Help to Help Yourself Looking for information and support in Somerset? https://youtu.be/2QNeGlGDSkU Help to Help Yourself is a project that is currently being delivered jointly by Somerset County Council, the Clinical Commissioning Group and the Voluntary and Community sector. The project’s vision is to ensure that people have clear and… Read More »Help2Help Yourself
Guest blog: Heather Beckey – Caring during COVID Hi. My name is Heather and I am a micro carer in the Yeovil area. At the moment, I am mainly looking after the elderly, and I have worked all the way through the pandemic. My main challenge was making sure that… Read More »Guest Blog: Heather Beckey – Caring during COVID
COVID Confident Communities Are you worried about meeting in groups again now that COVID-19 restrictions have eased? A new ‘COVID Confident Communities’ booklet has been produced by Spark Somerset with support from Somerset Community Foundation and Diversity Voice to ease any worries about returning to face-to-face community activities. This can… Read More »Covid Confident Communities
Accessibility audits What is accessibility and why do we need accessibility audits? Accessibility is a term which people use to mean that everyone can use something, no matter what their individual needs. As you can imagine, this means that a lot of work has to go into making sure that… Read More »Accessibility audits
Carers Week 2021 – Caring during COVID We are holding a series of online drop-in sessions as Somerset Disability Engagement Service, starting this Friday 11th at 11am. We would love to see you there if you are a carer or have a disability of any kind. Email somerset@disabilityengagement.services for more details.… Read More »Carers Week: Guest blog by Pam McIntosh
Volunteers’ Week 2021 – Celebrating Volunteers Many organisations across the UK rely on volunteers to keep them going, whether they are national, regional or local groups. Volunteers’ Week was set up to say a big ‘thank you’ to all those people who give their time and energy to support a… Read More »Volunteers’ Week 1st-7th June 2021 – Celebrating Volunteers
Parent and Carer SEND Interviews Somerset County Council is looking to interview parents and carers of children and young people with SEND (special education needs and/or disabilities) age 0-25. They are wanting to conduct 60-minute interviews with parents or carers who also have disabilities or learning difficulties themselves. This interview… Read More »Parent and Carer SEND Interviews
Partnership and engagement The Somerset Disability Engagement Service (SDES) has had a productive start to the service. We initially spent some time identifying as many organisations, charities, support and local groups within the Somerset region that we could invite to get involved with our project. We have been able to… Read More »Partnership and engagement
New Somerset Disability Engagement Service A new service, launching this week, aims to make it easier for people with disabilities in Somerset to make their voices heard. The Somerset Disability Engagement Service, run by AJM Healthcare, will work with Somerset County Council to deliver its engagement and consultation with disabled… Read More »New Somerset Disability Engagement Service
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