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In this bulletin you will hear about some of thework Inclusion North is doing and informationabout what is happening across the country.
Find Inclusion North on Facebook and Twitter
You can find out more about all the work we are doingby following us on Facebook and twitter at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/InclusionNorth
Twitter: @InclusionNorth
Together North East Festival
Together North East on 27th June is the first ever bigaccessible festival in the region run by and for people withlearning disabilities.
There are lots of exciting things going on, to see theprogramme click herehttp://bit.ly/TogetherNEProgramme
There is also up to date information on our website with amaphttp://bit.ly/TogetherNorthEast
There will be updates on Twitter with the hashtag
#TogetherNorthEast
And you can see the festival’s Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/TogetherNorthEastfestival
Inclusion North BulletinIssue Number 93
June 16th 2015
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Care Act Workshops
Would you like to know more about the Care Act 2014?
Are you interested in having some workshops in your
area?
The Care Act 2014 came into force in England in April
2015 and Inclusion North have been running some
workshops.
The workshops have been a fantastic opportunity to raise
people’s awareness and under standing of the changes that
the Care Act will bring.
If you are from an Inclusion North member area and would
like to find out more then please contact a member of the
team who would be happy to discuss the opportunity of
running some workshops in your local area.
You can find out which areas are members at the end of
this bulletin.
This is what people who have been to a workshop said:
‘’The information was very accessible and the pace was
inclusive’’
‘’It gave a clear understanding about the changes that the
Care Act brings’’
‘’The whole session was a good overview of a new Care
Act’’
For more information contact Sam Clark on
or call
0113 2444792
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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Inclusion North Members Day
Hold the date!
An important day for all Inclusion North members.
On 27th November we will be holding a members day for
reps from each member area. The day will be for people
with learning disabilities, family members, commissioners
and for people who provide support.
On the day we will be sharing the best ways of working andideas for keeping good work going in the future.
We will be in touch very soon with more detail but we
wanted to make sure you had this date in your diary.
The NICE guidelines: Challenging behaviour andlearning disabilities
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence havereleased new guidelines for prevention and interventionsfor people whose behaviour challenges.
You can see the guidance herehttp://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng11
There is an EasyRead version that you can see here
http://bit.ly/1cPXZAK
or you can download the EasyRead from NICE’s website at
http://bit.ly/1JKum27
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New National Freephone Support for FamilyCarers
The Family Carer Support Service (FCSS) is now offering aFreephone service for family carers of people with learning
disabilities.
The support service is run by HFT and will offer free
telephone support, including from mobiles to make sure
that family carers have good access to information.
Support can be accessed using The Big Word telephone
translation service which is for people who don’t speak
English.
Support provided by the Freephone service includes
helping family carers know their rights, understand the law,
how to navigate health and social care systems and
challenge decisions.
For family carers who are looking for support, the
Freephone number is
0808 801 0448
You can call this between 8.30am and 4.30pm on
weekdays.
You can get E-mail support by contacting
For more information about this, visit
www.hft.org.uk/familycarersupport.
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The Care Act – Supporting Carers
Rhiannon Gale of HFT has written an article about TheCare Act and the lifelong role as a family carer, which was
recently published in Able Magazine.
You can read the article here http://bit.ly/1e8Cpc8
An Open Letter to Professionals from DarlingtonLearning Impairment Network
The Darlington Learning Impairment Network believes thatthe words people use to describe people is reallyimportant.
They think that if professionals can’t change the words theyuse how can they be trusted to make the big changes thatwill improve the lives of disabled people.
They have written an open letter to professionals askingthem to think about the language they use.
You can see the letter here http://bit.ly/1JOdbLA
Progress For Providers with Tim Whaley
This year the annual Progress for Providers event will
have a specific focus on the Mental Capacity Act and
information sharing between organisations.
There will still be lots of opportunity to network with other
providers and share your own experiences.
Tim Whaley from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust willbe there as the expert speaker on the Mental Capacity Act.
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The event is on
18th June
from
9.30am to 12.30pm
You can see the booking form with more information here
http://bit.ly/1SaVZD9
Sing it, Move it, Sign it!
York-based Accessible Arts and Media will be celebrating
their 33rd birthday, with a gig featuring performances by
MiXiT, Hands & Voices and Chilli BON BON!
This will be on
Friday 26th June
at New Earswick Bowls Club in York.
You can see the press release here http://bit.ly/1JMoZ0R
If you want more information contact
01904 626965
or email
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Blue Flamenco at International Youth ArtsFestival
Blue Flamenco are a Finnish dance school for people with
learning disabilities.
Their flamenco group called "Megafon" is coming to UK to
perform at International Youth Arts Festival in Kingston this
July.
They will perform an original dance piece about differentemotions and their meanings to our dancers' lives.
Their performances are on 8th of July
at 2pm-3pm and 6pm-7pm.
You can see Blue Flamenco’s Facebook page at
http://on.fb.me/1L59mn9
And here is Megafon's facebook page:
http://on.fb.me/1Fd6Ti9
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What is coming up next at Inclusion North
27th June Together North East festival
8th July Self-Advocacy Supporters Network - York
4th September Yorkshire & Humber Lead Officers
7th September South Tees Provider Forum
8th September IHAL (Improving Health and Lives)
10th September Yorkshire & Humber Family Carers
If you would like to know more about any of these events
contact Claire or Marie on 0113 244 4792
If you would like any information on any of ourmeetings, training or projects you can contact theoffice on:
Tel: 0113 244 4792
E-mail: [email protected]
Or you can write to us at:Inclusion North CICWoodhouse Community Centre197 Woodhouse StreetLeeds, LS6 2NY
You can visit our website at:www.inclusionnorth.org
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Or you can contact any member of the Inclusion Northteam:
Samantha Clark
Tel: 07823 536 603Email: [email protected]
Scott CunninghamTel: 07767 776 125Email: [email protected]
Kellie Woodley
Tel: 07876 145 390
Email: [email protected]
Lucy VirgoTel: 07944 185771
Email: [email protected]
Angela Ellis
Tel: 07487 729237
Email: [email protected]
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Inclusion North Member Areas 2015-16
If you live in one of these areas you can come to our
member events.
Yorkshire and the HumberBarnsleyBradfordDoncasterHullLeeds
North LincolnshireNorth YorkshireSheffieldWakefieldYork
North EastDarlingtonDurhamGatesheadHartlepoolMiddlesbroughNewcastleNorth Tyneside
NorthumberlandRedcar and ClevelandSouth TynesideStocktonSunderland