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A local peer support group is celebrating the completion of a unique appointment card to help people with learning disabilities attend their health and care appointments, with the aid of a grant from Healthwatch Doncaster. -
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Representing the voices of people with Learning Disabilities around their experiences at the Dentists. -
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Members of ChAD and Rossington Smile held several meetings to discuss scenarios which can be used to show people what could occur through social media. -
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Catch up with the latest news and updates from Speakup and their advocates. -
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Catch up with the latest news and updates from Speakup and their advocates. -
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An NHS governor is flying the flag for people with learning disabilities by using his own knowledge and lived experience to improve the lives of people living with the condition. -
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NHS South Yorkshire is working with Barnsley Council and local health and social care partners to help build a new All-Age Autism Strategy for the next five years and are seeking the views and experiences of children and adults with autism, parents, carers and experts in the town.
Members of the public are invited to attend the first in a series of drop-in events to help develop new, long-term plans for supporting people with autism of all ages in Barnsley. -
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Find out what support is available to help you travel to your hospital appointments. -
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Community groups in Doncaster can team up to apply for a maximum amount of £1,000 during Healthwatch Doncaster’s annual micro-grant scheme that launched this week. -
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Healthwatch Doncaster update to the NHS Doncaster CCG's Engagement and Experience Committee (EEC) -
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Healthwatch Doncaster designed and delivered an engagement campaign aimed at older people, adults, children and families who attend Doncaster Town Cricket Club. The campaign was co-designed and delivered with Doncaster Town Cricket Club. -
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YMCA Business Administration Apprentice, 19-year-old Elle Rochelle Smith from Doncaster, has been recognised for her outstanding achievement at Healthwatch Doncaster – an independent organisation, which shapes health and social care services -
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Wheelchair users in Doncaster are being encouraged to join a forum jointly created by Healthwatch Doncaster and Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDASH) to gather feedback on their experiences to advance services -
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Conversations around health and social care can be discussed in a range of innovative ways, and that’s why Healthwatch Doncaster has launched its micro-grant scheme for local groups to apply for £500 to help engage, inform and influence -
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From an Apprentice to Business Support Officer in under two years, Emily Green was celebrated as YMCA Training’s Apprentice of The Year, and in a double swoop, the organisation was named as Employer Of The Year at an awards ceremony last Friday -
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Trans Mission is an award-winning support group for Trans and Gender Variant people. The voluntary & community sector organisation will be opening its doors within the Borough this month -
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B:Friend created an interactive mobile application to be used by befriending volunteers across Doncaster offering reference material, check-in functionality and media gathering tool -
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The Micro-grant intended to allow b:friend to visit some of the hardest to reach individuals and gain insight to their experiences of community, health and support them to further engage -
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Doncaster Central Learning Centre (DCLC) delivered six health conversation workshops targeting a small group of Black Minority Ethnic older people.
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The aim of the project is to deliver six sewing workshops (workshops targeting a small group of Black Minority Ethnic older people), delivering health conversations around the topic of social prescribing in Doncaster.
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Dig It are looking to promote a sustainable future for the community allotment in Denaby ensuring that the benefits of allotment gardening are recognised. -
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Joint event with The LADDER Group and Young Healthwatch Doncaster celebrating and encouraging young people to have a voice about services they use in Doncaster -
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The micro grant supported DonMentia to purchase merchandise and fund printing that informs the community through events of the support that is available for people affected by Dementia. -
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Your local Healthwatch wants to hear from children and young people who have something to say about the health and social care services that they use -
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A Doncaster researcher is making a call out to people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities across the UK to get more involved in research -
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The purpose of the group was to continue an existing exercise class. Some who attend the class have experienced social isolation and this was their way of getting out and meeting new friends. -
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The micro-grant was used to hold an event to get people talking about World Mental Health day. The event included speakers, stalls for therapists, panel discussion and Mental Health Practitioners to exhibit their services. -
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My Network for Women celebrated World Mental Health Day by organising a one day event comprising of stalls, speakers, demonstrations, workshops, refreshments and lunch. Various meetings were held prior with committee members. -
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The purpose of the session was to get people together and have a good time at a Vintage Tea Party where they can interact with others, play musical bingo, do a quiz and be served copious amounts of sandwiches, cakes and tea.
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We arranged for Aspiring2 to come and deliver one of their wonderful Vintage Tea Parties, the event was advertised locally and our minibus was kept free that afternoon to enable us to collect anyone who could not get here themselves -
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‘A cuppa with…’ - these sessions were aimed at health and social care providers to share information about that service and answer the questions of the visually impaired participants -
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The purpose of the project was to encourage ‘non-techie’ people with a visually impairment to try using an Amazon Echo to see if Alexa would be useful in their daily lives. This would also help towards reducing some peoples’ social isolation. -
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The purpose of the Complementary Therapies was to help encourage relaxation amongst group members seeking support to help deal with the stresses and strains of managing a loved one’s substance misuse addiction. -
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Our Ambassadors represent local people in Doncaster who are part of seldom heard communities - people who struggle to have their voices heard. -
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Local Healthwatch launches daily online sessions to support people during Covid-19 pandemic -
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Research undertaken for the Care Quality Commission as part of their year-long “Declare Your Care” campaign has revealed those from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background are less likely than those from a non-BME background to raise concerns -
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Healthwatch Doncaster update to the NHS Doncaster CCG's Engagement and Experience Committee (EEC) in April 2018 -
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Healthwatch Doncaster update to the NHS Doncaster CCG's Engagement and Experience Committee (EEC) in June 2018 -
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Healthwatch Doncaster update to the NHS Doncaster CCG's Engagement and Experience Committee (EEC) -
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Healthwatch Doncaster are sponsoring one of the Star awards this year’s event – the Volunteer of the Year award and Healthwatch Doncaster are included in 2 of the shortlisted projects for the Collaboration and Partnership Award -
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Healthwatch Doncaster update to the NHS Doncaster CCG's Engagement and Experience Committee (EEC) -
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Healthwatch Doncaster update to the NHS Doncaster CCG's Engagement and Experience Committee (EEC) -
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Healthwatch Doncaster update to the NHS Doncaster CCG's Engagement and Experience Committee (EEC) -
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Healthwatch Doncaster update to the NHS Doncaster CCG's Engagement and Experience Committee (EEC) -
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Households across Doncaster will soon be asked to take part in Census 2021 -
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The Doncaster Keeping Safe Forum is a friendly, approachable community forum that anyone in Doncaster can join and meet every month. -
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The Doncaster Keeping Safe Forum is a friendly, approachable community forum that anyone in Doncaster can join and meet every month. -
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The Doncaster Keeping Safe Forum is a friendly, approachable community forum that anyone in Doncaster can join and meet every month. -
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The Doncaster Keeping Safe Forum is a friendly, approachable community forum that anyone in Doncaster can join and meet every month. -
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The Doncaster Keeping Safe Forum is a friendly, approachable community forum that anyone in Doncaster can join and meet every month.