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  • Help Shape Online Information for Palliative and End of Life Care

    Help Shape Online Information for Palliative and End of Life Care

    20 February 2025

    NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board are conducting a survey to understand how they should best provide information online about palliative and end of life care. Whether you are receiving care, supporting a loved one, or a carer, your thoughts and experiences can help to develop better online information that reflects people’s needs.

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  • Let’s Talk about Sheffield’s Draft Older People’s Housing Strategy

    Let’s Talk about Sheffield’s Draft Older People’s Housing Strategy

    19 February 2025

    Sheffield City Council has drafted a new five-year Older People’s Housing Strategy and want to hear your views on it.
    The Strategy aims to improve housing choice and support for older adults living in all types of housing. The survey is open now until March 12th, 2025.

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  • Campaign against Cuts to Disability Benefits

    Campaign against Cuts to Disability Benefits

    13 February 2025

    Ongoing speculation about Government cuts to disability benefits are worrying many disabled people. The Government are due to outline their proposals in March 2025. You can add your name to Scope’s campaign.

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  • EV Charging Point Accessibility Discussion

    EV Charging Point Accessibility Discussion

    09 February 2025

    Are you interested in the impact of public on street Electric Vehicle charging points on disabled people? Whether you’re a driver, or a pedestrian who might be interested we’d like to hear from you…

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  • ADHD Survey

    ADHD Survey

    05 February 2025

    Sheffield Autism Partnership Network and Sheffield Voices are working together to hear the experiences of people living with or suspecting they have ADHD. They want to hear from people with ADHD of all ages about what kind of support already exists, how good it is, and what kind of support you wish was available.

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  • Adaptive Fashion On High Street

    Adaptive Fashion On High Street

    05 February 2025

    Highstreet store Primark has launched an adaptive fashion range to help disabled people widen their clothing choices. It has teamed up with acclaimed disabled fashion designer Victoria Jenkins to create 49 items of adaptive menswear, adaptive womenswear, nightwear and underwear to suit people of all ages and with a range of impairments.

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  • Waiting Well for an Autism Assessment

    Waiting Well for an Autism Assessment

    27 January 2025

    Are you waiting for an autism assessment, test or treatment or caring for someone who is? The Sheffield Autism Research Lab wants to ask diagnosed autistic adults and their carers about a support package to help people to wait well. This is a paid opportunity and anyone interested is invited to an online meeting about this at 2.15-3.45pm on Wednesday 12th February, 2025.

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  • LGBT+ History Month Events

    LGBT+ History Month Events

    24 January 2025

    It’s the first week of LGBT+ History Month 2025 SAYIT, a Sheffield-based charity which provides practical support to LGBTQ+ young people, hosts a parent and carer group, and whose training helps organisations improve knowledge of and address discrimination, is holding several events to mark the month.

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  • Could you Volunteer with SC4A?

    Could you Volunteer with SC4A?

    23 January 2025

    This year is going to be a busy one for Sheffield Cycling 4 All with a new evening session and a fortnightly Saturday session in Hillsborough Park plus twice weekly off-road cycling sessions at Parkwood Springs! All of this means that our inclusive cycling project is in need of new volunteers.

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  • We're Hiring Travel Support Workers!

    We're Hiring Travel Support Workers!

    22 January 2025

    Disability Sheffield has recently taken over the operation of the Sheffield Travel Support service. As a result we are looking to recruit more Travel Support Workers, initially on £12 per hour zero-hours contracts whilst we work out the service’s needs.

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