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In this bulletin you will hear about some of thework Inclusion North is doing and informationabout what is happening across the country.

Find Inclusion North on Facebook and Twitter

You can find out more about all the work we are doingby following us on Facebook and twitter at:

Facebook:www.facebook.com/InclusionNorth

Twitter:@InclusionNorth

Join our Advisory Council

We are looking for 4 or 5 new people with learning

disabilities or family members, to join our Advisory Council.

The Advisory Council meet 4 times a year and get to dolots of different things, from making sure Inclusion North is

doing what it should be to working on research bids.

You can see the full role description and download the

application form on our website at

http://bit.ly/INAdvisory2015

Inclusion North BulletinIssue Number 99

8thSeptember 2015

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If you would like a paper version of the form sending to you

or have any questions contact Marie at

marie@inclusionnorth.org

or call

0113 2444792

York Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)

We still have spaces on our second Joint Strategic NeedsAssessment session in York.

The Mental Health and Learning Disabilities PartnershipBoard in York has asked Inclusion North to run twosessions to collect information about what is important topeople with a learning disability and their family member /carers living in York.

This session is only for people who live in York.

It is on 28th September 2015.

If youwould like to know more about this session and how

to book a place please click here for more information

http://bit.ly/1IVAzm0

If you cannot get along but want to have your say about

services in York, there is an online survey that you can do

at

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JJSXVGS

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Hear Our Voices conference in Madrid, Spain

The European Platform of Self Advocates (EPSA) together

with Inclusion Europe and FEAPS have organised the Hear

Our Voices Conference.

This is a conference for self advocates that will take place

in Madrid in Spain.

You can meet other self advocates from different parts ofEurope and hear about what they want and need to be fully

included in society.

Almost all the speakers will be self advocates, and there

will be workshops that you can go to through the day.

The conference runs from

Friday 2ndOctober to

Saturday 3rd October

You can see more information on the conference and how

to register on their website at

http://self-advocacy.eu/

There is a fee of 70 Euros to attend, which is around 50.

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Right Chair, Right Time, Right Now

The former Paralympic athlete Baroness Tanni Grey-

Thompson has called on wheelchair users to support a

new campaign to improve NHS wheelchair services across

England called Right Chair, Right Time, Right Now.

Baroness Grey-Thompson chairs the Wheelchair

Leadership Alliance. This was set up last November in the

latest attempt to respond to widespread concerns about the

quality of wheelchair services.

There have been decades of complaints about the

complexity of wheelchair services, long waiting times, and

varied provision between different areas. Baroness Grey-

Thompson has said that the service is such a small part of

the total NHS budget that it is often overlooked bypolicymakers.

The campaign being launched by the Wheelchair

Leadership Alliance will rely on service users to help raise

the profile of the problems with the wheelchair service

among their MPs. The Alliance plans to create a shortcharter that describes what wheelchair services should

look like.

You can read more about this on the link below

http://bit.ly/1OqGrZc

There is more information about how to get involved in thecampaign here

http://www.rightwheelchair.org.uk/

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2013 Census of People in Psychiatric Hospitals

In September 2013 the government did a census of people

with learning disabilities or autism in psychiatric hospitals.

A census is when the government do a count of some or all

of the population to find out more information about them.

Public Health England have released a report telling people

about some of the findings of this census. This report adds

extra information from the census on young people,

regional differences and detail on why people are detained

under the mental health act.

You can read the report on the link below

http://bit.ly/1OaaG8W

Mental health and learning disability services inthe Vale of York

NHS Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)

have announced that Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS

Foundation Trust is the provider of mental health and

learning disability services in the Vale of York for the next

five years.

The new service contract, will begin on 1 October 2015.

The contract was developed with partners after a series of

discussions with local service users, members of the

community and clinicians. This was an engagement

programme to collect the views of people from across the

Vale of York to help develop high quality services.

