Great Fun was had at Washington Resource Centre – Italian Night celebrating friendship
Gillian Jackson, Emma Reid and Graeme Fergurson joined in the fun to help put on a great night for people with a learning disability and their friends!
Archive: Jun 2016
Raising awareness at City Hospitals of Learning disability week!
Sunderland People First and Margaret from the Health Promotion Team came along to City Hospitals last week and mingled with staff and visitors to tell them all about friendships.
Its Learning Disability Awareness Week!
Mencaps’ theme for this year is friendships and relationships. It can be really difficult sometimes for people with a learning disability to have the opportunities to make friends.
Inclusion north have produced an easy read booklet to help you know more about friendships.
We will pop some photos on soon of event that take place this week to celebrate and encourage friendship.
New Friendship Group!
Please see the flyer below about a date for a friendship group on Wed 22nd of June at the Cooper Rose Pub in Sunderland.
Also see below application form to apply to find out more about friendship groups.
Sunderland People First at City Hospitals for Learning disability Week.
As you may be aware it is almost learning disability awareness week.
This year we are focusing on the importance of friendships and relationships for people with a learning disability, and highlighting the fact that too many people are still living isolated from their communities – in fact we found that a third of young people (aged 18-35) spend less than an hour a day outside their home!
Sunderland People first will be in the main reception at City Hospitals Sunderland on the 20th of June between 12.30pm and 2.30pm, please pop along to see them all
Thanks!
Ashley Murphy.
Come and Celebrate Learning disability week – Theme is Friendships and Relationships
Mencap host learning disability awareness week every year which begins Monday 20th of June.
Washington Community Resource Centre are having an ‘Italian Night’ on Wed 22nd of June.
Please see flyer below for details.
Thanks
Ashley Murphy.
Gastroscopy Easy Read Leaflet
We are delighted to include our most recent easy read leaflet which will help you to understand what to expect when going along to the Endoscopy unit at Sunderland Royal for a procedure.
Please take a look at the leaflet by clicking the link below.
It can also be found in the ‘Going to Hospital ‘section of the website.
Guidance added today for health professionals ‘Stopping Over Medication’
All Psychotropic medication prescribed to people with a learning disability should now be reviwed by a persons GP.
Please click on the link below for guidance in relation to this.
It is also within the professional resources section of the website under Primary Care.
New Information Added – Easy Read Dols and Easy Read Asthma
We have added an Easy Read Leaflet on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards today.
This can be found by clicking the link below and is also in the Going to Hospital Section of the website.
We have also added an easy read leaflet on Looking after yourself if you have asthma.
Please click the link below, this can also be found in the Going to the Hospital section.
