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The Yorkshire & Humber Big Health Event

The Big Health Day is a day for everyone involved in health services in Yorkshire & Humber to share information and good ways of working to make sure ...

Advocacy Sparks Project- a chance for your group to get a grant of £1000!!

Inclusion North have made available 10 grants of £1000 each for Speakup to give to 10 groups in the Yorkshire and Humber Region to put into projects t...

Big Picture Event

A chance to ask big questions about the changes around us

What’s it all about?
There are lots of things happening – like new pol...

Health Check Meeting 10th March, 10-2pm The Showroom, Sheffield

This meeting will give you a way to:
- Find out what happened at the Big Health
Day

- Hear about the Healthy Ambitio...

Clinical Evaluation of the Directed Enhanced Service in Yorkshire and Humber - Report

Speakup and Sheffield Hallam University were commissioned by the Healthy Ambitions Programme Board to undertake an evaluation of the clinical directed...

Belly Ache

Speakup has produced an accessible DVD for people with learning disabilities about Gastrointestinal Cancer called “Belly Ache”. This is a kind of Canc...

Right to Choose Website

Speakup has produced an accessible DVD for people with learning disabilities about parenting. People with learning disabilities miss out on a lot of t...

NHS White Paper, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS

The NHS White Paper, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS, sets out the Government's long-term vision for the future of the NHS. The vision buil...

Implementing 'Fulfilling and rewarding lives': consultation for statutory guidance for local authorities and NHS organisations to support implementation of the autism strategy

This consultation seeks views on the draft guidance to health and social care services. The guidance has been drafted to support the implementation of...

Expert Associate - Health Ambitions

Expert Associate – Healthy Ambitions
Inclusion North are looking for Expert Associate Panel Members

The panel members main job i...

DES Audit

Speakup Self Advocacy and Sheffield Hallam University have been commissioned by the Healthy Ambitions Programme Board to conduct and Audit of the Dire...

19th April 2010 Mental health and criminal justice should come together with caution, says new report

Health and justice services are working more closely together than ever, but with mixed results for the people who find themselves subject to both of ...

Right To Choose

Speakup have been producing an accessible DVD for people with learning disabilities about parenting. People with learning disabilities miss out on a l...

9th March 2010: Get involved in a Government consultation paper

The Government’s consultation paper on families and relationships, ‘Support for All’ was published on 20 January and sets out a wide range of measures...

2nd March 2010: One in three admit to avoiding people with dementia - Over half say they don’t know how to help

One in three (32 per cent) people are uncomfortable around people with dementia according to new research. Care Services Minister Phil Hope (pictured ...

24th February 2010: Doncaster Personal Health Budgets Pilot


Doncaster is one of twenty sites across England which has been selected to participate in a Department of Health national study to explore the...

27 January 2010: Healthcare for people with learning disabilities: recommendations of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

The Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman's Report, Six Lives, highlighted failings in health and social care services that led to premature and...

Health Check Meeting

The next Health Check Meeting for people with learning disabilities across Yorkshire and Humber is on the 30th of March.

If you would l...

Valuing People Now- one year on!


Valuing People Now was launched on 19th January 2009. In the past year we have seen good progress in a number of areas.

Anne W...

Valuing People - commissioning and delivery of specialist learning disability health services.

This event will see the launch of a 12 month programme of work to support regional progress in this area. The first event will have a focus on assess...

Change Parents Network

Change have set up a Parents Network. The Parents’ Network is here for you!
Join the Parents’ Network and link with other parents.
Have...

Keeping Children Happy

A new partnership has been made to support families in a new and very different way. Speakup, Steps and Maltby's Stepping Stones Childrens Centre (use...

Right to Choose

Speakup is producing an accessible DVD for people with learning disabilities about parenting. People with learning disabilities miss out on a lot of t...

Belly Ache - we need your help

Speakup is producing an accessible DVD for people with learning disabilities about Gastrointestinal Cancer called "Belly Ache". This is a kind of Canc...

‘My Health’ Training

Speakup are training health care workers as part of the ‘My Health’ training along with Sheffield Hallam University. Health care workers could be your...

Swine Flu

The Department of Health has produced an easy read booklet telling you about ‘swine flu’.
The booklet tells you how you can tell if you have go...