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Personal Budgets and EHC Plans Survey

In Control and the National Parent Carer Forum have made

a survey to find out about peoples experiences of personalbudgets.

This is a very brief survey to be completed by parents andfamily members about personal budgets and EHC Plans.

In Control and NNPCF are keen to find out what ishappening out there and to get an idea about peoplesexperiences of personal budgets when their son ordaughter is getting a new EHC Plan.

Your input and help will be a great help to them and manyothers, even if you havent been offered a personal budget

but your child does have an EHC plan there is a questionfor you.

You can do the survey on the link below

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KBVMX26

The last day that you can do this survey is

2ndOctober

Nic Crosby at In Control and Sherann Hillman at theNational parent Carer Forum thank you for taking part andsay they will publish results later in the autumn.

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Independent Living Survey

Over the past two years a group of organisations andactivists have been meeting together to think about how to

move the independent living agenda forwards.

They want to understand more about the experiences ofpeople who access support from their local councils andfind out whether choice and control over that support ischanging.

You can take part in this survey by clicking the link below

http://bit.ly/1XANQeI

Interviews about experiences of claiming

Employment and Support Allowance

Joanne Brown is a 3rd year doctoral researcher at

Glasgow University who is exploring welfare support for

disabled benefit recipients.

Joanne is in the process of conducting interviews with

people in the North East region about their experiences

and opinions on the welfare support available. She would

like to hear from you if you are claiming Employment and

Support Allowance (ESA) or if you assist with welfare

advice for people on ESA).

If you want to take part, you can contact Joanne on

j.brown.6@research.gla.ac.ukor phone

07706652909.

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Important Information from Northumbria Police

The Communities Engagement Team with Northumbria

police have warned people to be careful of telephone

scams.

Fraudsters have called people on the phone and pretended

to be the police so that they can con them out of money.

Often the person pretending to be a police officer will tell

people that their bank account is at risk of being hacked,

and that they should take the money out to give it to them.

Sometimes they will do tricks to stay on the phone, so that

people think they have called the police or bank to check

but it is still the fraudster.

The police suggest that to keep safe

You should never give bank account or personalinformation out over the phone, even if the person claims

to be from the police or the bank.

If you want to make a phone call to check things are ok

right after someone has called you, either use a different

phone, or call a family member or friend who you will

recognise on the phone so that you know who you are

talking to.

Report any suspicious phone calls to police straight away

on 101 ext 69191

If you want to talk to someone about this you can contact

PC 2832 Burton at Westgate Road Police Station on

101 ext 62369

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Confidence Plus in Hull

Confidence Plus is a six week course that aims to help

people with autism or Aspergers Syndrome develop skills

in social settings.

The courses will run for 1 half day per week, there is a

community caf so refreshments are available. They also

have a nursery on site so childcare can be arranged at an

extra cost.

The next course is on

29thSeptember

to

3rdNovember

At

Ings Resource Centre

Savoy Road

Hull

HU8 0TX

You can see the course flyer on the link below

http://bit.ly/1EFBE6j

You will need to book on to these courses.

For more information contact Paula Mitchell at

Paula.Mitchell@autismplus.co.uk

Or phone

01482 795700

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DOscars Film Festival 2015

Queens Hall Arts in Hexham and the Haltwhistle FilmProject have put together a fantastic evening of film

screenings including animation, live action, documentaries,plus an awards ceremony and discussion panel.

The DOscars event isa celebration of films made bypeople with learning disabilities from across the country.

The evening will be hosted by Andrew Robson fromLawnmowers Theatre Company and Chris Bostock.

The event takes place on Monday 12th October at 7.30pm

If anyone has a film that they would like to enter pleasevisit the Film Able website for more details.

www.filmable.org.uk

DOscarshave support from The Big Lottery this year,which is enabling them to deliver filmmaking workshops inday centres and schools across the North of England.

