people with either particular life experiences or experiences of social work services to become a ‘book’ for the afternoon of Friday the 24th May 2019 ( and at future dates ) and share their story with a small group of about 5 or 6 social work students.
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Movement for Good Awards : Help Us to Tackle Hate Crime
09 May 2019
Please consider nominating us for the Movement for Good Awards.Your nomination could be the one that helps us win £1000 to enable our Sheffield Voices Group to work with other learning disability groups to deliver disability discrimination and hate crime training.The more nominations we get, the greater our chance of winning, so please spread the word. The closing date for nominations is Friday 17 May. Thanks so much for your support!
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Can Technology Meet Your Social Care Needs?
08 May 2019
A group at researchers at Loughborough University wants to find out if recent advances in technology can be used to help more with people’s social care needs and enable independent living They are looking for disabled technology users to collaborate on starting a research project which will examine this.
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Tell The City What You Think About It!
07 May 2019
The Sheffield City Partnership want to hear your views on life in Sheffield. What’s good, what’s bad and what could be improved. This is your chance to give your views before the findings are presented at the State of Sheffield engagement event on 17th May.
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Massive Rise In Disability Assessment Complaints
07 May 2019
There has been an increase by more than 6,000% in complaints over assessments for disability benefits, shock new Government figures reveal, with a woman from Sheffield among those who have been forced to take action after cuts. Jennifer Jones had her benefits downgraded despite having ME, fibromyalgia and bipolar disorder.A week before a tribunal was to take place Jennifer was contacted by a DWP case manager who offered to restore her payment to their original levels.
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