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| New disability football session with Buxton Juniors Football Club
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As part of the Derbyshire Inclusive Football Clubs programme, Buxton Juniors Football Club are starting a weekly coaching session for people with a disability to take part in the nation’s... Read more..
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| Eating Disorders Awareness Fortnight
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First Steps Derbyshire exists to raise awareness of eating disorders and to support anyone whose life is affected by any eating difficulty or disorder.
This year, instead of just a... Read more..
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| Self–propelled Wheelchair Race
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Take part in Derby’s first 3K self-propelled Wheelchair Race, which is part of the Derbyshire Building Society 10K and 3k walk-jog-run event on Sunday 1 April 2012.
Race start... Read more..
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| Moving On - Transitions Conference
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Moving On - Options for increased independence
Information about housing options, benefits, employment opportunities, further education, social activities, friendships, mental capacity... Read more..
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| Derby Soap Opera!
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Come and be part of one of the World’s largest and most ambitious film projects: the Derby Soap Opera!
WE NEED YOU! Star in your own film! Write the script, create the... Read more..
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| Volunteer opportunities with Fun-abil8y
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Fun-abil8y is a service that provides development and leisure opportunities for all young disabled people in Derby, aged 3-25 with a moderate to profound disability.
They are currently... Read more..
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| Apprentice Care Assistant
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This apprenticeship is available to all age groups; however full government funding is only available to 16-24 year olds.
The Apprenticeship: Working towards a Level 2 Apprenticeship... Read more..
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| Dealing with Change Programme
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A unique programme created by Inspirative Arts and P.A.C.E.
Are you or someone you support experiencing one or more of the following?
Concerns about adult social care changes?
Difficulty... Read more..
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| South Derbyshire Learning Disability Forum
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The next South Derbyshire Learning Disability Forum will take place on Tuesday 14th February 2012, 10am to 2pm at Rosliston Forestry Centre (in the Games Room near the main Visitor... Read more..
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| Fun-abil8y
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Helping young disabled people live life to the max!
Fun-abil8y is a service that provides development and leisure opportunities for all young disabled people, aged 3-25 with a moderate... Read more..
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| JobCentre Plus Outreach Project
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The Jobcentre Plus Outreach project, taking place once a month at the Derbyshire Voice offices, is to offer an alternative place for people with mental health needs to access the services... Read more..
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| Arts Centre Opening
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RNIB College Loughborough celebrated the official opening of the College’s new Arts Centre by the Mayor of Charnwood on Friday 7 October. The Arts Centre becomes the fourth edition... Read more..
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| Activity Leadership Apprenticeship
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In partnership with Life Skills, Derby County in the Community are delivering a 48 week training programme aimed at 16 – 18 year olds who are currently not in education. employment... Read more..
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| Voice UK opportunities
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Training Groups for Disabled People.
We are pleased to announce that Voice UK, the national charity which promotes justice and wellbeing for vulnerable victims is setting up... Read more..
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| On the move
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As you all know, we had to move to our Head Office at Pride Park after the building on Normanton Road became unsuitable last year. We have been looking for premises ever since,... Read more..
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| Inclusive Drama and Movement group
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Story Moves - Drama and Movement for all ages and abilities
FREE introductory evening and NEW inclusive Drama and Movement group starting in January 2012
Introduction to Story... Read more..
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| Keeping Warm
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It may be cold outside but NetBuddy tipsters have been busy preparing these winter warmers for you! NetBuddy have put together a list of keeping warm tips for people who... Read more..
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| Young People’s Engagement in Commissioning Services
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Derby City Council sometimes buys services for children and young people from other organisations, this is called commissioning and we would like to involve young people in helping... Read more..
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| Sharing the Knowledge - Derby Citizen leadership Course
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In January 2012 Derby will be the first authority in the region to deliver a leadership course for it’s citizens, Sharing the Knowledge.
The Sharing Knowledge course... Read more..
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| Exhibition for disabled artists
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Exhibition opportunity for artists who have physical and/or learning disabilities working with new technologies.
The National Centre for Craft & Design is the largest venue in... Read more..
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| Disability Swimming Club
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Just to let you all know the Derby Disabled Swimming Club is looking for new members.
Derby Dippers - Disabled Swimming Club. This swimming club is held every Sunday afternoon... Read more..
