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  • Telling Your Story Can Make A Difference

    Telling Your Story Can Make A Difference

    20 January 2023

    To mark National Storytelling Week from January 30th to February 5th, Changing Faces, a charity representing people with visible differences or disfigurements, is urging people to share their story and providing some tips for storytelling.

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  • Gathering Stories from the Pandemic

    Gathering Stories from the Pandemic

    10 June 2022

    Sheffield is creating a unique, long-lasting, and creative memorial 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. Stories from the Pandemic is inviting everyone across the city to share their stories either on their website or on postcards which are available in libraries, museums and other city venues.

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  • We’re looking for PAs!

    We’re looking for PAs!

    11 February 2021

    Are you a PA? Would you like to tell people a bit about what it’s like to be a PA and what you enjoy about it? We want to raise the profile of the crucial work Personal Assistants do and encourage more people to think about becoming one. But we need your help to do so! We’re looking for all kinds of PAs, from all kinds of backgrounds to share their experiences. Your PA story is important and will make a difference.

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  • Daniel's Storytelling Skills Are A Real Winner

    Daniel's Storytelling Skills Are A Real Winner

    26 November 2020

    Daniel Thistlewaite has a magic way with words – which led to him being crowned one of the winners of the Sheffield Short Story Competition 2020. Daniel, is a member of our learning disability self-advocacy group Sheffield Voices and has been attending the new Magic Pen writing group, a collaboration between Disability Sheffield and the Burton Street Foundation. Congratulations on your win Daniel!

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Disability Sheffield is a forward-thinking, energetic organisation doing a lot of positive work in Sheffield. I have no doubt they will continue to do so for a long time to come.
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Very good presentation, brave of the speakers to tell their stories and had a very high impact - feedback from Mate/Hate Crime presentation and video session at Safeguarding Working Together Conference
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When I moved to Sheffield nearly five years ago it was my "go to" organisation. I expect it to stay that way. All the staff and volunteers seem to pull out little gems of effort that disabled people like me couldn't do without. Professionally and personally - I love em :)
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