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My Life

23rd November 2023

Suffolk People First: Relationships

Sign up to the FREE Suffolk People First event: https://tinyurl.com/SPFDEC23 DateFriday 1st December 10:00am – 2:00pm VenueKesgrave Community CentreTwelve Acre ApproachIpswich, Suffolk IP5 1JF United Kingdom Suffolk People First is a county-wide self-advocacy event hosted by Suffolk based advocacy organisation Ace Anglia. The quarterly held events bring together self-advocates, family carers, support workers and health & social care professionals from across Suffolk. We have guest speakers from local, regional and national organisations. In December Suffolk People First is about Relationships It will be…

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6th November 2023

Area SEND inspection for Suffolk Local Area Partnership

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are visiting your area to inspect the local arrangements for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND). The inspectors want to know about the help and support that children and young people with SEND get. You can tell us by filling in a survey below. Your answers are confidential. The surveys will close at 9am on 7 November 2023. Children and young peopleIf you are a young person with SEND please fill in this survey.…

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13th October 2023

Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy: My Health Focus Group

Sign up to the My Health Focus Group Date and time of this meeting Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:30 – 12:30 Venue of this meeting Kesgrave Community Conference Centre (The Orwell Room ) Twelve Acre Approach Kesgrave IP5 1JF To register for the My Health Focus Group meeting, please click this link: https://tinyurl.com/MyhealthFocusOcto23 The My Health Focus Groups are for anyone interested in the Suffolk Joint Learning Disability Strategy. This could be people with a learning disability, autistic people, families…

My Life

28th September 2023

Disability Action Plan: Consultation Session

The Government are currently running a consultation to find out what people think should be in the Disability Action Plan 2023/2024. This Action Plan aims to improve disabled peoples lives and focuses on the work that will be done in the next two years. The Government wants to hear about what they should prioritise. This is a Learning Disability England Members session, you can join the membership for as little as £12 a year

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28th September 2023

SENDIASS Information Sessions for Families Autumn 2023

This information is designed for sharing online and reflects sessions confirmed as of September 2023. Further sessions may be added as the term progresses. You can also direct families to our events calendar and our SENDIASS News and Events webpage for details of upcoming sessions. To increase accessibility, we have created pre-recordings of all SENDIASS online sessions on our SENDIASS YouTube channel which parents, carers and practitioners can access at any time, to watch at their own pace and at…

My Home

5th September 2023

My Home Focus Group

The Suffolk Learning Disability Board would like to invite you to The My Home Focus Group. When: Tuesday 12th SeptemberTime: 10:30 am – 12:30 pmWhere: Kesgrave Community Centre Twelve Acre Approach, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom We aim to Co-Produce this focus group with self-advocates, families and carers, provider organisations and board members. We want to: The findings from this co-production will feed back into the Suffolk Learning Disability Partnership Board to support and enable change.

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4th September 2023

East Of England NHS Co-Production Group

Ace Anglia are facilitating the East of England NHS Co-production Group. September 14, 10:30 am – 4:00 pm This is FREE event and you can sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/52856dfh Learn about what makes good co-production and how we can work together. This group is for people with a learning disability, autistic people, parent carers, self-advocacy groups and parent carer groups. For more information please contact: nikki@aceanglia.com

My Voice

1st September 2023

Suffolk People First: September 2023

Ace Anglia are excited to announce the upcoming Suffolk People First Conference September 8th 10:30 am – 2:00 pm Kesgrave Community CentreTwelve Acre Approach Kesgrave IP5 1JF Click here to get your FREE ticket The events aim to: Work in co-production with delegates on implementing the Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy 2022 Bring people together Provide opportunities for people to talk directly to the Learning Disability Partnership Board Provide opportunities for people to share good news or stories Host presentations about policy, organisations,…

My Voice

21st August 2023

Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy: My Voice Focus Group

The Suffolk Learning Disability Partnership Board would like to invite self-advocates, families and carers, provider organisations, board members, key organisations, and wider partnership to the Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy: My Voice Focus Group. About this meeting The My Voice Focus Group is a group as part of the updated Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy 2021/22. The re-fresh of this strategy maintains our commitments to work together with partners across Suffolk. We want to work in new and different ways to ensure that people…

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7th August 2023

Free Session: Healthy Food Options

Session Details Healthy Options with Central Co-op and Realise Futures. Come and join in with their fun and interactive Healthy Choices Workshop by Tami, and make some fruit kebabs. It is free to attend and anyone is welcome. Date: 24th August 2023 Time: 1:00pm to 3:00pm Venue: Navigator Lowestoft Library

My Life

5th August 2023

Stay connected: supporting people with learning disabilities to use technology

What is the best way to support people with learning disabilities to access and use technology? The Open University have produced a series of videos. In this series of videos, people with learning disabilities and their support workers share their experiences of providing and receiving support to use everyday technologies. This includes tablets and mobile phones to access applications such as the YouTube and Zoom. The interviewees highlight the importance of person-centred support that is informed by a good understanding…

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4th August 2023

SCA Care Conference 5th October 2023

The Suffolk Care Association Care Conference theme this year is: social care is the solution – Not the problem. How can we fix it? There will be guest speakers on the day: Professor Will Pope– Chair, NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB Board Michelle Dyson- Director, General, Adult Social Care Professor Martin Green- CEO, Care England Ruby Peacock- Policy, Practice and Innovation Director, Homecare Association Kevin Barker- Director SL&V –talks on immigration law and implementation Jonathan Cunningham – MBE–…

