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New Hubs Mobility Advice Service
18 September 2023
Supported by the Department for Transport, HMAS is a free information and guidance service on the best accessible travel options for disabled people and individuals who may be considering retiring from driving. It is provided online through a national website and at 15 Driving Mobility centres with dedicated HMAS experts who will assist with inclusive transport queries.
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Voices on the Cost of Living will be Heard
12 September 2023
Following a successful funding application for South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation Cost of Living Grant, Sheffield Voices, will be facilitating two Cost of Living outreach sessions in the North and South of the city and four group sessions in community spaces .The sessions will focus on listening to concerns, producing accessible resources and helping people save money on food, heating and other bills during Winter 2023/24.
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Buddy Up to Get Active
11 September 2023
Our Get Active buddying scheme is a pilot project to support people to attend a physical activity in their local community. if you’d like to help people with a learning disability, severe mental illness or autistic people get more active and can volunteer for a few hours a week on a Monday or Tuesday to attend an activity with a disabled person, we would love to hear from you!
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Could You Volunteer to Peer Support?
11 September 2023
We are looking for around 10 volunteers to help us design and deliver peer support group workshops to people going through the direct payments process. The first stage will be to work with our Community Network Coordinator to create four different workshops based on your lived experience and for this stage we can pay volunteers a small co-production fee.
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Can you Help Improve Direct Payments?
10 September 2023
Are you a direct payments user? Do you have personal assistants (PAs)? And do you want to improve the service for yourself and for others? If so you could offer invaluable advice to Sheffield City Council in various ways to help shape a creative and flexible mix (or market) of care and support options in the city.
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Work Capability Assessment Review
08 September 2023
As part of the Government’s mission to support more people into work, the Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on changes to the Work Capability Assessment, following the landmark Health and Disability White Paper published earlier this year. The DWP is keen to hear views from a wide group of citizens, especially disabled people and disability organisations.
The closing date is 30 October 2023
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Are You Connecting to Warmth?
06 September 2023
Warm Homes Sheffield is a partnership between Sheffield City Council and energy experts AgilityEco. It provides a route to access a number of energy saving programmes that can help Sheffield residents to reduce energy use and stay warm and well. It provides a range of fully-funded energy efficiency improvements for your home.
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BFI Film Academy Applications 2023 Now Open
06 September 2023
Are you in your late teens and interested in film making? Well you could be on course for success by applying to take part in the British Film Institute’s learning programme based at the Showroom in Sheffield from this November to next February. Applications close on 16 October 2023.
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First Past the Post Wins for Sheffield Voices
30 August 2023
It’s Absurde !! Our self advocacy group for adults with a learning disability and autistic adults, Sheffield Voices, is all a flutter after scooping £20,000 in the Ebor Festival Community sweepstake at York Races last weekend, which rewards charitable and community organisations across Yorkshire and acknowledges their hard work within the community.
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Make Having Your Say in Sheffield Better
24 August 2023
Sheffield Council are keen to know what your experience of using their new ‘Have Your Say Sheffield’ website has been and whether any changes are needed to make it more user friendly, effective and accessible for digital engagement with communities. Their survey closes on Monday 28 August.
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