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Help with Housing issues in Knowsley
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
Disability Adventure Weekends
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
Individual employer funding
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
Preparing for your review
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
Flu vaccinations for people with learning disabilities – get yourself protected now
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
Patient Transport Services Engagement Workshop – Have your say
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
Sesame launches World’s first touch-free smartphone for disabled people
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
Housing Advice Project Launched
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
Arriva bus service launches Assistance Cards
Arriva can now offer Journey Assistance Cards to make it easier for customers with disabilities, particularly those that are hidden or not easy to recognise, to use their bus services. How to obtain Assistance Cards Arriva’s Assistance Cards come with a range of messages that tell their drivers what help you’d like during your … Read more