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                INFORMATION SESSION The law on workplace pensions has changed. All employers must provide and pay into a pension scheme for certain staff. This is called Automatic Enrolment and it applies to individuals who employ a personal assistant (PA) to care for them at home. This is an … Read more

  Merseyside Welfare Rights provides a drop in facility for help with housing issues in Knowsley at the following venues and times. Kirkby One Stop Shop Norwich Way, Kirkby, Liverpool, Merseyside, L32 8XY Thursdays from 9.45 a.m. until 1.00 p.m. Halewood Centre 2nd Floor the Halewood Centre , Roseheath Drive , Halewood , Liverpool , L26 9UH … Read more

Friday 17th to Sunday 19th April 2015 Friday 19th to Sunday 21st June 2015 Friday 14th to Sunday 16th August 2015 Location: The Pioneer Centre – Shropshire Click on the picture for more information

Skills for Care are once again accepting applications for funding for 2014-2015 towards training costs. People who employ their own care staff (individual employers), can apply for this funding  to cover the full cost of care related training and development of both themselves and their personal assistants. Individual employers aged 18 or over can apply for this … Read more

If you receive services from Knowsley Council you can expect a review and reassessment of your support needs at some point over the coming months. KDC is hosting a special workshop aimed at giving you the tools and information you need to help you prepare and know what to expect from your review. Topics include … Read more

You will have seen on the news that outbreaks of flu have increased this winter. The Health Service says that people with learning disabilities are at risk and have announced that free flu jabs are available to protect this group of people. Please contact your GP as soon as possible to get yourself protected.  Remember, … Read more

Commissioners for ambulance transport are in the process of pulling together the specification for the re-procurement of the non-emergency North West Patient Transport Service (PTS) contract, which is due for renewal in April 2016.   You are invited to an Engagement Workshop on Thursday 29 January at 1.00pm – 3.00pm in the Knowsley Civic Centre, … Read more

    How does it work?     The Sesame phone works by tracking the user’s head movements using the built-in, front-facing camera on the phone. These tracked movements are combined with cutting-edge computer vision algorithms to create a cursor that appears on the screen of the phone, similar to a cursor you would see … Read more

The council is funding a new project to provide FREE specialist housing advice to residents accross the borough. You can get advice on dealing with disrepair to preventing eviction or becoming homeless.   The project is being delivered by SHAP and Merseyside Welfare Rights and can help support you whether you rent or own your … Read more