Skills for People

❤️🩷Love Life are at Northern Pride 🏳️‍🌈

📣They are in the health and wellbeing section at Civic Centre between 12 and 5

🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️Come along and see Emily and Erin

📣Collaborative Newcastle 'Your Voice, Your Health - Building Better Services Together' event is fast approaching.
🗣 There's still time to get your tickets. Come to the event to let us know what health matters are important to you and what should be done to improve health services and health for people with a learning disability.
📣This event is for people from Newcastle upon Tyne who have a learning disability, family carers and people who work in Health and Social Care.
⏰When: Monday 29 July, 10am-3pm.
📍 Where: Banqueting Suite, Newcastle Civic Centre.
🥪Free Lunch provided.
🎫 To book a place click this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-voice-your-health-building-better-services-together-tickets-921488856977?aff=oddtdtcreator
☎️ Or call Skills for People on 0191 2818737
💻 You can also share your views via our online survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8Q6XBTV
For more information, see poster.
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💻 Our Community Connector team has been featured in the local news!

🤝🏽 We work in partnership with Community Connectors at Newcastle City Council.

👀 Have a read about the positive impact of this project.

Newcastle City Council to deliver a new kind of social care support to people The new approach comes from a partnership with Skills for People and uses Peer Community Connectors who offer support.

Working together for the best life possible🌟

An innovative partnership from Newcastle City Council and Skills for People is transforming social care for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.

🫂Peer Community Connectors with lived experience help individuals engage with their community, reducing loneliness and isolation.

This approach improves life chances, allowing new experiences and opportunities for personal growth.

Read more, link in comments👇

❗Don’t forget to vote today!

🪪 And don’t forget to take your ID.

Skills for People is a well-established charity serving disabled and autistic people and their families in the North East and North Cumbria. Come and work with us as part of Skills for People in Teesside!

👉 Project Development Worker (Employment) – Teesside
35 hours per week

📣This is an exciting opportunity to join our successful Redcar and Cleveland team as a Project Development Worker, working with people who have a learning disability to gain employment or volunteering opportunities. To Prepare people for employment or volunteering opportunities, through confidence building and up-skilling. This will help them develop job specific and employability skills, including communication, time management, problem solving and teamwork skills. Our work champions the voices and rights of the people we work with.

🕛Closing date: 9th July 2024 at 4pm

➡️You can find out more and apply online:

Jobs – Skills For People Skills for People is a well-established charity serving NE England that supports disabled people to speak up and take control of their lives.

👉 Here is the July newsletter for groups in Newcastle.

This month you can...

📣 Share your thoughts about health in the What’s important to you? Health Event at the Civic Centre.
👩‍🦯 Get outdoors in the weekly walks or Save the Planet allotment group.
📚 Find out more about the Books Beyond Words Book Club.

If you, or someone you support, would like to join a new group, please get in touch: 0191 281 8737

We hope to see you at a group soon!

🗳 A manifesto is a booklet that tells you what the different political parties say they will do if they are voted in, in the General Election.

🗳 Some of the political parties have released easy read versions of their manifestos.

🗳 Easy read manifestos can make complicated political information easier to understand.

🗳 They can help us decide which party to vote for.

🗳 Deciding which party to vote for is a personal choice.

🗳 Here are the current easy read versions of the manifestos.

🗳 Not all political parties have made easy read versions.

General Election 2024 easy read manifestos Advice and Information Hub Advice and Information Hub Education Health Housing Information for healthcare professionals Keeping people safe Learning disability diagnosis Learning disability helpline Mencap Training Academy Money and benefits Relationships, friendships and s*x Social care Travel Will...

Do you know what reasonable adjustments are? People with disabilities can tell health & care services what reasonable adjustments they might need to help them access services.

More here👉 www.necldnetwork.co.uk/work-programmes/reasonableadjustments

🗳 Still need to register to vote?

🗳 Voter registration closes at 11:59pm on 18 June 2024 - that's tomorrow!

🗳 You can register to vote online, here: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

🗳 Why is your vote important? See what My Vote My Voice has to say:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKk6y7p451s

My Vote My Voice - use your vote in the 2024 General Election Are you autistic or do you have a learning disability? Make sure you use your vote this General Election. Register to vote by 11:59pm on 18 June 2024: https:...

