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  • Worried About Money? - Sheffield Money is Here for You

    06 August 2015

    Sheffield Money is a new, not for profit, one-stop money and advice shop in the city centre offering a range of services including low cost loans and electrical goods.

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  • Digital Inclusion Survey

    04 August 2015

    Disability Action Alliance’s digital engagement group is keen to learn about disabled people’s experiences using the internet. Please take part in their survey.

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  • Welcoming Disabled Customers

    04 August 2015

    Everyday activities like shopping can often present challenges for disabled customers. This best practice guidance from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) outlines some of the ways in which retailers can accommodate the needs of disabled customers in store.

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  • Free Demo Days at New Arthouse

    03 August 2015

    The brand new ARTHOUSE in the centre of town containing a community pottery, art studio and gallery opens its doors on Saturday 8th August.

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  • Help Design the NHS England Learning Disability Webpage

    03 August 2015

    The Learning Disability Engagement team at NHS England want to involve people with learning disabilities and their families, carers and supporters so that they have a voice in NHS England.

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  • Get Involved - Quality Improvement Network

    03 August 2015

    People who use adult social care and their family carers have the opportunity to work with Sheffield City Council to improve the quality of their services in a number of ways including at bi-monthly service improvement forums.

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  • Osborne Budget Disables Us Further

    28 July 2015

    The Chancellor may not have done some of the things people feared in relation to disability benefits, but, says Prof Peter Beresford in an article in Disability Now magazine, his measures are likely to disadvantage us further.

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  • Why do People Commit Hate Crime?

    28 July 2015

    Is it the fault of the media in demonising disabled people as scroungers? View a summary of key findings in a new report published by the Disability Hate Crime Network.

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  • The Ugly Face of Disability Hate Crime

    27 July 2015

    Last Thursday on BBC3 Actor Adam Pearson, who has suffered verbal and online abuse as a result of his facial disfigurement, set out to question the reasons for disability hate crime.

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  • Life Through My Lens is Fresh

    23 July 2015

    As part of BBC3’s disability season, Fresh online is featuring a video diary of the story of a young disabled man living in Burngreave – one of 90 films about what it’s like to be young in the UK today.

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