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Cause to Celebrate Deaf Awareness Week
04 May 2022
In the UK alone, there are over 10 million people living with some form of hearing loss. . One of the reasons to particularly celebrate Deaf Awareness Week ( 2-8 May ) this year is that British Sign Language has now been declared a language in its own right in England, Scotland and Wales due to new legislation, the BSL Act , which was passed last week and is supported by a package of measures.
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Deaf People's PIP Claims Reviewed After Judgement
26 April 2022
The Department for Work and Pensions is reviewing many Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims lodged by D/deaf people since August 2020.The review will take account of an Upper Tribunal judgement which increased the numbers of D/deaf people obtaining the benefit. Applicants do not need to provide any further evidence or attend an assessment and awards will be backdated.
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Disability Groups Respond to Covid Inquiry
26 April 2022
The horrifying impact of the Covid pandemic on Disabled people risks being ‘airbrushed out of history’, Disability Rights UK and its partners have warned ahead of the looming public inquiry. The warning comes in a formal response to the inquiry’s draft terms of reference drafted by law firm Bhatt Murphy Solicitors on behalf of DRUK and a number of disabled people’s organisations.
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Rising Costs Crisis for Disabled People
22 April 2022
New research by Leonard Cheshire paints a bleak picture of disabled people struggling to pay for essentials and concludes that disabled people must be prioritised for financial support.The charity wants the government to increase benefits in line with inflation, reverse proposed changes to the Warm Home Discount and provide better access to social care.
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It's Debatable at the Festival
22 April 2022
The largest annual politics festival in the UK – the Festival of Debate – takes place every Spring across South Yorkshire and has started this week, offering a host of debatable views by many guest speakers on different subjects. It aims to increase public engagement with politics and encourage active citizenship.
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Passport to Mental Health Workshops
21 April 2022
Want to help shape an all age Mental Health Passport for Sheffield? Chilypep have supported young people to create a Mental Health Passport, so that they can take control of their own mental health and not have to repeat their stories.They want to hear from adults with lived experience about how they find the passport and what might make it better to create an all age resource.
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Give Voice to the Autistic Adult Choir
21 April 2022
Are you autistic and enjoy music or singing? In partnership with Burton Street Foundation, The Autistic Adult Choir are starting a free group in Sheffield! They are looking for adults who like to sing or listen to music, who are autistic (no formal diagnosis needed) who might like to be part of a choir that meets once a week. No musical knowledge is necessary.
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Ward Information Boards
14 April 2022
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are improving the information they display at the entrances to their wards and would really like your feedback to ensure the information is useful to patients and visitors. If you’d like an opportunity to respond you can give your views in their online survey.
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Adult Social Care Strategy Meetings
13 April 2022
Would you like to have a say in the implementation of Sheffield’s new adult social care strategy, Living The Life You Want To Live which has beeen approved by the Council’s Cooperative Executive? There are some upcoming opportunities in April to hear about the strategy, what it covers and how it has developed so far as well as to contribute to developing the first delivery plan.
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Putting Active Disabled People In The Picture
12 April 2022
Disability Rights UK has teamed up with the Centre For Ageing Better to launch ‘Picture Yourself Active’, a new, publicly accessible image library of over 300 photos depicting older and disabled people getting active to challenge pervasive negative stereotypes. The images include some from Disability Sheffield’s Sheffield Cycling 4 All project at Hillsborough Park.
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