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Demonstration against Norman Lamb’s ‘cashless concordat’

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 […]

  • 24th March 2014
  • By Anna Ede

Councillors are obeying policies and not thinking about people

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 […]

  • 20th January 2014
  • By Anna Ede

Campaign to save Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk

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 […]

  • 20th January 2014
  • By Anna Ede

Equal Lives written contribution to the Norfolk County Council consultation on the cuts

“It’s taken the pressure off my family, off the children and left me being able to go out and do my own shopping and do an activity, maybe with them as a family where I couldn’t before. It’s taken the stress off the children, they can now be children and not young carers.” Personal Budget […]

  • 16th December 2013
  • By Anna Ede

New Carers Agency Partnership

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 […]

  • 14th October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

‘Norfolk charity fears lobbying bill will restrict its campaigning’ – Equal Lives EDP Article

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

  • 14th October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Norfolk Putting People First consultation event for mental health service users

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 […]

  • 7th October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Bedroom Tax breached human rights of disabled woman judge rules

The Welfare News Service has published an article around how a disabled womans human rights were breached by Bedroom Tax read the full story here: http://welfarenewsservice.com/bedroom-tax-breached-human-rights-disabled-woman-judge-rules/ buy finasteride online australia

  • 3rd October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Important – Direct Payment changes from Norfolk County Council

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 […]

  • 1st October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

HMRC Security – ‘Phishing’ – Tax Credits Scam

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 […]

  • 1st October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Free Electric Blanket Testing

‘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 – […]

  • 1st October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

SORTED – New Veteran Support Portal

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 […]

  • 1st October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Labour To Create New Offence Of Disability Hate Crime – And Sack ATOS

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

  • 1st October 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Disability Research Consortium (DRC) Survey

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 […]

  • 30th September 2013
  • By Anna Ede

UK Disabled people’s ‘Reclaiming Our Futures’ Manifesto

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 […]

  • 12th September 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Norfolk’s firefighters and Trading Standards officers have issued some timely safety advice

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

  • 12th September 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Keep your cool with cold calls

Norfolk Constabulary wrote the following informative atticle earlier this year regarding cold callers and how to deal with them http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsandevents/newsstories/2013/july/keepyourcoolwithcoldcalls.aspx”

  • 12th September 2013
  • By Anna Ede

DWP Statement On Atos Work Capability Assessment

Please click the link below to see the DWP Statement on Atos Work Capability Assesment http://welfarenewsservice.com/dwp-statement-on-atos-work-capability-assessment buy anadroxyl

  • 23rd July 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Support Planning Toolkit available online now

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  • 3rd June 2013
  • By Anna Ede

Skills For Care funding for employer and personal assistant development.

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 […]

  • 29th May 2013
  • By Anna Ede
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