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27th July 2022

Thursday 28 July: Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy – My Voice focus group

The ‘My Voice focus group’ is a co-produced meeting, part the Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy 2021/22. About this event The Suffolk Learning Disability Partnership Board would like to invite self-advocates, families and carers, provider organisations, key organisations, and wider partnership members to an online meeting for the 2nd ‘My Voice focus group’. 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…

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14th June 2022

The Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy: My Voice focus group

The ‘My Voice focus group’ is a co-produced meeting, part the Suffolk Learning Disability Strategy 2021/22 About this event The Suffolk Learning Disability Partnership Board would like to invite self-advocates, families and carers, provider organisations, key organisations, and wider partnership members to an online meeting for the 2nd ‘My Voice focus group’. 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…

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18th May 2022

Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy

This booklet explains Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy available in Suffolk. The Suffolk Advocacy Service is delivered by a partnership which includes POhWER, Suffolk Family Carers, ACE Anglia and Suffolk User Forum. For more information about advocacy in Suffolk, e-mail – suffolkadvocacyservice@pohwer.netor phone – 0300 456 2370

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17th May 2022

Accessible Information Standard – know your rights

Thank you to Healthwatch Suffolk for sharing this information. The Accessible Information Standard is mandatory for all organisations that provide NHS or adult social care. Here’s some key information about what it means for your rights when it comes to receiving information from services. What should you expect? The standard aims to make sure that people who have a disability, impairment or sensory loss get information that they can access and understand and that they get any communication support they need from…

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18th April 2022

Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy

This booklet explains Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy available in Suffolk. The Suffolk Advocacy Service is delivered by a partnership which includes POhWER, Suffolk Family Carers, ACE Anglia and Suffolk User Forum. For more information about advocacy in Suffolk, e-mail – suffolkadvocacyservice@pohwer.netor phone – 0300 456 2370

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17th April 2022

The Accessible Information Standard

Thank you to Healthwatch Suffolk for sharing this information. The Accessible Information Standard is mandatory for all organisations that provide NHS or adult social care. Here’s some key information about what it means for your rights when it comes to receiving information from services. What should you expect? The standard aims to make sure that people who have a disability, impairment or sensory loss get information that they can access and understand and that they get any communication support they…

pages of the local election ballot paper easy read guide

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15th April 2022

Easy read practice ballot papers and voting guides from United Response

Download free easy-read practice ballot papers and voting guides for the local elections taking place on Thursday 5 May. Post shared by United Response There are some local and mayor elections taking place on Thursday 5 May 2022. These are for all London borough councils and all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Click here to find out what elections are happening in your area “We believe voting and elections should be accessible to everyone.” “That’s why we worked with the Electoral Commission…

pages of the local election ballot paper easy read guide

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27th March 2022

Easy read practice ballot papers and voting guides

Download free easy-read practice ballot papers and voting guides for the local elections taking place on Thursday 5 May. Post shared by United Response There are some local and mayor elections taking place on Thursday 5 May 2022. These are for all London borough councils and all local authorities in Wales and Scotland. Click here to find out what elections are happening in your area “We believe voting and elections should be accessible to everyone.” “That’s why we worked with the Electoral…

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10th March 2022

Supported Loving toolkit

The Supported Loving network has produced a series of guides to help support people with learning disabilities and autistic people with issues around sex and relationships. Supported Loving is a human rights-based campaign, with associated network meetings, hosted by Choice Support. The network includes people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people, family members, and professionals from varied disciplines and sectors including social care, the NHS, sexual health professionals, trainers and educators, academics, students and psychologists. The Supported Loving toolkit has…

front page of the coronavirus vaccine guide on vaccinations for 12 to 15 year olds

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23rd January 2022

Coronavirus vaccine for children and young people, aged 12 to 15

This easy read guide is for children and young people and their families and carers. You can view the guide by clicking the link below. Link not displaying? Try here: https://suffolkordinarylives.co.uk/resources/coronavirus-vaccine-for-children-and-young-people-aged-12-to-15/

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25th December 2021

Covid-19 Vaccination and Booster information

An easy-read information booklet about the COVID-19 vaccination and booster vaccination. You can view/download the booklet by clicking the blue download button below. Alternatively, you can click this link: https://suffolkordinarylives.co.uk/resources/covid-19-vaccination-and-booster-information/

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4th December 2021

Join the East of England Covid booster conversation

Ace Anglia are working with the NHS in the East of England to run an online meeting to talk about the Covid booster vaccination. There will be various speakers from the NHS who will share information and be able to answer questions. We have shared a list of the speakers in an image below. For more information, or for support to sign up, please e-mail: abbie@aceanglia.com If you would like to sign up please click the link: https://tinyurl.com/4wbwrfz8

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14th November 2021

National strategy for autistic children, young people and adults: 2021 to 2026

The government’s national strategy for improving the lives of autistic people and their families and carers in England, and implementation plan for 2021 to 2022.

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9th July 2021

Why isn’t the Covid vaccine for you?

Can’t see the link? Click here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NoThanksVaccine

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5th May 2021

Supporting the contraceptive choices of people with learning disabilities

Join the Supported Loving Campaign on 19th May for an online session to explore how adults with learning disabilities are supported to make, and be involved in, decisions about their contraception. About the sessioon Jodie Rawles is a PhD student in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. She is part of the Wellcome-funded initiative, ‘Mental Health and Justice’, which explores how we can both protect people in contexts where they may be vulnerable and respect their agency…

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11th April 2018

Joint Workstream meeting

The second Joint Workstream meeting of 2018 took place on the 3rd April. Joint Workstream meetings are an opportunity for the Workstream members to meet, update others on their work and co-produce work moving forward. If you are interested in joining a Workstream please e-mail: hello@suffolkordinarylives.co.uk Please see the presentation from the meeting here Please see the Minutes from the meeting here