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Season's Greetings from Everyone at Disability Sheffield
18 December 2024
Season’s Greetings and best wishes for a Happy Christmas and New Year from all our staff, volunteers and trustees. Please note that our office is closed from from 23rd – 27th Dec. We’re back week beginning 30th Dec but closed on 1st Jan for the Bank holiday. Read on for our individual project details and emergency contact support.
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Big Voice on Mental Health
05 December 2024
Our Sheffield Voices self advocacy group would like to invite you to their next Big Voice Conference on Friday, January 24th from 10am to 2pm at Sheffield Town Hall . The theme for this conference is Mental Health : Be Kind to Your Mind. This event is for people with a learning disability and Autistic people living in the Sheffield area and we also welcome service representatives.
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We're Hiring an Advocacy Worker!
01 December 2024
Disability Sheffield is looking to recruit an advocacy worker to our team which seeks to provide an accessible high quality advocacy service to disabled people. The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 13th January 2025.
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
30 November 2024
These mark-the-day days can feel like tokenism. But this day on 3rd December needs to be treated as a spotlight, shining not just on us, but on a society that in many ways disables us. We need to be seen, heard and valued. During today on social media we’ll be posting a few quotes, We particularly need to respond to the call today of ‘Nothing about us, without us’ calling for persons with disabilities to actively shape the conditions of their lives.
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Wanted: British, Nigerian or Romanian Men Working in Care
29 November 2024
A PhD research study is looking for participants to be interviewed about their work in the UK care sector. British males and Nigerian or Romanian males who have emigrated to the UK are invited to take part and receive a £20 shopping voucher.
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The Big Public Transport Survey.
28 November 2024
People with a learning disability are being asked what they think about the public transport system and how it can be improved. Mencap has set up The Big Public Transport Survey to find out your views.
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Disability History Month Brought To Book
28 November 2024
We’re part way through UK Disability History Month and if you want to find out more Sheffield City Council has put together a booklist of titles relating to disability and neurodivergence, with a focus on books by disabled and/or neurodivergent authors. All are available to borrow for free from Sheffield libraries.
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Diabetic Foot Health Workshop
27 November 2024
Would you be willing to attend a workshop on Thursday 12 December at Heritage Room, Medical School to offer your perspective as a person with lived experience of diabetes on the development of a diabetic foot health monitoring project? You will receive travel expenses for attending and a ‘thank you’ voucher to acknowledge your participation of £25 per hour.
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Bus Reform Consultation
25 November 2024
Have your say on plans to bring all bus routes and fares under the control of the South Yorkshire Mayor. The consultation is the perfect opportunity to share what would make public transport more accessible for disabled people if all services and vehicle standards were set by a single public body.
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Scam Warning from DWP
21 November 2024
The Department of Works and Pensions ( DWP ) have been made aware of text messages issued to DWP customers. The messages relate to claiming either Cost of Living payments or Winter Fuel and invites the text recipients to claim via clicking a link. Please remain vigilant and take action to avoid the scam.
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