There may be a few workshop days remaining so pleaseget in touch if you are interested in hosting one within your

setting. They also have training available for carers andsupport workers so that filmmaking can become a regularactivity in your setting.

If this sounds of interest to you please ring Amanda on

01434 652477

or email

amanda.gould@queenshall.co.uk.

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Adventure Weekend for Children and Young

People

Sport Works have organised another adventure weekendfor children and young people with Special Educational

Needs and additional needs.

They have opened this up to schools and local authorities

who may wish to refer an individual directly, as well as

families who can refer themselves.

The weekends activities are designed to providechallenging but highly enjoyable activities that help youngpeople to develop confidence, independence and learnnew skills.

The weekend will be on

Friday 25th

September to

Saturday 26thSeptember

You can see the event flyer on the link below

http://bit.ly/1irMC5l

if you want to know more or to book on, contact

beth@sportworksltd.co.uk

or call

07716023803

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Community Learning Autumn 2015 Prospectus

The full prospectus is now here for courses being run byPeople Matters in Leeds.

You can see the prospectus on the link below

http://bit.ly/1fZbek0

For enrolment information call

0113 2346896

Or visit People Matters website at

www.peoplemattersleeds.co.uk

Slimming World study

Dr Liz Croot at Sheffield University is doing a study to see ifit can be made easier for people with learning disabilities to

join slimming clubs, if they want to.

If you have a learning disability and would like to lose 7pounds of weight or more, you might be able to take part in

this study.

You can see the flyer on the link below

http://bit.ly/1VIGxQl

If you want to take part contact Dr Liz Croot on

l.croot@sheffield.ac.uk

or call 0114 222 1725

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Children and Inclusion events

Candi in York are having a family information and activitiesday which is on

12th September 2015

You can see the agenda for the day and venue informationon the link below

http://bit.ly/1NXja43

There is more information on the flyer here

http://bit.ly/1K1dRhB

Families can attend either the morning or afternoonsession

Candi also have a parent / carer forum taking place on

23rdSeptember 2015

You can see more information about that here

http://bit.ly/1NkUFxN

To register for a place, either email

info@yorcandi.org.ukor

text or call

07751828369

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What is coming up next at Inclusion North

14thSeptember Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (York)

18thSeptember Safe Places learning event

22ndSeptember North East Family Carers Network

23rdSeptember Mental Capacity Act Newcastle

25thSeptember North East Learning Disability Partnership

28th

September Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (York)

1stOctober Keeping Strong for Families Darlington

9thOctober Mental Capacity Act Newcastle

13thOctober Self Advocacy Support Network

If you would like to know more about any of these events

contact Claire or Marie on 0113 244 4792

claire@inclusionnorth.org

marie@inclusionnorth.org

If you would like any information on any of ourmeetings, training or projects you can contact theoffice on:

Tel: 0113 244 4792

E-mail:info@inclusionnorth.org

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Or you can write to us at:

Inclusion North CICWoodhouse Community Centre

197 Woodhouse StreetLeeds, LS6 2NY

You can visit our website at:www.inclusionnorth.org

Or you can contact any member of the Inclusion Northteam:

Samantha ClarkTel: 07823 536 603Email:Samantha@inclusionnorth.org

Kellie Woodley

Tel: 07876 145 390Email:Kellie@inclusionnorth.org

Lucy Virgo

Tel: 07944 185771

Email:Lucyvirgo@inclusionnorth.org

Angela Ellis

Tel: 07487 729237

Email:Angela@inclusionnorth.org

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Inclusion North Member Areas 2015-16

If you live in one of these areas you can come to our

member events.

Yorkshire and the HumberBarnsleyBradfordCalderdaleDoncasterHull

LeedsNorth LincolnshireNorth YorkshireSheffieldWakefieldYork

North East

DarlingtonDurhamGatesheadHartlepoolMiddlesbroughNewcastleNorth TynesideNorthumberland

Redcar and ClevelandSouth TynesideStocktonSunderland