Black Country news and blogs Tuesday 29 March 2016
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Healthwatch Invite 
One Voice 14 Mar 16
Healthwatch invites you to a ‘Meet and Greet’ drop–in event between 1pm and 3pm at the Civic Centre, Committee Room 2 on Friday 18 March 2016 , to inform you of changes that are occurring in the delivery of Healthwatch in the City.
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Artist Workshop
One Voice 3 Mar 16
This video is about Come to the Artist work shop an event at Creative Support at the Boot Factory Woverhampton Feb 19 2016 involving over forty disabled people collaborating with disabled artists, Robin Surgeoner, Jo Munton and Jason Wilsher Mills…
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Elephants and iPads
One Voice 26 Feb 16
On Friday the 19 February lots of people came to Creative Support at the Boot factory, Wolverhampton.
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Come to the Artist Workshop
One Voice 10 Feb 16
Come to the Artist Workshop Friday 19 February 2016 10am – 12.30 Session 1 1.30 – 3.30 Session 2 iPad Artist Jason Wilsher-Mills Be a Puppeteer with Jo Munton Write Songs with Robin Surgeoner Location: Creative Support The Boot Factory, 22 …
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Disability Disco
One Voice 9 Feb 16
Thursday 3rd March 2016 Diamond Introducing a Disability Disco Night for those disabled people, friends and carers.
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Free fitness sessions
One Voice 13 Jan 16
When: Saturday 16th January, 2016 from 8am – 12’30pm What: Free taster fitness classes Where: Bilston Bert Williams leisure centre, Aldersley leisure centre and Central central baths gym Kick start your new year health and wellness resolutions …
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Universal Credit causes rent arrears
One Voice 7 Jan 16
Arms-Length companies managing council housing stock have done a survey of their tenants on Univeral Credit.
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Universal Credit – Wolverhampton
One Voice 15 Dec 15
In June we told you about the Government’s plans to roll out Universal Credit and Wolverhampton.
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Free stays in historic buildings
One Voice 15 Oct 15
50 for Free 2016 is a free holiday opportunity that launched on 1 October, with a deadline for applications of the 30 November.
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Better off in Wolverhampton
One Voice 5 Oct 15
What is Better off in Wolverhampton? Better off in Wolverhampton [BoW] is a 5 year project to support tenants of social landlords in Wolverhampton to become more financially confident.
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Creative Connection by One Voice at Wolverhampton Art Gallery with Artist Jason Wilsher-Mills
One Voice 3 Sep 15
A group from Halas Homes visit Creative Connection at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on September 1st 2015 and are inspired by Hiroshige’s Japan exhibition and make digital pictures with guidance from artist Jason Wilsher-Mills .
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bike right free courses
One Voice 29 Jul 15
Halfords are offering free maintenance courses in the Black Country.
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Universal Credit in wolverhampton
One Voice 11 Jun 15
Universal Credit will be rolled out in Wolverhampton between December 2015 and April 2016.
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Cyber Cafe for Disabled people Thursdays in June at Light House
One Voice 3 Jun 15
One Voice in Wolverhampton invite you to attend our Digital Life Cyber Cafe.
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ActivEyes Events for April
One Voice 2 Apr 15
THE BODYGUARD Audio Described Touch Tour on Saturday 25th April at 2.30pm The award-winning musical based on the blockbuster film, is heading to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre starring three-time Brit nominee and X-Factor winner, ALEXANDRA BURKE* as …
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New ESA Form
One Voice 1 Apr 15
New ESA Form The government has said in its March stakeholder bulletin that it has improved the ESA50 which is used as part of the work capability assessment for ESA.
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UC- 7 Day Waiting Period Postponed
One Voice 1 Apr 15
UC- 7 Day Waiting Period Postponed Lord Freud, the Minister for Welfare Reform, has provided an interim response to a Social Security Advisory Committee’s report on a proposed 7 day Universal Credit waiting period in which he states: ‘I …
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Tories- £12billion More of Benefit Cuts
One Voice 1 Apr 15
Tories- £12billion More of Benefit Cuts The BBC has seen DWP documents during an investigation into where the earmarked £12billion in benefit cuts may be made-‘Carer’s Allowance – this could be restricted to those eligible for …
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Should the Police Investigate Benefit Deaths
One Voice 25 Mar 15
‘Police Complaints’ type body should investigate benefits deaths, says commons committee Category: Latest news Created: Tuesday, 24 March 2015 01:01 The influential Commons Work and Pensions committee has today called for “a body modelled on …
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Developing Social Enterprise with creative groups of Disabled people
One Voice 25 Mar 15
Alan McLeans writes about his experience of supporting volunteers about Social Enterprise How you can support groups and communities of interest to go forward as a social enterprise.
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Universal credit on the way
One Voice 20 Mar 15
Universal Credit will be rolled out to all areas from April 2015 and finish by the end of 2015/16.
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ESA 6 Month Rule Ending
One Voice 16 Mar 15
From 30/3/2015, the rule that allows a new claim for ESA after 6 months of being found to not be ‘sick’ has been removed.
