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for disabled people in Sheffield
Blog Archive
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What does the Future of Direct Payments in Sheffield look like?
04 November 2020
Disability Sheffield is looking for your experiences, views, knowledge and insights about direct payments in Sheffield to help develop good support and ways of working for people using direct payments. We want to gather information in several ways and we are looking for people to share with us a direct payment ‘diary’, attend focus groups, complete a survey and get involved in the project board .
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Call to Remove the Coronavirus Act Easements
25 September 2020
Disability Sheffield has added our name to a growing list of signatories calling for the rights of disabled people to be restored. A group of over 60 organisations including Disability Rights UK, Inclusion London, Liberty and Mind have signed an open statement asking the government to withdraw the sections of the Coronavirus Act relating to disabled people, as the House of Commons prepares to review the Coronavirus Act on 30 September. You can sign the statement and contact your MP using a template letter.
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Living the Life You Want : Adult Social Care Review
25 September 2020
Sheffield City Council launches the start of their consultation today on their new Adult Social Care strategy for Sheffield over the next 5 to 10 years. Stage 1 of the review asks for your views on the proposed vision, principles and commitments of the strategy. “We don’t have all the answers. We need your wisdom, experience, and knowledge to help design our services in future. We want you to challenge our thinking, help look for solutions and really make adult social care in Sheffield the best it can be.“The consultation closes on November 29.
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Review of Independent Advocacy Services 2018-19.
09 August 2019
Sheffield Advocacy Hub, a partnership between Citizens Advice Sheffield, Cloverleaf Advocacy and Disability Sheffield is proud to present its annual review for 2018-19. As well as service user data the review includes stories from people who have used the advocacy service in their own words and outlines some of our important campaigning work carried out through the year. All Hub partners hold the Advocacy Quality and Performance Mark and follow the Advocacy Code of Practice.
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Care Quality Commission Review of Sheffield Health and Social Care System Published
11 June 2018
A large scale review into the Sheffield Health and Social Care System for over 65s has been published detailing the problems faced by service users and making recommendations for improvement.
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Our Disability Community
11 December 2017
Our Disability Community is a new website offering an “online platform for disabled people to share their experiences, hacks and tips on living life to the max with a disability.”Our Disability Community want to hear from you about what equipment and services work for you and what don’t and the little things that from your experience can make life better.
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