Those were the weeks that were MIRID update 9 – 22 February 2015
Here’s the latest adult social care update brought to you from Making it Real in Dudley for 9 – 22 February 2015.
Local News
- Volunteers needed for council befriending service
- Dudley Rethink Mental Illness support*
- The Royal British Legion Admiral Nurse Service, West Midlands and Coventry – an update*
- Community Catalysts small grants programme for microproviders
- Beacon Centre for the Blind’s Activeyes February newsletter is now out*
- Whitehouse Cancer Support February – March newsletter is now out*
- New housing drop-in session launched at Queens Cross Centre Dudley*
- Sleeping rough protocol
- Rethink Mental Illness launches out of hour support and advice line*
- Admiral Nurse Drop in session Advice, information and support for carers of people with dementia*
Local events
- Curtain to lift for Shine performers – 24 February 2015, Brierley Hill Civic Hall
- One Big Wednesday 25 February 2015 – club night for people with learning disabilities and their friends – Brierley Hill*
- Springboard to health and wellbeing activity programme January – April*
- Artspace Charity Dudley art workshops Jan, Feb & March*
- Get Cycling for 50 plus from Age UK Dudley December – February*
- Leap over 50 – Nordic Walking Sessions taster sessions – February – March 2015
- Free training for people who manage volunteers from Dudley CVS Feb – March 2015
- Autism Awareness Behaviour and Person Centred Support – course 25 Feb
- Makaton beginners’ 3 week course starts 25 Feb, Lye*
- Free living with sight loss 5 week course starts 5 March from Activeyes*
- Dudley Borough Healthcare Forum Meeting 5 March 2015*
- Langstone Society is hosting next Dudley Social Care Curry Night 5 March 2015
- Dementia Culture Awareness Training 13 March 2015 from Mindful Gifts
- We Need Volunteers event Saturday 7 March 2015! – From providers Creative Support*
- Autism awareness – Effective communication with individuals on the autism spectrum 25 March 2015
- Two new Yoga for Health and Wellbeing courses starting in April Dudley and Gornal
National news
- Promising approaches to reducing loneliness and isolation in later life – Age UK
- TLAP launches new Care Act support to cut personal budgets bureaucracy
- Monitoring the use of the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty safeguards in 2013/14
- The Care Act 2014: cap on care costs and appeals consultation
- Personalised care for long-term conditions handbooks*
- Adult social care jargon buster*
National events
- The Dementia Challenge 2015: Defeating the Disease 3rd March 2015
- Mental Health: Better, Faster and Earlier Help, Manchester Conference Centre, 4th March 2015
- Dementia Challenge 2015 defeating the disease 2 June London
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