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ActivEyes Events for March
One Voice 4 Mar 15
60’s Night There are still tickets available for our fantastic 60’s Night on Friday 6th March.
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Advocacy Co-ordinator Post
One Voice 3 Mar 15
One Voice is looking for the right person to become co-ordinator for the Wolverhampton Advocacy Service.
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Rainbow Friday
One Voice 24 Feb 15
Join with organisations across Wolverhampton on Rainbow Friday’, 27 th February, to raise awareness of the LGBT community and the end of history month.
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Disabled Spectators at Sports Events
One Voice 12 Feb 15
Do you have an experience of being at a football, rugby, cricket or motoring event – or any live sport event that relates to you as a disabled person? If you do, the Office for Disability Issues wants to know about it.
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Beautiful Thing – A Love Story
One Voice 5 Feb 15
This wonderful, uplifting play has been revived and will be showing at on by Birmingham Hippodrome.
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ActivEyes Events for February
One Voice 30 Jan 15
For February we have plenty more to come.
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Post Office Accounts to Continue
One Voice 19 Jan 15
The post office account system will continue until at least November 2021.
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Living with Sight Loss Course in March and April
One Voice 19 Jan 15
Hi all, Activeyes has teamed up with Action for Blind People and will be running a Free of charge 5 week Living with Sight Loss course Thursday 5th March Thursday 12th March Thursday 19th March Thursday 26th March Thursday 2nd April All days 10.30am…
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Accord job vacancies
One Voice 7 Jan 15
Do you like working with people and have an interest in the community? Accord Housing Group are looking to appoint 4 ‘Community Connectors’in the following four areas: – Darlaston South Bilston East Kates Hill / St Thomas’s Princes …
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People at risk of violence or abuse
One Voice 5 Jan 15
People are being asked to have their say about services for people at risk of violence and abuse.
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Apprenticeships
One Voice 5 Jan 15
Employers can get up to £1500 for taking on an apprentice aged between 16 and 24.
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ActivEyes Events for January 2015
One Voice 31 Dec 14
Beacon Community Choir “HarmonEyes” Don’t Sing? Love to Sing? Learn to Sing!! Come along bring your friends and family: Join our brand new singing group starting Tuesday 6th January 2015 Meeting in Beacon Court Restaurant 7pm—9pm £4 charge…
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Obesity = Disability
One Voice 30 Dec 14
In an unexpected decision by the European Court, Obesity has been ruled as a disability.
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Food Banks
One Voice 9 Dec 14
Wolverhampton City Council has a list of food banks and soup kitchens in Wolverhampton, and a map of where they are.
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Business Plan
One Voice 8 Dec 14
You can find out more about One Voice our aims and values, the work we have done, our plans for the future by having a look at our business plan.
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Care Act
One Voice 8 Dec 14
The Care Act comes into force in April 2015.
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PIP- Notice and Travel to Medical Appointments
One Voice 3 Dec 14
Here’s some useful info from the Minister for Disabled Mark Harper- Clients shouldn’t have to travel more than 90 minutes on public transport.
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ActivEyes Events for December
One Voice 3 Dec 14
Goalball Every Wednesday 5.00pm – 7pm.
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Lurker – Citizen TV
One Voice 2 Dec 14
We have discovered another website of interest to community activists.
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WCCU – Helping people beat the payday lenders
One Voice 1 Dec 14
Payday lenders and loan sharks are contributing to spiralling debt and misery in our communities.
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World Aids Day
One Voice 1 Dec 14
December 1st is the day the world unites to remember that HIV and AIDS are still with us, to commemorate those who have died from the disease, and to make sure they are aware of how best to protect themselves against it.
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Money Management Free Event
One Voice 26 Nov 14
Date and Time: Friday, 28 th November, 2014 from 10:30am – 1:30pm Location: Life Direct, 68 Victoria Street, Wolverhampton WV1 3NX Speaker from Wolverhampton City Credit …
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The Care Act 2014 Leaflet
One Voice 24 Nov 14
The Care Act 2014 comes into force in April 2015, and covers care and support for adults and support for carers.
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Access 4 All
One Voice 24 Nov 14
Do you want to know which hotels are accessible, what your bank is doing to help you use their services? You might want to check out Direct Enquiries Right now, there is more infomration about other cities, like Birmingham, Exeter and Sheffield than …
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Get your film projects made here!
One Voice 24 Nov 14
Locally based film-maker Mark Anthony Grimes makes short films.
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One Voice published author
One Voice 24 Nov 14
One Voice member and author Michael Hill has had 2 more books published.
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Dyslexia Awareness
One Voice 21 Nov 14
What barriers do we sometimes create for people with dyslexia? Sara, one of our members with dyslexia has written a guide.
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Images of Disability
One Voice 21 Nov 14
How do photos of disabled people tell us what to think about disability? What do photos without disabled people say ? In this 10 minute expert leaflet, we look at imagery of disabled people, how to « read» a photo or image, and why it is …