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…Sheffield City Council has an opportunity to secure funding for future schemes which will help make walking, wheeling and cycling in neighbourhoods safer and more attractive. By wheeling they mean using wheelchairs, mobility scooters or buggies.…
…Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) are becoming aware that the disruption due to the Coronovirus pandemic is having a particularly adverse effect on disabled people. The effects are particularly noticeable as disabled people often have to rely…
…Two of Britain’s best-known disability campaigners have very recently published this month detailing their views and experiences – and are hosting online launch events during the lockdown. Ellen Clifford and Bob Williams-Findlay are…
/blog/online-book-launches-for-disability-activists-work-2020-06-10
…Are you an Expert by Experience (Service User, Person with Experience of Services)? Have you, or your group, made a short film about what it’s like to have social care or other services? Then you might be just the person/people South Yorkshire…
/blog/films-by-experts-by-experience-wanted-for-sheffield-film-fest-2019-01-21
…A Sheffield-based legal firm has launched a campaign to ensure disabled people get priority online shopping places. Fry Law, based at the Globe Works on Penistone Road, recently won a case taken against Tesco on behalf of a housebound woman who had…
/blog/successful-legal-challenge-on-priority-online-shopping-2020-05-27
…The Government’s roadmap out of lockdown calendar moves onto a further stage today as part of the country’s slow easing out of Covid restrictions. This includes shops and indoor hospitality e.g.restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes re-opening and…
…Sheffield is creating unique, long-lasting, and creative memorials as a tribute to people who have died from Covid, those who have lost loved ones and people who have been affected by the pandemic. Memorial activity in Sheffield is focusing on a…
…The Commission On Social Security launched its 8 proposals to improve the benefits system on 12 August, with hundreds watching online. They are now asking for more people to take part in their consultation about their proposals. The organisation…
/blog/commission-on-social-securitys-consultation-call-2020-08-17
…The situation is changing rapidly in response to th risk of the Omicron variant of Coronavirus. Please see the latest information in date order below: On 12 December the Prime Minister gave an address to the nation on booster jabs. saying that…
…Tools for Life is a research project which aims to develop tools to empower people to make informed decisions about sharing their patient data for research. The project is funded by the Wellcome Trust and is being managed by the Information School,…
/blog/lets-talk-about-health-data-sharing-workshop-2021-05-05