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| New Inclusive Yoga Class
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Starting Wednesday 7th December 10 – 11 am. £5 per person
INCLUSIVE YOGA
What Can it Do for You?
Increase Focus & Concentration
Develop Co-ordination... Read more..
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| Independence with Fairplay & Umbrella
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Fairplay’s Independent Living Group
As well as youth clubs, playschemes, youth forum and activity days, Fairplay runs an Independent Living Group for 16-25 year olds. ... Read more..
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| Sportsability Club are going swimming
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A new sportsability swimming session starts 10th January 2012
Tuesdays 6pm to 7pm at Queens Leisure Centre
Cost £2.00 a session
Limited places so please book early
To... Read more..
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| Your Life Your Choice Event
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Adult Social Care is changing in Derby...Come and find out what this means for you!
Tuesday 22 November 9.30am – 4.30pmAssembly Rooms, Market Place, Derby
Find out about Personal... Read more..
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| Umbrella's new INDE Project
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Calling all Young Disabled Adults in Derby and Southern Derbyshire
Umbrella have an exciting new support programme for young adults aged between 18-25 years old with low to moderate... Read more..
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| Derbyshire Police new 101 Non-emergency number
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Derbyshire police has launched a new telephone number which will make it easier for people to get in touch with the force about issues that do not need an emergency response. Now people... Read more..
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| Disability Sports Day
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A showcase of free “have a go” sport activities for people with disabilities, their family and friends Sunday 13 November. 10am - 4pm at West Park Leisure... Read more..
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| Gowrings Mobility Matters 2011 Roadshow
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RAF Museum, Cosford, Shifnal ,Shropshire, TF11 8UP 10am to 4pm Tues 8th Wed 9th Thurs 10th Nov 2011
FREE entry, FREE parking* and FREE refreshments* at RAF Museum, Cosford. ... Read more..
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| New inclusive theatre project
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Would you like to be part of a new, exciting theatre project in Derby? This project is aimed at young people aged 16-25 with moderate learning difficulties.Click here for a larger... Read more..
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| Discuss University Fees Event
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Young people in the city are being invited to a university fees debate at the University of Derby’s Kedleston Road Site, from 5.30pm to 8pm on 5 October (Wednesday).
The... Read more..
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| Open Day for Pace
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There is a new gym open for people with learning and physical disabilities! We are running: seated aerobics, box-excercise, young person’s circuit training and general gym sessions!... Read more..
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| Derby Feste
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Derby Festé 2011 kicks off this Friday 23 September at 7pm with a magical Fire Garden. Expect fire based installations like fiery trees and red hot flowers, live performances... Read more..
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| World Mental Health Week
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In the week commencing Monday 10th October 2011, Changing Minds is involved in four events celebrating the creativity of people with mental health issues, their carers, friends and... Read more..
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| Jobs Fair at Westfield
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Westfield Christmas Jobsfair to be held in Darwin Square (near Boots) on Wednesday 28th September between 9am – 6pm.
Employers attending are New Look, Debenhams,... Read more..
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| New Wheelchair Basketball season is here
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I’m am enourmously happy to be able to announce the start of the new seasons training - we have a few tweaks to the schedule this year which we will fill you all in on with... Read more..
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| Umbrella's T.E.A.M Project
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TEAM - Transition, Education and Mentoring.Umbrella have an exciting new service for disabled young adults aged between 18 to 25 years.
The T.E.A.M project aims to promote... Read more..
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| Job Club for deaf & hard of hearing
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Remploy are running a job club for deaf and hard of hearing people at Remploy, St Peters House, Gower Street, Derby, DE1 1SB.
There is a BSL interpreter every time and BSL access to... Read more..
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| Disability Sports
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Click here to view the latest Derbyshire Disability... Read more..
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| The Disability Syndicate Membership - Join us NOW
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Would you like to be a member of The Disability Syndicate?
We are a local User Led Organisation (ULO) that supports disabled people, helping them to live independently.
We provide free... Read more..
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| British Sign Language
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Do you want to learn a new language? Gain a new skill? Understand about the Deaf world, culture & community?
Arboretum Community Project is delighted to announce... Read more..
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| One step at a time
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A new 10 week course for people living with mental health problems.Aim of the course – To learn how to improve your physical and mental wellbeing by building confidence, sharing... Read more..
