1. #SpeakUp - grants available to help local voices be heard

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    Healthwatch Sheffield have launched #SpeakUp Grants aimed at local groups to enable them to run projects that help local people share their experiences of health and care services in Sheffield.

  2. Follow up from our ‘Not Equal: The experiences of Deaf people accessing health and social care in Sheffield’ report

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    On Tuesday 23rd January 2018, Healthwatch Sheffield’s Chief Officer, Margaret Kilner, appeared on BBC Radio Sheffield’s Breakfast Show to be interviewed by Toby Foster about our recent work.

  3. Not Equal: Our Next Workshops

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    Come to our workshops to hear health and social care professionals respond to recommendations raised in our report Not Equal: the experiences of Deaf people accessing health and social care services in Sheffield

  4. Our #SpeakUp Small Grants

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    We have announced the successful recipients of our first round of #SpeakUp grants, a scheme which helps voluntary and community groups to find out what local people think about their health and social care services.

  5. Select committee calls for submissions on LGBT healthcare

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    The Government’s recent survey of 108,000 LGBT people found that many had difficulties accessing health services, some had experienced inappropriate questioning from healthcare staff, and that many feel their specific needs are not taken into account

  6. Improving physical health for people with severe mental illness, learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder

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    A new project has begun to see what we can collectively to do to improve the health of people in Sheffield with severe mental illness, learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder.

  7. Applications to #SpeakUp Small Grants Scheme open on 19th December!

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    Do you have an idea that could help improve health and care for your community?

  8. VCF Forum: Ready…Set…Engage!

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    For our final voluntary, community and faith (VCF) sector forum of 2018, we will be focusing on the important area of engagement within the health and social care sphere.

  9. Not equal: The experiences of Deaf people accessing health and social care in Sheffield

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    This report provides a snapshot of the barriers Deaf people experience in using health and social care services in Sheffield. It sets out many of the issues we've heard, and what we're asking commissioners and service providers to do in response.

  10. #SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - Zest

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    The Health Team at Zest work closely with Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) women and had been made aware of a number of issues in relation to how and why the women access GPs and other health services.

  11. #SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - City of Sanctuary Sheffield

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    City of Sanctuary Sheffield used our Speak Up grant to run two health events for asylum seekers and refugees in Sheffield in May 2018, to listen to their experiences of local health services.

  12. #SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - Shipshape

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    Shipshape is a community health organisation based in Sharrow. They offer a range of one-to-one and group health and wellbeing services. Shipshape received a grant to gather the views and experiences from people who are supported by their services.

  13. #SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - DAWS Community Gym

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    Disability Awareness with Sport (DAWS) runs DAWS Community Gym in Hackentorpe. They support people with disabilities to improve their health and wellbeing, and wanted to better understand their clients’ experiences of health services.

  14. #SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - Foxhill Forum

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    Foxhill Forum used their #SpeakUp Small Grant to engage with their community at Foxhill and Parsons Cross and ask about their experience of accessing health and social care provision.

  15. #SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - Sheffield Chinese Community Centre

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    The Sheffield Chinese Community Centre used their #SpeakUp grant to conduct surveys, interviews, workshops and a focus group meeting with Chinese members to obtain feedback about their experiences and views on local health and social services.

  16. #SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - The Link Community

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    The Link Community is a community hub based in South East Sheffield. They run a nearly new shop and delivers other activities and services to support local people. They used their #SpeakUp grant to talk to local residents about their experiences.

  17. #SpeakUp small grants 2017-18 - Summary Report

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    2017-18 was the first year of our #SpeakUp small grants scheme. We awarded funding to 11 local groups, enabling them to work with their communities to talk about health and social care services. Here we summarise the findings of these reports.

  18. Mental Health and Me – The Unspoken Taboo in the Black Community

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    There are a multitude of ways mental health support and race are related – with differences in rates of mental health diagnosis, access to the treatment, experience of treatment and outcomes.

  19. BSL video - Not equal: The experiences of Deaf people accessing health and social care services in Sheffield

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    In January 2018, we published our report ‘Not Equal: The experiences of Deaf people accessing health and social care services in Sheffield’. This is the British Sign Language version of the report.