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  • LGBT+ Health Evidence Review Workshops

    LGBT+ Health Evidence Review Workshops

    29 October 2025

    The National LGBT Partnership is holding a series of identity-specific virtual engagement events in early and mid November to support the national LGBT+ Health Evidence Review. These are events for people who are LGBT+ and also identify with one or more intersectional groups. Online surveys are available if you are unable to attend.

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  • How AI Can Make Information More Accessible

    How AI Can Make Information More Accessible

    29 October 2025

    AI isn’t just a buzzword any more. Artificial Intelligence is becoming part of everyday life in classrooms , at home and at work. The article ‘Disability, diversity and a very honest robot” in Kidz to Adultz magazine explores how AI, in particular ChatGPT can support disabled people by making information more accessible.

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  • Communities Strategy Promises a New Approach

    Communities Strategy Promises a New Approach

    29 October 2025

    Sheffield City Council’s new Communities Strategy sets out how they will work in a different way with all of the city’s communities over the next decade. It marks a major step forward and new approach by recognising that communities are experts in their own lives and should be equal partners.

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  • Winter Jabs Update

    Winter Jabs Update

    28 October 2025

    Have you had your flu jab? (t’s still free on the NHS for many people including people with long term health conditions. But did you know that the rules for a free COVID-19 jab have changed? You now have to pay privately for the vaccine unless you are 75+, live in a care home for older people or have a weakened immune system because of a health condition or treatment.

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  • Grief During the Festive Season Workshop

    Grief During the Festive Season Workshop

    28 October 2025

    Christmas and the New Year can be joyful for many, but when you’re grieving, it can bring mixed emotions and worries about how to get through the “season of cheer”. However you’re feeling, you’re not alone. Book a place at one of Compassionate Sheffield’s peer support workshops during November and December.

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  • Proposed Change to ASC Charges

    Proposed Change to ASC Charges

    23 October 2025

    Sheffield City Council is proposing two changes to the way that they charge for Adult Social Care for full fee payers. This change will affect people who receive higher levels of care at home and have savings or assets above £23,250. The public consultation closes on 9 November.

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  • Access To Work Survey

    Access To Work Survey

    16 October 2025

    Have you used the Access to Work scheme over the past two years? The Disability Poverty Campaign Group is running a survey on your experiences of Access to Work seeking to gather data on the support you’ve received. The consultation closes on 28 October.

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  • Lived Experience Advisor Roles

    Lived Experience Advisor Roles

    16 October 2025

    National charity Designability is inviting six to eight individuals with lived experience of disability to join a paid research project as Lived Experience Advisors. Applications are open until 20th October.

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  • Pathways to Work

    Pathways to Work

    06 October 2025

    You might have heard of services like WorkWell, Connect to Work, or UKSPF- they’re all part of Pathways to Work – South Yorkshire’s joined-up support offer for people who are facing challenges with work due to their health or other circumstances.

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  • Unpaid Carers App Project

    Unpaid Carers App Project

    03 October 2025

    Are you an unpaid carer? Would you like to help shape a new digital solution for Sheffield and South Yorkshire? The focus of the project will be to help develop a new app / digital solution to access information, advice, and support 24 hrs a day.

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