Promoting choice, control and independence
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Blog Archive
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Costly Differences Hit Disabled People's Heating
12 January 2023
We’re raising awareness during Energy Saving Week of a new report by the Resolution Foundation Thinktank showing that disabled people are being disproportionately hit by the cost of living crisis.Check out our Cost of Living Information Page if you are looking for support with energy bills and the Energy Saving Trust’s Warm Home Hacks.
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Free Training for PAs and Individual Employers Throughout March
10 January 2023
If you employ your own Personal Assistant(s) and want to further their skills and knowledge or improve your own understanding of your roles and responsibilities as an Individual Employer, then we have four great training sessions for you to enjoy for free this March.
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We Speak, You Listen
10 January 2023
Sheffield Voices would like to announce their next, We Speak You Listen event at Hillsborough Arena on 27th January. Sheffield Voices are working in partnership with Sheffield Health and Social Care and Healthwatch to find out what people want mental health services for people with learning disabilities and Autism to look like going forward.
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Disability Review Magazine's New Edition
10 January 2023
The publication promises informative articles, inspirational stories and life-improvement solutions. The latest Winter edition includes features that fall under their key categories of Employment & Education, Independent Living & Home Ownership, Motoring & Mobility, Travel & Leisure, the regular renowned Disability News Beat, and Disability Sport.
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2023/4 Cost of Living Payments
09 January 2023
The Government has announced more detail on the payment schedule for the next round of cost of living support. Charities, including the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, have called on the government to do more to protect vulnerable households from soaring costs and support cuts.
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Active Together
09 January 2023
Through Get Yourself Active’s ‘Active Together’ project, disabled people talk about why physical activity is important to them and how they have been supported by their care/support worker.The videos can be used as teaching resources in the social care and work sector to break down barriers and support disabled people to be active in the ways they want.
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Sheffield Failing to Plan for Accessible Homes
09 January 2023
A failure to plan for fully accessible homes has been uncovered by BBC Freedom of Information requests to hundreds of local councils, underscoring what the Equality and Human Rights Commission has called a ““hidden crisis” in housing for disabled. Cities such as Sheffield, Coventry and Bradford currently have no quotas.
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Your Voice, Your Experience, Your Change
08 January 2023
Sheffield Health and Social Care want to improve community mental health services for people with serious mental illness, holding engagement events with service users, their families and carers on 17 & 19 January. An online survey also seeks your views on Sheffield’s physical health strategy for people living with SMI, people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
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Free Training for Individual Employers and PAs 2022/2023
08 January 2023
Are you employed as a PA for an adult over the age of 18 and feel you could benefit from further training? Do you employ your own PA(s) and want to further their skills and knowledge or improve your understanding of your role and responsibilities as an individual employer? If so, we are running a number of FREE courses until March 2023.
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Don't be a Selfish Parker
06 January 2023
The Selfish Parking’ campaign calls for more respect for people with accessibility needs, It aims to highlight why it’s not okay to misuse a disabled parking space or blue badge and educate and raise awareness of the importance of effective parking management in addressing many of the issues that impact negatively on local communities.
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