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Consultation: Targeted short breaks for children with disabilities
Bristol City Council has a statutory responsibility to provide a range of short breaks (previously known as respite).
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Consultation: Personal Health Budgets
A personal health budget is an amount of money to support someone’s health and wellbeing needs, which is planned and agreed between them and their local NHS team.
Have your say about healthy lifestyle and wellbeing services in South Gloucestershire
Do you look after a friend, spouse, child or relative with an illness or disability? If so, you are an unpaid carer.
Bristol Parent Carers – The New World of SEN Participation Event
The New World of SEN Participation Event | Tuesday 26 June
Organised by Bristol Parent Carers
Looking at the support required by your child/young person (0-25) with special educational needs / disabilities
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Healthwatch Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Survey
Healthwatch would like to know about waiting times, standard of support and services, as well as ongoing support across the Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and B&NES areas.
The survey is open until 30 April and can be filled out online here: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/J89P5WR
The findings, comments and themes will be taken forward by Healthwatch Bristol to a meeting with senior CAMHS managers in May
Consultation: Bristol City Centre Framework
Bristol City Council has drafted a City Centre Framework document for consultation. The Framework sets out aspirations for how people access and move around the city centre. It also covers new development and enhancing public spaces, with a focus on Bristol Shopping Quarter, Old City, Castle Park, North Redcliffe and the gateway into the city from the M32.
Pop-up exhibitions to raise awareness of the consultation are planned as follows:
- 20 April – St Nicholas Night Market, St Nicholas Market, Glass Arcade, Corn Street 2pm to 5pm
- 23 April – Citizen Service Point, 100 Temple Street 10am to 1pm
- 28 April – Junction 3 Library, Baptist Mills Court, Easton 3.30pm to 6.30pm
- 3 May – Central Library foyer, Deanery Road (TBC)
Learn more about the consultation here.
Healthwatch Bristol Impact Report from Carers Rights Day
Healthwatch Bristol’s has launched a report following on from discussions with carers at the Carers Rights Day that we held in Fishponds in November 2017.
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Women’s Independent Alcohol Support service
Women getting worried about how much they drink can find friendly advice while they have a cup of coffee. The Women’s Independent Alcohol Support service have a drop-in on Friday mornings between 10am-12pm at Boston Tea-Party, 293 Gloucester Road, Bishopston BS7 8PE. You just turn up, look for the booth with a ‘WIAS’ sign, and have a confidential coffee and chat.
Home Library Service
Are you a keen reader? Do you miss being able to get out to your library?
The Home Library Service is run by the Royal Voluntary Service who took the service over from Bristol City Council, and they want to hear from you!
If you are unable to get out, this completely free service could bring books back into your life again! The ‘Home Service’ volunteers collect books from libraries across the city and deliver them to you.
To find out more, contact:
Ken Luxon. Service Manager
Bristol Home Library Service.
Tel: 07714898558
bhlsvisits@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
Bristol Walk Fest 2018
Bristol’s hugely popular annual Walk Fest is back.
The celebration of walking and walks throughout the city is set to take place from 1st-31st May to May 2018.
Consultation: Bristol Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Bristol City Council is consulting on its priorities for its Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND Strategy). This consultation closes on 25 May.
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SARAS Learning Disabilities Survey
Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support (SARAS) hope to identify the gaps and needs in service provision for survivors of sexual abuse and rape who also have a learning disability.
Sirona Care & Health Survey (South Gloucestershire)
Sirona would like to hear your views, good or bad, on the services they deliver.
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South Gloucestershire Housing Survey: Housing needs for the over 55s
South Gloucestershire is faced with a growing ageing population over the next 5-20 years as life expectancy increases and people from the post-war ‘baby boom’ reach old age. The likelihood of being disabled and receiving care increases with age.
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NHS England Family Carer Event – Ask Listen Do
Ask Listen Do is an NHS project to make it easier for people to give comments and make complaints.
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Caring & Coping mental illness training
Are you caring for someone with a mental illness?
Rethink Mental Illness are running a six week course for family, friends and carers.
South Gloucestershire Council: Autism Needs Assessment
South Gloucestershire Council and partners are working together to review autism services and wider community aspects related to autism. As part of this they want to understand your experience of autism in South Gloucestershire to develop the recommendations for the autism needs assessment.
The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete and will be open until Wednesday 21 March.
You can find the survey by following this link: http://bit.ly/2FAgM5M
Please share with anyone that has any experience of Autism that you think could have an input into this assessment.
Which? Petition to the Government to Support Residential Care
According to Which?, the care home population is already bigger than the City of Manchester. But it’s set to grow rapidly over the coming years.
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South Gloucestershire Healthy Lifestyles Survey 2018
South Gloucestershire Council is reviewing their services to support people to take care of their health.
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