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Blog Archive
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Transcultural Counselling
22 August 2023
Emosi is Sheffield’s only purpose built Transcultural Therapy Centre for children aged 2-12 years, aimed at giving children with emotional and behavioural challenges the very best start in life. Emosi, which means ‘emotion’ in a number of different languages, is a safe place where children are supported as they transition through developmental stages at their own pace in a child-led environment.
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National Survey of Care Workers
21 August 2023
People working across adult social care are being encouraged to complete a new national Government survey which aims, for the first time, to capture the experiences of those working in adult social care, to support improvements over time. The survey is open to people working in any care-related role across all settings in adult social care, including personal assistants and employees in local authority adult social care departments.
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TEC : You Said, We Did, What do you Think?
21 August 2023
Sheffield City Council is holding workshops at various times and for different target groups on September 12th (MS teams) and 13th (face to face) to capture your thoughts on developing their new Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Service Delivery Model. The workshops will feature key information captured from the Focus Groups and share an early design of the new service.
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Getting the Benefits You Deserve
16 August 2023
The Sheffield Autism Partnership Network, which aims to build a better Sheffield for people with autism, recently held a network session on access to benefits and produced a document, Getting the Benefits You Deserve. It’s about applying for a Personal Independence Payment and what to do if your application is turned down.
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Scope for Winning Equality Awards
13 August 2023
Do you know an organisation or individual that’s working hard to achieve disability equality? Then you may be interested in entering them for an award to recognise their good work. You can nominate people and organisations. Disability charity Scope is running the awards with several categories including ones for influencers, journalists, role models, campaigns and accessible products. Nominations for the 2024 awards will close on 6 October 2023.
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We Speak, You Listen
28 July 2023
Disability Sheffield’s learning disability and Autism group, Sheffield Voices, is holding their next ‘We Speak You Listen’ event at Hillsborough Arena on 18th August from 10am-12noon including tea and coffee. This month we will be talking about what self advocacy is and what people want for overnight breaks.
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African Women's Experiences of Healthcare in Sheffield
26 July 2023
Healthwatch Sheffield has worked with United Women’s Affiliation to explore the barriers facing African women living in underprivileged communities in Sheffield. Find out what African women said and the changes they’d like to see in their #SpeakUp report.
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South Yorkshire's Survival Guide
26 July 2023
This new Survival Guide is designed as a first port of call for anyone who is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in South Yorkshire. It provides information on finding accommodation, food, health, other support and amenities in the Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham areas.
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Housing Ombudsman Calls for Evidence
26 July 2023
The Housing Ombudsman is urging the social housing sector to get to grips with social injustices as many of their cases show a failure to fulfil obligations around human rights, including the Equality Act or to adhere to vulnerable persons policy. You can give your views in their survey calling for evidence which closes on 3 August 2023.
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Disabled People's Reliance On Food Banks
24 July 2023
More than half of households experiencing food insecurity, and three quarters of people referred to food banks say that they or a member of their household are disabled, according to new research from The Trussell Trust in their report,‘Hunger In The UK’. The Trust says that the most significant cause driving the need for food banks is the design and delivery of the social security system.
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