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Adult Social Care Inquiry
08 August 2016
If you wish to give your views, the deadline for written submissions for the Communities and Local Government Committee’s inquiry into the financial sustainability of local authority adult social care is Friday 19 August.
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Guide to Independent Living in Sheffield 2016
08 August 2016
Sheffield City Council’s latest guide can help you to access information and support in Sheffield to keep you independent, safe and well.
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Disabled Community in Britain Respond to Hate Crime Killings in Japan
04 August 2016
Following the disability hate crime killing in Japan last month, there has been a united response from deaf and disabled campaigners and organisations from around the UK. Horrified by the mass killing of disabled people in Sagamihara, representatives have drafted a joint open letter in their memory.
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Campaigners Call Government's Hate Crime Action Plan an 'Unforgivable' Failure
03 August 2016
Campaigners have attacked the government’s new hate crime action plan for its ‘totally disrespectful’ failure to address problems around disability-related hostility.
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Report Highlights Barriers Faced by Deafblind People Accessing Healthcare
01 August 2016
Published by the national deafblind charity, Sense, this report underlines the need for all healthcare services to be accessible to people who are deafblind.
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Free Garden Design Course for 16-24 year olds
21 July 2016
Autism Plus has an amazing opportunity in August to design a garden at Weston Park Museum in Sheffield. You will work with garden designers to design a garden space to the Museum’s brief.
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Uniting our Voices & Defending our Rights
21 July 2016
Disability Sheffield helped organise the annual “Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance” national conference in Sheffield for the second year running. We feel it’s important for local disabled people and disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) to feel part of the collective voice of disabled people and we value the idea behind ROFA where disabled people can unite and defend our rights together. The conference was entitled ‘Uniting our Voices & Defending our Rights’ and explored how we can defend and progress disabled people’s vision of rights, inclusion and equality.
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Cycling Back to Being Me
21 July 2016
We are delighted to publish Caroline Waugh’s funny and moving account of her life and cycling which was originally written for the Get Yourself Active website. Caroline’s blog takes us through her many life threatening experiences and some life affirming ones too. Caroline and the team run Cycling 4 All sessions at Hillsborough Park in Sheffield from April through to October.
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The Big Fat Housing Chat
20 July 2016
Disability Sheffield and Sheffield Voices have teamed up with Change in Leeds who are campaigning with Shelter about housing issues that affect people with learning disabilities. We would like to add your story about housing to the campaign. This event is for anyone with a learning disability and for anyone who supports people or provides accommodation to people with a learning disability. Held on the 1st September it will run from 10.00 am through to 3.30 pm and is being held at The Circle, Sheffield.
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Hate and Mate Crime Information Day
20 July 2016
Come along to Sheffield Moor Market on 11 August from 10am to 4pm to meet our learning disability group, Sheffield Voices , discuss our Hate and Mate Crime video, and find out about the Safe Places Scheme.
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