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  • Sheffield Equality Hub Network News

    06 October 2015

    We support Sheffield City Council to produce their monthly newsletter containing news and events from the Equality Hub Network and want to share news with you from across the network communities.

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  • Let’s Talk About Restraint

    01 October 2015

    Disability Sheffield’s ‘Safer Restraint’ project is one of the first in England to assess the needs of people employing their own care and support (individual employers), their personal assistants ( PAs ), family carers and practitioners to develop practical and accessible information, training and support planning for safer restraint.

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  • Personal Health Budgets : Treat or Treatment?

    09 September 2015

    In response to recent press reports concerning the use and suggested misuse of NHS resources for Personal Health Budgets, Disability Rights UK ( DRUK ) calls for greater investment in support for those with long term health conditions, not less.

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  • ROFA’s Submission to the Lords Select Committee Inquiry on the Equality Act and Disability

    08 September 2015

    Reclaiming Our Futures (ROFA) is an alliance of grass roots groups and disabled peoples’ organisations (DPOs) across the UK who have come together to defend disabled people’s rights and fight for an inclusive society. This written submission has been drafted specifically to address the impact of the Equality Act 2010 on Disabled people’s independent living. Disability Sheffield are part of this response as a member of ROFA.

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  • Interested in being a Volunteer Advocate?

    13 August 2015

    We’ll be running a one day introductory course soon, which gives you the chance to find out if advocacy might be the right volunteering opportunity for you.

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  • Personal Health Budget Conference

    13 August 2015

    Are you in receipt of Continuing Health Care funding from the NHS? Disability Sheffield has teamed up with Healthwatch to offer you a chance to come and find out what a Personal Health Budget is and what it could mean for you. This conference on 16th September from 1-4pm is open to both professionals and disabled people and their supporters.

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  • Extra Costs Commission Final Report Recommends Nimbus Access Card

    20 July 2015

    The Extra Costs Commission has spent the last year exploring the extra costs faced by disabled people and their families and produced its final report with 16 recommendations.

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  • Sheffield Cycling 4 All Cancelled 13 August

    20 July 2015

    Please note that Sheffield Cycling for All is cancelled this Thursday due to a lack of cycle sessions leaders and volunteers over the summer holiday period.

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  • Adult Social Care Discussion Forum

    15 July 2015

    Sheffield Healthwatch in partnership with Disability Sheffield, Sheffield Mind, Sheffield Mencap and Gateway and Partners for Inclusion are holding a discussion forum on adult social care on 11 August from 1.30 -3.30pm at The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield S1 4FW.

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  • Easy Read Legal Guide and FAQs for ILF Users

    15 July 2015

    An Easy Read Version is now available of this guide which has been written to help Independent Living Fund ( ILF ) users understand legal and practical issues about community care assessments and support and how it will apply to them following the closure of the ILF in June 2015. It is also aimed at other adults with high support needs who may not have had support from ILF.

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