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Blog Archive
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Making our Conversations Count
14 May 2019
Sheffield City Council has released its report into adult social care for 2018 and say that although it has been ‘challenging’ due to a combination of financial cuts and increasing demand they are still making progress. It includes their ‘improvement plan’ for 2018-20.
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Interested in Being a Living Library Book?
14 May 2019
The University of Sheffield is holding a ‘Living Library’ for its social work students and is looking for people with either particular life experiences or experiences of social work services to become a ‘book’ for the afternoon of Friday the 24th May 2019 ( and at future dates ) and share their story with a small group of about 5 or 6 social work students.
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Can Technology Meet Your Social Care Needs?
08 May 2019
A group at researchers at Loughborough University wants to find out if recent advances in technology can be used to help more with people’s social care needs and enable independent living They are looking for disabled technology users to collaborate on starting a research project which will examine this.
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Tell The City What You Think About It!
07 May 2019
The Sheffield City Partnership want to hear your views on life in Sheffield. What’s good, what’s bad and what could be improved. This is your chance to give your views before the findings are presented at the State of Sheffield engagement event on 17th May.
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Massive Rise In Disability Assessment Complaints
07 May 2019
There has been an increase by more than 6,000% in complaints over assessments for disability benefits, shock new Government figures reveal, with a woman from Sheffield among those who have been forced to take action after cuts. Jennifer Jones had her benefits downgraded despite having ME, fibromyalgia and bipolar disorder.A week before a tribunal was to take place Jennifer was contacted by a DWP case manager who offered to restore her payment to their original levels.
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Plans that Work for Work
07 May 2019
People with a learning disability are significantly less likely to be in paid employment than other people. A report by the Institute for Policy Research (IPPR) North, the University of Sheffield and Manchester Metropolitan University, found that many children and young people with a learning disability are not getting the support they need to get the education, training, and preparation for adulthood that they are entitled to. An Action Plan will follow and you can still get in touch to share your experiences of working, or trying to find work.
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Sheffield Council Want your Views on Post 16 and Home to School Travel and Transport Policies
02 May 2019
This is your chance to give your views on both Sheffield City Council’s new Home to School policy and the Post-16 policy. Please note the different deadlines for feedback.
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New Date For Workshop On Urgent Care Services
02 May 2019
The final of a series of workshops on urgent care services in Sheffield has been rescheduled for Thursday 6th June from 10am – 12.30pm (registration and refreshments from 9.30am) at St Mary’s Church, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, S2 4QZ, between Sheffield’s inner ring road, and Bramall Lane football ground.
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Are We Disturbing You Facebook?
02 May 2019
Campaigning organisation Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is looking for examples of people being blocked from social media site Facebook because of their disability, following a row over pictures of a wheelchair-using model being banned and a telephone conversation in which an employee suggested that pictures of disabled people are ‘disturbing’.
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My Trouble with Trolls
02 May 2019
Our former colleague at Disability Sheffield, beauty and fashion blogger Tess Daly, details the abuse she has faced from online trolls and calls for more to be done to hold those responsible to account in a new BBC News video.
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