Macmillan Coffee Afternoon

You are invited to join SIL colleagues and service users for an afternoon of tea, coffee and cake in support of Macmillan.

There will be a cake competition for the Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood’s amongst us but for those less culinary-ly equipped an opportunity to partake of a slice or two.

All proceeds will go to Macmillan.

Thursday 29th September 2022, 1 – 3pm at SIL, 1 Owen Way, Leominster

Herefordshire Disability United

Herefordshire Disability United (HDU) is run by people with disabilities, for people with disabilities.

It’s committee come from a broad variety of backgrounds with a wide range of experiences and skills, intent on improving life within the county.

Herefordshire Disability United is a voice for disabled people and provides an opportunity to speak out on local and national disability issues.

These could be concerns about:

  • Education
  • Employment
  • Transport
  • The Delivery of Social and Health Services
  • The Built Environment
  • Housing
  • Independent Living
  • Information
  • Economic Independence

THIS ORGANISATION CAN BE YOUR WAY OF GETTING YOUR VOICE HEARD ON THINGS THAT MATTER TO YOU!

Disability Networks are working in many districts throughout the country, and make a huge difference for people within their communities by influencing the development of services. They are independent and develop their own agenda. By working together in this way, people with disabilities can have an impact.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? – GET INVOLVED – MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Call the Chair on 07817 473813 or email: chair@herefordshiredisabilityunited.org.uk


Events

What’s the connection? Friday 14th October

Meet Hilary Hall, new Director of Adult Social Care. What are her concerns for those with disabilities and their family/carers

What is the link between Community Hubs and the services we need

New MY Health and Wellbeing Portal. What is linking the NHS and us. How to use it!

Ask Questions. Have you say

To book Click on the link above

Thinking Outside the (Tick) box

The UK’s first user-led involvement conference

Come along to the Shaping Our Lives conference on 1st November, an opportunity for marginalised groups to come together and share their thoughts about how we can use our lived experience to make services better, for everyone.

Join online or in Birmingham to hear from speakers about their intersectional experiences as service users. Topics covered will include food poverty, single-parenthood and homelessness. Hear from speakers about their experiences of involvement as a service user from the Muslim, LGBTQ+, Disabled, South Asian and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

There will be lunch and refreshments provided, travel bursaries available for those wanting to attend in person, and there will be BSL interpreters and captioning available.

It promises to be a day of discussions and diversity, an event of open-mindedness and willingness to share and learn from each other.

Book your free place now: https://bit.ly/3QNjeXs,  or email hello@shapingourlives.org.uk

For more information about Shaping Our Lives go to: https://shapingourlives.org.uk/