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HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to our colleague Jodie on winning the National Learning Disability Awards Peoples Award. Jodie works at Speakup, helped found @Employment_IFE is an Oliver McGowan trainer, co-produces work across @NHSSYICB, is a governor at @RotherhamOpp & is a co-researcher
Where is the LeDeR report? People are dying up to 30 years younger, and these deaths could be preventable. Share the report to help create positive change! #LeDeRReport #Inequity @NHSEngland @wesstreeting @Aliveleader #SelfAdvocacyworks
Where is the LeDeR report? People are dying up to 30 years younger, and these deaths could be preventable. Share the report to help create positive change! #LeDeRReport #Inequality @NHSEngland @wesstreeting @AliveLeder
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We won!! Thanks to @LearningDisEng @SpeakupSA @_Thinklusive @PurplePatchArts & the project team. Thanks to @ResCultureLeeds @NIHRcommunity for the opportunity to show research can be inclusive.
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Still space available for this important workshop with Learning Disability England and #MyVoteMyVoice about getting ready to vote! Fri 28th June at 1pm. Know your rights, plan with others!
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@DimensionsUK @unitedresponse @mencap_charity @AmbitiousAutism
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The timescales for EHCPs are not targets or guidelines, they are specific legal duties. If LAs are routinely breaching these timescales, this undermines the rule of law and the Secretary of State needs to act (whether by increasing funding or otherwise)
Council apologises over EHCP delay linked to educational psychologist shortage cypnow.co.uk/news/article/co…
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3rd film @firstmcr #LDWeek24 is
Nemo
Do YOU see me
Do you SEE me ...
As a researcher with @McrMetUni
Nemo has been working on @MedMentalhealth
"just coz I need a little extra help doesnt mean Im any different, this job makes me feel empowered "
Link: youtu.be/9noh0cu7BZY
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In this upcoming free webinar on June 20th, @kssldcop and Learning Disability England will share ideas about how to use the Good Lives Manifesto to collectively make a difference for people with #LearningDisabilities.
Ticket sales close soon, book now: tinyurl.com/2f8s4e2h
With #LDWeek24 next week and the #GeneralElection around the corner, @kssldcop has invited @LearningDisEng to present this webinar. Please check the booking page and share with people you think will be interested.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-good-…
We have been working on 3 films to help people talk about the difficult topic of coping with death. They are -Advanced Decision Making, Making a Will and Coping with Grief. We hope these films will help people - click to watch Making a Will @NHSNEY
vimeo.com/946135944
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“There has never been a more important time for the voices of people with learning disabilities to be heard. The Good Lives Manifesto is the culmination of many voices, views and ideas that offer a vision of how things should be, and could be"
Read what Choice Support Chief Executive Officer, Sarah Maguire, has to say about @LearningDisEng’s #GoodLivesManifesto in our latest update: choicesupport.org.uk/about-u… #SupportWork #SocialCare #LearningDisabilities #LearningDisabilityWeek
We have been working on 3 films to help people talk about the difficult topic of coping with death. We have made 3 films, Advanced Decision Making, Making a Will and Coping with Grief. We hope these films will help people vimeo.com/946135762
@NHSSYICB #LDweek24
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Are you registered to vote? Deadline is midnight Tuesday 18th June
gov.uk/register-to-vote
#GeneralElection #LearningDisability #EasyRead #MyVoteMyVoice
ALT Election Deadlines - a picture of a date with 18 June, a woman in a wheelchair is with her supporter, pointing at the government web page on the monitor screen. Text : Register to vote by midnight www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
Today we want to share Emily’s Story – in this film Emily talks about her own journey and her feelings about her care and treatment and those who have supported her vimeo.com/953135456?share=co…
@NHSSYICB @LearningDisEng @NHSNEY
#LearningDisability #Transformingcare #LDweek24
Make sure you are registered to Vote at the General Election. You have until Tuesday 18th June to register to Vote. For easy read information on how to register and how to Vote see Spreading the News at speakup.org.uk/_files/ugd/7b… #doyouseeme #LDweek24
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We will be @ZestCentre Café tomorrow between 11.30am and 2pm talking to people about the Cost of Living and how we have mapped out the whole of Sheffield low cost or free food for people. Come along and meet us and we will buy you a meal @SYCF1986
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Today we launch “My Employment Plan”. A tool created by autistic people and employment organisations across SY to help a person and their employer talk about things that might help them both in the work place. This resource is FREE!
#AutismAcceptanceWeek
tinyurl.com/yn8jey4c
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This week is World Autism Acceptance Week. Megan Abbs works as a Peer Support Worker across South Yorkshire working with Children and Young People. Her role is really important to help young people have a voice #AutismAcceptanceWeek
NHS South Yorkshire want to hear your views before 15 March on their People Strategy. You can tell them how they should involve you, what you think of their old plan or what should be in their new plan or all of these things. Have your say here: re-url.uk/WUZI