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Bags of Taste Delivered to your Door
04 December 2023
Bags of Taste offers a free mentored home cooking course to learn how to make delicious, healthy meals cheaply and designed to be done at home at your own pace over Whatsapp or over the phone. To get you started, they send you a free bag of food to your door with all the ingredients you’ll need for 7 meals.
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Sheffield City Goals - Opportunity to give feedback
01 December 2023
Sheffield is continuing on a journey of setting Goals for the city. These aim to give a picture of what we want our city to be like in the future with Goals that citizens, businesses, leaders, educators, and more can focus on and invest in. You can either give your thoughts on the final draft of the goals or join a session with us to share views through conversation with other disabled people in our city.
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Blue Badge holders - Views sought on Electric Vehicle Charging Points
23 November 2023
Are you a driver or someone who uses blue badge spaces? If so you might be interested in hearing about and sharing your thoughts on some current work on Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points.
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FREE Training for PAs and Individual Employers
17 November 2023
Working in partnership with Skills for Care, Disability Sheffield have launched a range of FREE Individual Employer and Personal Assistant Training sessions to help you improve your skills and confidence as an Employer or PA.
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Discover The Social Model...And More
06 November 2023
A Sheffield venue is this week presenting the first part of an event aimed at providing new perspectives on disability.
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Theatre Deli on Arley Street is playing host to The Social Model…And More Festival 2023, curated by artist Caroline Mawer, exploring new perspectives on disability and the relationship between disabled people and the world. -
The Amazing Impact of Inclusive Cycling
13 October 2023
Our inclusive cycling project, Sheffield Cycling 4 All, launched their first ever public impact report at their recent 15th birthday party. It describes their achievements providing statistics and personal stories showing how the project promotes wellbeing and supports a healthier lifestyle. Their new Autumn/Winter timetable starts on 30th October with sessions from 10.30am to 1.30pm.
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Family Carer Advocacy Resource
13 October 2023
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation has worked with family carers and advocacy partners (Bringing Us Together, Advonet, Cloverleaf, Warrington Speak Up and Pathways Associates) to produce a practical advocacy guide for family carers who have an adult relative who has a learning disability or is autistic and who have been or may be admitted to a mental health service.
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Check Changes Before You Travel
12 October 2023
As the days suddenly get darker earlier at the end of this month, there are also changes to bus, tram, tram/train and train services in South Yorkshire. With more reductions in journey frequency, it’s important to check on Travel South Yorkshire’s website before you travel. We’d like to hear from you how the changes are affecting you.
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Bouncing Hate Crime
12 October 2023
The Youth Voice and Influence Service, Community Youth Services, Sheffield City Council and My Pockets have joined forces to create an animation about Hate Crime. They wanted to make something that stepped away from being negative or frightening. What could be further from hate than a bouncy ball?
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The New Sheffield PA Register is Here!
10 October 2023
The new Sheffield PA Register lets you search for a Personal Assistant, or search for a job if you are a Personal Assistant. Users can browse adverts or create their own adverts detailing what they require from a Personal Assistant, or what they can offer as a Personal Assistant.
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