There was a silent protest held outside Carrow Road Football Ground at 11:30am on Friday 21st of March. Please see the link below for coverage and the article relating to the reasons for the silent protest in this news article. http://norfolksuffolkmentalhealthcrisis.org.uk/gallery-demonstration-against-norman-lambs-cashless-concordat/ ‘Concordat’ Protest 21/3/2014 Norman Lamb, MP for North Norfolk and Minister of State at […]
The cuts being proposed by Norfolk County Council to adult social care will devastate the lives of disabled people, their families and carers. You can’t take £189m over the next three years on top of the £140m already cut and it not have a serious impact to the quality of life for thousands of Norfolk […]
Campaign Newsletter – 10 January 2014 We hope you thought that the 12 Days of Cuts campaign over Christmas was effective. The campaign attracted a great deal of media coverage and raised important issues. Thank you to all of you who submitted your experiences of the ‘radical redesign’ whether service user, staff or carer and […]
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There is a new (multi-agency) Carer’s Agency Partnership that is able to offer support to both carers and cared-for. They can offer one-to-one support, breaks, befriending and possibly grants for equipment. They research and liaise with grant-making bodies rather than make grants themselves. Referrals can be made directly via a helpline 0808 808 9876, which […]
Mark Harrison CEO of Equal Lives speaks about his fears the legislation could be used against the charity’s campaigns on behalf of disabled people. Read the full EDP Article buy oxymorphone
Norfolk County Council is running consultation events for 12 weeks from 19th September to 12th December there is a letter from Norfolk County Council regarding this and specifically the consultation event for Mental Health service users you can read this here: Norfolk County Council – Putting People First consultation event letter Mental Health service users.PDF […]
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From 1 October 2013 Norfolk County Council is no longer commissioning a direct payment support service for adults that will be free to individuals. Instead there will be an accredited list of providers (Equal Lives being one) that you can use to purchase services from your direct payment. *Please note that this only affects adults […]
HMRC are raising awareness of a recent ‘phishing’ scam. “A number tax credits customers report receiving emails claiming to be from HMRC with the address ‘taxretund@hmrc.gov.uk’ which asks the recipient to open a ‘PDF report on your 2013 tax refund’. We understand the attachment launches a Trojan virus and should not be opened.” “HMRC will […]
‘Over 50% of Electric Blankets tested in Norfolk over the last four years were found to be unsafe’ Norfolk County Council are offering Free electric blanket testing at various venues over Norfolk. The testing is by appointment only, call 0344 800 8020 or email tradingstandards@norfolk.gov.uk The dates and venues are: Monday 14th October 09.00 – […]
SORTED – offering expert employment support for the Armed Forces Community at the click of a button. Members of the Armed Forces Community seeking a pathway to employment will benefit from the launch of SORTED!. SORTED! is a consortium of seven well-established Service charities supported by a new website and help line which will provide […]
The Welfare News Service has published an article regarding Labour legislating the introduction of a specific criminal charge of disability hate crime and intentions to sack ATOS. Please see the below link for the full article http://welfarenewsservice.com/labour-create-new-offence-disability-hate-crime-sack-atos
The Disability Research Consortium (DRC) includes a range of partners from active disability user-led organisations and grass roots groups. We are asking disabled people to tell us what key things that need to change? Which barriers need to be broken in the long term? How can we make this happen together? We believe that disabled […]
Inclusion London has created the UK Disabled people’s ‘Reclaiming Our Futures’ Manifesto which was launched Wednesday 4th September 2013. The aim of this manifesto is to map the key principles, demands and commitments that disabled people, our organisations and our allies can use in our campaigning and lobbying. The manifesto was made up from invaluable […]
Norfolk County Council has produced an article entitled “Stay safe this summer with Norfolk’s firefighters and public protection services” Please see the link below http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/News/NCC124351
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Some funding has been made available from the DoH until September 2013 for people who want to develop their Personal Assistants skills or their own skills. Grants are available for employers which will be paid up front to cover training costs for employers and personal assistants. The grant can also be used for costs associated […]