15 July 2025
Healthwatch Sheffield held a ‘Community Voices’ event recently celebrating all of Healthwatch Sheffield’s community partners, including our Advocacy service and to thank everyone for their contribution to their work. It’s very concerning to hear media reports about the Government’s plans to close Healthwatch England. This would mean the closure of Sheffield Healthwatch and a great loss to our community!
FULL ARTICLE15 July 2025
Finding the right equipment to help you in your home can help make life easier. Sheffield City Council has announced you can now use a brand-new feature in the Sheffield Directory, designed to make finding home adaptations and assistive equipment simpler than ever. Equipment House is a virtual home where each room and piece of furniture reveals practical aids tailored to everyday needs.
FULL ARTICLE07 July 2025
‘Fit for the Future’ is the title of the government’s new 10 year health plan for England. It reflects the experiences and expectations gathered from people with lived experience, the wider public, partners and health and care staff. The Plan highlights three ‘shifts’ in the new approach to delivering healthcare.
FULL ARTICLE04 July 2025
Our last Sheffield Cycling 4 All inclusive cycling session in Hillsborough Park, before we close for Tramlines, will be on Thursday 10th July. Our first session back in Hillsborough will be Monday 4th August. The good news is we will be running sessions at Concord Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays during July.
FULL ARTICLE04 July 2025
In a dramatic intervention, the minister for social security and disability, Sir Stephen Timms, announced just 95 minutes before MPs voted that no cuts at all to PIP would go ahead until his own review into PIP was completed. The Bill was passed by 335 to 260 votes. What does that mean and what happens next?
FULL ARTICLE04 July 2025
Living with dementia takes a heavy toll on not only those who have it but also on people who care for them. During July and August the Alzheimer’s Society and NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board are providing a platter of useful training opportunities for carers.
FULL ARTICLE03 July 2025
It’s not easy choosing a mobility scooter, is it ? So what are your options and where can you find reliable impartial information? What may you need to consider before you choose your mobility scooter….issues such as how and where to store one and whether you can get on public transport using one? The answers are in the first of our ‘Spotlight’ series.
FULL ARTICLE27 June 2025
Alongside Crips Against Cuts, National Survivor User Network , Mad Youth Organise, Just Treatment, DPAC and Taking the PIP, Disabled Rights UK have this morning released a joint statement against the Government’s proposed ‘concessions’ to their dangerous benefit cut proposals.
FULL ARTICLE27 June 2025
The Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland Learning Disabilities and Autism Collaborative has produced new healthy living toolkits for individuals and professionals to help people with learning disabilities lead healthier and happier lives.
FULL ARTICLE25 June 2025
The next and very popular ‘Are Friends Electric?’ club afternoon is coming up on Sunday July 13th from 2pm – 5pm, at the Samuel Worth Chapel. It’s a Synthpop, Futurepop, and Darkwave club night, hosted by Isaac White and dad Stuart White with contributions from other DJs.
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