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| Healthy Living for Adults with Disabilities
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Ryder-Cheshire Volunteers are a well-established charity and have worked in the East Midlands for almost 25 years.
Our ethos has been to support those who have a disability and we... Read more..
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| Disabled people have rights
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Disabled people should enjoy the same rights as everybody - to live in the same streets, go to the same places and do the same things – but they are not always able to enjoy ordinary... Read more..
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| Free courses
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Parents and carers in Derbyshire are being urged to take advantage of a free online course with useful information about looking after a disabled child.
The KIDS e-learning programme... Read more..
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| Changes to Gold Cards from 1st August
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The national Gold Card scheme gives free off-peak bus travel to people over the age of 60 and certain groups of disabled people.
The Derby and Derbyshire scheme gives extra concessions... Read more..
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| WheelPower – British Wheelchair Sport
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First Stoke Mandeville Youth Sports Camp on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th November 2011
WheelPower - British Wheelchair Sport will be hosting a Youth Sports Camp at Stoke... Read more..
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| Courses for learners with learning difficulties & disabilities
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Derby Adult Learning Service run a number of courses designed for learners with learning difficulties.
Learn how to look after yourself and your home, build confidence through... Read more..
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| Dwarf Sports Association Disco
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Party like it’s the 1970s, for Dwarf Sports Association UK.
Raising funds for the UK Team, to go to the 6th World Dwarf Games in Michigan in 2013.
Disco, Food, Auction,... Read more..
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| Water Skiing for disabled people
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Come along and try water skiing with the British Disabled Water Ski Association!The BDWSA is holding its annual five day course at Church Wilne Water Sports Club, Draycott , Derbyshire... Read more..
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| Support Service for Visual Impairment - Family Activity & Information days
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Are you under 18 & have a visual impairment?
Come along & meet other families & young people with visual impairments & find out what’s out there for you in Derbyshire.... Read more..
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| Police Care Card
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Derbyshire Constabulary have set up a new police telephone number for people who have difficulty using the phone - limited verbal communication, low levels of confidence, difficulty... Read more..
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| Photographic Competition
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Mobility Choice and the Disabled Photographers’ Society have joined forces on a new photographic competition for disabled photographers all over the UK.
On the Move invites... Read more..
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| Mighty Team - My World Project
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Could you help us to change the world?
The Mighty Creatives are looking for a small group of young people, aged between 10 and 19, who want to be part of one of their Mighty... Read more..
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| Derby City Learning Disability Partnership Board
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The LDPB meets every 8 weeks and brings together people from health, housing, employment, advocacy and many other organisations to promote and champion the issues facing people with... Read more..
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| Disability Football
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Improve your confidence, skills and fitness by joining one of the many disability football clubs across Derbyshire.There are sessions in Derby, Wirksworth, Etwall, Chesterfield,... Read more..
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| Empower Derby
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Here is some exciting news about a new venture for Adults with Learning Disabilities in Derby.
We are delighted to inform you that we have been successful in... Read more..
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| Driving Experience for Young Disabled People
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Get Going – Live! All Day Driving Experience for Young Disabled People on Saturday 13th August 2011 10am - 5pm at The Launchpad, Donington Park, Derby DE74 2RP
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| Safe Places Scheme
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The Safe Places scheme is being officially launched in Derby on Wednesday 22nd June at the Westfield Shopping Centre!!!
The launch event will have a number of stalls run by local... Read more..
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| Flying with Aerobility
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Sportability, a registered charity, provides sport and challenging pursuits for people with paralysis around the UK. People with conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, MS and... Read more..
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| Looking good!
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Members of the Stuffed Guru Forum (the Enable Project’s Youth Forum) have been working on some new designs for the project’s logos. Thanks to their fantastic ideas... Read more..
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| Autism Friendly Films
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Dimensions have teamed up with ODEON to host an autism friendly screening of Mr Popper’s Penguins in cinemas across the country.
When’s the film on?
The screenings... Read more..
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| Disability SnowSport
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Disability SnowSport at The SnowDome in Tamworth Staffordshire caters for any disability including sensory impairment, learning difficulties or physical disabilities. ... Read more..