If you are unable to make it to a polling station, you can have someone submit your vote for you by opting to vote by proxy.

You’ll need to:
- Be registered to vote
- Apply to vote by proxy here: www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
- Ensure that your chosen person is registered to vote

📣Skills for People are hosting an event about Health on behalf of Collaborative Newcastle Learning Disability Partnership.
📣This event is for people from Newcastle upon Tyne who have a learning disability, family carers and people who work in Health and Social Care.
🗣 Come to the event to let us know what health matters are important to you and what should be done to improve health services and health for people with a learning disability.
⏰When: Monday 29 July, 10am-3pm.
📍 Where: Banqueting Suite, Newcastle Civic Centre.
🥪Free Lunch provided.
🎫 To book a place click this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/your-voice-your-health-building-better-services-together-tickets-921488856977
☎️ Or call Skills for People on 0191 2818737
For more information, see poster.
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Did you know you can vote by post?

To do this you’ll need to:
- Register to vote (if you haven’t already done so)
- Visit: www.gov.uk/government/publications/apply-for-a-postal-vote
- Download and print out the correct form
- Fill in the form
- Post the form to your local Electoral Registration Office

You will be sent your postal poll card before the deadline to vote by post.

Once you’ve filled this in, you can post it using the envelope provided.

Want to vote but don't have ID?

You can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate instead.

Find out more on the My Vote My Voice website at: https://bit.ly/WhatIsVoterID

Elections are taking place this year and you'll need to bring Voter ID to vote.

Here's a list of what types of ID are accepted, put together by the My Vote My Voice campaign ⬇️

Don’t forget to register to vote!

Every vote counts and your voice matters.

If you haven’t already, visit: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote and fill in the form to complete your registration.

You can access a step-by-step guide for help with this: www.myvotemyvoice.org.uk/voting/register-to-vote/how-to-register-to-vote/.

🗳 The General Election is on Thursday 4th July. 🗳

You can vote to choose the MP for the area where you live.

This easy read leaflet tells you more about this. It was made by the Easy Info team at Skills for People in Teesside.

👉 Here is the June newsletter for groups in Newcastle.

This month you can...

🗳 Feel confident and prepared to vote in the 2024 General Election.
📱 Take part in a FREE 6-week course and learn about drawing using iPads.
👋 Join our friendly social groups: Men of the North, and Women's Zone.

If you, or someone you support, would like to join a new group, please get in touch: 0191 281 8737

We hope to see you at a group soon!

Did you know that less than two-thirds of the general public know that they have an equal right to vote?

With the general election coming up this year, our goal is simple.

We want to see more people with learning disabilities and autistic people registered to vote and using their legal right to vote.

You can find out more about voting here: https://www.myvotemyvoice.org.uk/voting/

🗳 The Prime Minister has set a date for the General Election. 🗳

Do you know about voting and elections?

We have sessions and drop-ins at Skills for People in Newcastle in June, to help you feel more confident with voting.

Independent Voices and the Easy Read Group at Skills for People in Teesside have made some leaflets to help you understand. The first one tells you about your vote.

❗Parent carers come join us for a little pamper with Pass it on Parents!

📣We have two events coming up, be quick to book a place as places are limited! Come for a manicure, meditation, chat and tasty food!

1️⃣ The first one is next Tuesday 4th June 10:30am-13:00 at our office at Skills for People, 4 Glendale Terrace Byker NE6 1PB.

2️⃣ The next pamper event is Tuesday 18th June , 10:30am-12:30 at the Far Centre, Acanthus Avenue, Fenham.

📲Telephone 01912818737 to book a place or

💻email us at [email protected]

📣 Don't forget - you'll need to bring Voter ID to vote in this year's elections.

Find out more in this easy read guide from My Vote My Voice: https://bit.ly/WhatIsVoterID

📣Family Advice and Support at Skills for People have their upcoming coffee mornings

❗No need to book, just drop in

⬇️ See details in the image below

👥 Here is the May newsletter for groups in Newcastle.

This month you can...

👍 Join the The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company for a workshop in Meet and Connect.
🚶 Get moving on a gentle walk around Newcastle.
💞 Learn about safe relationships and s*xual health on the Love Life course.

If you, or someone you support, would like to join a new group, please get in touch: 0191 281 8737

We hope to see you at a group soon!