24 September 2024
United Response has partnered with the Motability Foundation on a research project, focusing specifically on the lived experience of disabled people who have been victims of disability hate crime on public transport. A team of disabled researchers has come together to create a first-of-its-kind survey to generate new insights into the issue.
FULL ARTICLE16 August 2024
Sheffield City Council has an opportunity to secure funding for future schemes which will help make walking, wheeling and cycling in neighbourhoods safer and more attractive. By wheeling they mean using wheelchairs, mobility scooters or buggies. They want to better understand the challenges you face. If you can help by giving your views please do so but please note the closing date is 26th August.
FULL ARTICLE19 July 2024
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are collecting views from their patients and local communities about how they communicate with patients. How would you like to receive information, how easy is it to understand and how can the ways they communicate with you be improved?
FULL ARTICLE28 June 2024
Do you live in South Yorkshire, are between 16-39 years old, and have Type 2 Diabetes? Share your experience on the best way to promote information relating to Type 2 Diabetes and be in with a chance of winning £100 in shopping vouchers.
FULL ARTICLE21 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.
FULL ARTICLE26 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.
FULL ARTICLE20 June 2023
Workplaces are still not as inclusive for disabled people as they need to be and employees are still waiting too long for the adjustments they need to reduce or remove the barriers they experience in their jobs, a new survey by the Business Disability Forum shows.
FULL ARTICLE15 June 2023
The Activity Alliance, a national charity and leading voice for disabled people in sport and activity, reveals a growing need to reduce disabled people’s cost of living and loneliness in their ‘Disability and Activity’ annual survey results.
FULL ARTICLE01 February 2023
Healthwatch Sheffield is dedicated to helping improve health and social care services in Sheffield. If you’d like to have your say on what you think Healthwatch Sheffield should focus on over the next 2 years, please complete their new Work Priorities Survey 2023-2025 or attend a meeting on 21st (online) and 28th (in person) of February.
FULL ARTICLE07 December 2022
Healthwatch Sheffield and Healthwatch Barnsley are asking how the cost of living crisis is affecting your access to healthcare. Your answers will help the NHS and other local services better understand how financial pressures are impacting on people’s health.
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