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| Inspiring Derby
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From Monday 27th June - Sunday 3rd July you can take part in a choice of over 100 events in Derby. The programme is packed full of interesting, exciting and fun activities. ... Read more..
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| Derbyshire Libraries Wellbeing Project
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Reading, listening to books or taking part in a creative writing workshop is not only a great pleasure but can be beneficial to individual health and wellbeing.
For the past... Read more..
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| Share your top tips!
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Have you got a top tip to share? NetBuddy is a great website full of tips for supporting people with learning disabilities...from those who know!
Learn from the experiences... Read more..
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| Opportunity for disabled young adults in Amber Valley
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Umbrella are running a a new Young Adults Service mid June 2011. The project is for disabled young adults from the Amber... Read more..
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| Luv2MeetU Special Offer
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Luv2MeetU is a friendship and dating service for adults with learning disabilities in North East Derbyshire. The aim of the project is to support adults with learning disabilities... Read more..
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| Interactive holiday guide for people with learning disabilities
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Planning a holiday that will suit the whole family’s needs can be difficult at the best of times, but planning for someone with learning disabilities adds extra considerations.Will... Read more..
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| Do you know any footballers with Cerebral Palsy?
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Following a challenging but extremely encouraging development season, the Notts FA is looking to add new players to it’s squad to represent the East Midlands in the National... Read more..
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| Taking Control
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Check out this great article about Matthew and what he’s been doing since beginning Direct Payments.....
Click on the image to view the... Read more..
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| The SPACE has moved
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The SPACE has moved into the Derby Connexions Centre and is now called The SPACE @ Connexions. All the services from The SPACE remain the same and the opening hours have been... Read more..
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| Looking for somewhere different to go?
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Within Reach Limited is a not for profit company based on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border. They run social inclusion services, including accompanied holidays,... Read more..
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| Social Night
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I have just heard about a great club for adults with learning disabilities.
The Social Night at Hackett’s Bar in Belper runs the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 7-10pm. ... Read more..
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| New Autism Services Directory
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The Autism Services Directory is an online service provided by The National Autistic Society (NAS). It is a UK-wide database of diagnostic services, schools, support groups, training... Read more..
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| Fairplay Independent Living Group
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Fairplay’s Independent Living Group is aimed at young people aged between 16-25 years with disabilities and additional needs and focuses on developing essential life skills to... Read more..
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| New mental health helpline
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Straightforward mental health support for people who needs ANY INFORMATION no matter what it is!
Starts Monday 21st of March at DDCIL (formerly Derbyshire Coalition for Inclusive Living)... Read more..
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| Looking for Work?
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Netbuddy is putting the spotlight on a subject they feel extremely strongly about, with their new info pack on jobs and training opportunities for people with learning disabilities.... Read more..
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| Scope launches new online forum for young people
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Meeting Point is a new online conversation space hosted by Scope.
It has been created in response to an increase in the number of calls the charity’s helpline has been receiving... Read more..
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| b_line stars
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2 members of our Stuffed Guru Forum were recently interviewed for the b_line magazine- a magazine for young people in Derby and Derbyshire.
Ruth and Georgie were interviewed about... Read more..
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| News from Askability
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Check out Askability - a website that says it with pictures and provides disabled children access to news, film, sport, music reviews and other fun stuff.
Askability helps children... Read more..
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| The Buzz
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New website for deaf young people - The Buzz
Make new friends, play games and find out what’s going on in your area.
The site is accessible to 8-18 year olds, for... Read more..
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| GO-LD!
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The GO-LD drop-in service is on the move from Saturday 13th November. GO-LD will be moving to: 4 Wilson Street (Derby City Centre)
GO-LD stands for Go Learning Disabilities,... Read more..
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| Friendship First
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Friendship First is a new project and is being offered to people in the Chesterfield and Peaks and Dales area.
We know that friendships are very important to people... Read more..
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| Love it or hate it?
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What do you think of The Stuff? We need your views so we can make sure the website is helpful for you. Please let us know any feedback (good or bad!) click here to let me... Read more..
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| Congratulations!
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Well done to Dan who was the winner in our prize draw for completing feedback on the Enable Project.
Dan won a £25 voucher... Read more..
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| Launch!
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The Stuff is here! Our new website launched at the beginning of May 2010.I hope that you find the website useful for finding out where to go and what to do, and have fun chatting... Read more..
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