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  • Still Time to Write to your MP about Benefit Cuts

    Still Time to Write to your MP about Benefit Cuts

    Inclusion London is urging ‘Act Now, Speak Up, Fight Cuts by writing to your MP’ using their template letter before 30th June to share your personal story of how the cuts may affect you. We have received some statistics on the predicted impacts for each constituency if you’d like to receive them to add weight to your letter.

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  • Pathways to Poverty

    Pathways to Poverty

    This hard hitting report from the Citizens Advice Bureau calls on the government to act now to protect living standards for disabled people, by reversing the decision to cut disability benefits. It explains how planned cuts to disability benefits will impact the people the CAB support. At the very least, they say, the reforms should be paused so that more meaningful consultation and impact assessment can take place.

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  • Share Your Blue Badge Misuse Stories

    Share Your Blue Badge Misuse Stories

    Disabled Motoring UK, the charity which supports disabled drivers and passengers, is calling for examples of Blue Badge misuse in order to continue their campaign against it. It followed the fourth Blue Badge Day Of Action, which they say: “reinforces the urgent need for continued enforcement and better education around the rules.”

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  • Reasonable Adjustments Still Not Being Made

    Reasonable Adjustments Still Not Being Made

    Disabled workers are facing large amounts of discrimination including failures to provide reasonable adjustments and bullying at work a survey has found. The Trades Union Congress, which represents more than 5.2 million working people in 48 member unions. recently asked 1,000 disabled members to describe their experiences.

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  • Carers Week Campaign for Equality

    Carers Week Campaign for Equality

    Carers Week from 9 to 15 June highlights this year the inequalities faced by unpaid carers, including a greater risk of poverty, social isolation, poor mental and physical health. Far too often, carers of all-ages miss out on opportunities in their education, careers, or personal lives, just because of their caring role. See the programme of events.

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  • KeyRing Connects

    KeyRing Connects

    Connect Sheffield is a new day opportunity from KeyRing who now work with anyone who needs support to live independently. They offer 1 to 1 support to build your independence and introduce you to activities that you choose and a voucher for a free taster session.

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  • Emergency Care Research

    Emergency Care Research

    Researchers at the University of Sheffield are gathering information to develop a new ‘toolkit’ to help A&E staff identify who needs urgent treatment more effectively. Your experience as a patient can directly contribute to shaping the future of emergency care if you wish participate and have your say.

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  • Mass Lobby's Impact

    Mass Lobby's Impact

    A week ago the Mass Lobby of MPs took place at Westminster though we didn’t see much if anything of it on the news! Fortunately the Disability News service was there taking notes and has written a great article saying the event marks an ‘important’ moment in the fight against Labour’s benefit cuts.

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  • We See It's Learning Disability Week!

    We See It's Learning Disability Week!

    ArtWorks has worked with Sheffield City Council to produce a range of events and activities to raise awareness for Learning Disability Week from 16 – 20 June . They include a launch party in the Town Hall, workshops in the Peace Gardens, events showcasing services , music and leisure activities and a final midsummer festival closing party. Our own Sheffield Voices learning disability self advocacy group will be at the Town Hall on Tuesday 17 June.

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  • Invitation to Meet the Sheffield Advocacy Hub Team

    Invitation to Meet the Sheffield Advocacy Hub Team

    Not sure what advocacy is or what a Hub is? Or you may know and want to meet the advocacy team anyway. Either way we invite you to come along to the Circle on Friday 30th May from 2 to 4pm to meet advocates from across the Hub, including our own. We’re looking forward to it and we hope to see you there !

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