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January 2021
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Happy New Year to you all. Our first ebulletin of the year still has some important information about flu, and a reminder to get your FREE flu jab if you haven’t already had it. Nobody likes starting off a new year with an illness, and prevention is always better than cure.
There are lots of rumours and fake news about taking the flu vaccine. NHS England have made a video about it. Watch it on Disability Partnership Calderdale’s website. Highlight, right click and open hyperlink.
https://disabilitypartnershipcalderdale.org/2020/11/26/flu-vaccination-why-you-must-ignore-fake-news/
Vaccines are the most effective way of preventing people from getting serious infectious diseases.
Watch Deputy Chief Medical Officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam explain.
Completely-accessible-information PHE_Flu_easy_read_adult_flu_leaflet.pdf Easy_read_childhood_nasal_flu_leaflet.pdf
If you are someone with a #learningdisability, have #diabetes and use insulin. It’s important to monitor your sugar levels. You can get a Flash monitor. It comes with a sensor and you can get an app to download to your phone https://freestylediabetes.co.uk/easyread
NDTi are one of the partners on a new research study exploring people with learning disabilities’ experiences of the coronavirus pandemic. The online survey for family carers and support workers of people with learning disabilities who could not take part in an interview with a researcher themselves is now live here: https://cutt.ly/EjgmHjl
https://twitter.com/i/status/1336715033783504896
Find out more about vaccines https://crowd.in/
The Pennine Beast Screening Unit are holding awareness sessions for carers. The sessions are online or a face to face event. Breast cancer risk factors Signs and changes to look for Breast health awareness The breast screening programme For further info, contact the Pennine Breast Screening Unit. Email: [email protected] Tel: 07966133267
Don’t forget to go for your Annual Health Check.
If you have an appointment it is really important that you attend
so that your doctor or health care professional can check your
weight and blood pressure, talk to you about staying well and
make sure that any health conditions are being properly
monitored. You can talk to your doctor or health care
professional about anything which is worrying you.
To look at an easy read guide to Annual Health Checks and Health Action Plans,
highlight and open hyperlink here
Cook Together, Share Together
Do you have learning disabilities and live in Calderdale?
Do you want to learn new cooking skills and learn about healthy eating?
Do you want support around your health and wellbeing?
We are doing some cooking sessions on zoom (we will help you to access the
technology and can provide you with a tablet).
We will help you to understand cooking on a budget and will support you to make
easy, healthy one-pot meals using a slow-cooker.
Contact Lead the Way on 0300 012 0416
Email: [email protected]
Don’t forget Mencap’s free seminars for parents and carers of people with a learning disability. To see further details or book a place, highlight and right click on
the link and open hyperlink.
https://www.mencap.org.uk/willsandtrusts/events
Inclusion North are running 2 day sessions on human rights during 2021. These workshops are designed for people with learning disabilities, autism and family carers. To find out when the next workshops take place and for further information, right click on and open hyperlink.
https://inclusionnorth.org/inclusion-norths-human-rights-workshops-2021/
ACDAF - Accessible Calderdale Disability Access Forum is a group who aim to improve access and inclusion for all people who live, work, study and visit Calderdale. They meet regularly online and are involved in: Working Groups, eg transport amongst others Consultations, to have your say and be heard Local planning, to influence change
To join the group, or for more info, contact Lorraine Beilley:
Family Voice Calderdale are holding their annual conference on Thursday 4th Feb 10.15—12.30 via zoom. This is a conference for parent carers of children and young people with disabilities or
additional needs, and the practitioners who work with them. Visit their website by right clicking below. https://www.uniqueways.org.uk/
To book, right click and open hyperlink below. https://fvcconf21.eventbrite.co.uk
Lead the Way are still working, although this is from home, and are still taking
referrals. If you would like to make a referral to our service, or would like more
information about what we do, please give Lead the Way a ring on
0300 012 0416
We are now running virtual sessions: Movie
nights, arts/crafts, cooking, wellbeing checks.
Please phone for more information.
Are you a service provider? Are you having any team meetings which we could be
involved in, and to share the work we are doing? Please call us on 0300 012 0416.
If you would like to share your story, your service, or any information
with us, please email:
Date for your diary: Thursday 4th March 2021 10-12—The Learning Disabilities Partnership Board meeting. This will be a virtual meeting via zoom.
Easy-read information—Follow the links below
Inclusion North Coronavirus Guidance
https://inclusionnorth.org/coronavirus-easy-read-information/
Learning Disability England information
https://www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/easy-read-information/
Annual Health Check
https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/2016-06/Annual_health_checks_Easy_Read_1.pdf
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