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3rd August 2023

Asthma survey for children and young people

Have you got an idea to improve support for children and young people living with asthma, and their families? Here’s a chance to share experiences. Children and young people with asthma in Suffolk/north east Essex, and their parents, carers or guardians, are being asked to feedback and share ideas on local asthma care. The short survey from Healthwatch Suffolk and Healthwatch Essex is part of a project developed together with NHS leaders and consultants providing local asthma care. The results…

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1st August 2023

Autism in Racing: Newmarket Racecourse Saturday 19th August 2023

What is Autism in Racing: August Event Autism in Racing have an upcoming date on Saturday 19th August 2023 at Newmarket Racecourse – this is a day meeting “Summer Saturday” -Love a Grey horse? The Grey Horse handicap takes centre stage as a field of only grey horses come thundering down the track. https://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/newmarket/events-tickets/summer-saturday-5/ We will have access to the mobile sensory unit with interactive walls. It’s hosted by Racing Together as part of our Autism in Racing programme and full…

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7th July 2023

Talk Tech 2023

Talk Tech 2023 is conference is about technology for people with learning disabilities and autistic people hosted by Ace Anglia. Technology can help you do lots of things like communicate with others even if you have trouble speaking. There are special devices and apps that can help with this. It can also help you learn new things and have fun while doing it! There are lots of cool games and apps that can help you learn and have fun at…

My Health

8th June 2023

Learning from Lives and Deaths

People with a Learning Disability and autistic people (LeDeR) Research has shown that on average, people with a learning disability and autistic people die earlier than the general public, and do not receive the same quality of care as people without a learning disability or who are not autistic. We want to change this. LeDeR reviews deaths to see where we can find areas of learning, opportunities to improve, and examples of excellent practice. This information is then used to…

My Life

7th June 2023

SENDIASS Events

Our summer term training plan is available, helpful to see what we have coming up through to July: View SENDIASS Information Sessions for Families Summer 23 Last chance! – to register for our popular online session for parents and carers explaining the process of drafting and finalising an EHC plan. Please see flyer for details. Online session 8th June 2023 10am – 11:30am Click here to register Parents and carers helped coproduce this session which will be supported by a member of…

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1st June 2023

The Advancing Autism Conference

Are you interested in the Advancing Autism Conference? It’s happening on 22nd June 2023 at Colchester Rugby Club. The conference is all about understanding and accepting autism. We’ll be discussing what acceptance means to us and how we can make a positive change in society. We have an awesome lineup of speakers from different backgrounds who truly understand the importance of acceptance. They’ll be sharing their experiences and successes, inspiring us to make a difference. We’ll also have the incredible…

My Health

25th May 2023

Stretch and Relax for Parents/Carers of Neurodivergent Children

This is a 6-week exercise course for parent carers of neurodivergent children and young people, starting Wed, 7 Jun, afternoons, at Leiston Leisure Centre. This is an exercise course for parent carers of neurodivergent children and young people . The course will help you to learn techniques and exercises which will strengthen your body and mind, enabling you to incorporate self-care into your everyday life. This course may provide a brief period of respite for you, helping you to manage…

My Home

15th May 2023

Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy: My Home Focus Group

The Suffolk Learning Disability Partnership Board would like to invite you to participate in The My Home Focus Group. This focus group aims to gather feedback and opinions from a diverse group of individuals about Housing-related issues that people want to discuss to improve the services and support. The Suffolk Learning Disability Partnership Board are looking for people who are interested in sharing their experiences and ideas, and who can provide valuable insights into the needs and perspectives of individuals with…

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9th May 2023

Accessible Information Advisory Group

A new advisory group has been set up to advise the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board about accessible Information. This is to help make sure people receive NHS information that is accessible to them. It is facilitated by Thinklusive. Information needs to be accessible in lots of different ways and the Accessible Information Advisory Group will represent the range of accessible information needs in our communities. The first meeting will be on Zoom on the 25th of…

My Health

31st March 2023

Learning Disability Annual Health Check

Are you on the learning disability register and have you had your annual health check? Ace Anglia have made a film about having your first Learning Disability Annual Health Check. If you have a learning disability and are not on the learning disability register you can find out more information here on how to get on the learning disability register: https://www.mencap.org.uk/advice-and-support/health/learning-disability-register?gclid=Cj0KCQjwiZqhBhCJARIsACHHEH-B4aLTsr1g249i79FA7BrONsQ0ENAdPFeclK-Jz-fjf4expv-cOV4aAnjiEALw_wcB For more information about Ace Anglia check out their website: https://www.aceanglia.com/

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8th March 2023

Making Every Contact Count

One Life Suffolk is offering training called Making Every Contact Count. Making Every Contact Count will provide you with the skills, confidence and tools to have a positive and effective conversation about health and behaviour change; particularly around weight management, stopping smoking and increasing physical activity. Having even a brief chat with someone about what is happening in their life can be all it takes to make a positive impact to their health and wellbeing. That’s where the Making Every…

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6th March 2023

My Voice Focus Group 16th March Agenda

The Suffolk Learning Disability Partnership Board would like to invite self-advocates, families and carers, provider organisations, board members, key organisations, and wider partnership to the Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy: My Voice Focus Group. About this meeting The refresh of this strategy maintains our commitment to work together with partners across Suffolk, to work in new and different ways to ensure that people with learning disabilities live good lives as part of their community with the right support at the right time, from…