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In this bulletin you will hear about some of thework Inclusion North is doing and informationabout what is happening across the country.

Find Inclusion North on Facebook and Twitter

 You can find out more about all the work we are doingby following us on Facebook and twitter at:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/InclusionNorth 

Twitter: @InclusionNorth

Together North East Festival

Together North East on 27th June is the first ever bigaccessible festival in the region run by and for people withlearning disabilities.

There are lots of exciting things going on, to see theprogramme click herehttp://bit.ly/TogetherNEProgramme 

There is also up to date information on our website with amaphttp://bit.ly/TogetherNorthEast 

There will be updates on Twitter with the hashtag

#TogetherNorthEast

 And you can see the festival’s Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/TogetherNorthEastfestival 

Inclusion North BulletinIssue Number 93

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  Care Act Workshops

Would you like to know more about the Care Act 2014?

Are you interested in having some workshops in your

area?

The Care Act 2014 came into force in England in April

2015 and Inclusion North have been running some

workshops.

The workshops have been a fantastic opportunity to raise

people’s awareness and under standing of the changes that

the Care Act will bring.

If you are from an Inclusion North member area and would

like to find out more then please contact a member of the

team who would be happy to discuss the opportunity of

running some workshops in your local area.

You can find out which areas are members at the end of

this bulletin.

This is what people who have been to a workshop said:

‘’The information was very accessible and the pace was

inclusive’’  

‘’It gave a clear understanding about the changes that  the

Care Act brings’’  

‘’The whole session was a good overview of a new Care

 Act’’  

For more information contact Sam Clark on 

samantha@inclusionnorth.org 

or call

0113 2444792

mailto:samantha@inclusionnorth.orgmailto:samantha@inclusionnorth.orgmailto:samantha@inclusionnorth.org

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  Inclusion North Members Day

Hold the date!

 An important day for all Inclusion North members.

On 27th November we will be holding a members day for

reps from each member area. The day will be for people

with learning disabilities, family members, commissioners

and for people who provide support.

On the day we will be sharing the best ways of working andideas for keeping good work going in the future.

We will be in touch very soon with more detail but we

wanted to make sure you had this date in your diary.

The NICE guidelines: Challenging behaviour andlearning disabilities

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence havereleased new guidelines for prevention and interventionsfor people whose behaviour challenges.

You can see the guidance herehttp://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng11 

There is an EasyRead version that you can see here

http://bit.ly/1cPXZAK 

or you can download the EasyRead from NICE’s website at 

http://bit.ly/1JKum27

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New National Freephone Support for FamilyCarers

The Family Carer Support Service (FCSS) is now offering aFreephone service for family carers of people with learning

disabilities.

The support service is run by HFT and will offer free

telephone support, including from mobiles to make sure

that family carers have good access to information.

Support can be accessed using The Big Word telephone

translation service which is for people who don’t speak

English.

Support provided by the Freephone service includes

helping family carers know their rights, understand the law,

how to navigate health and social care systems and

challenge decisions.

For family carers who are looking for support, the

Freephone number is

0808 801 0448

You can call this between 8.30am and 4.30pm on

weekdays.

You can get E-mail support by contacting

familycarersupport@hft.org.uk 

For more information about this, visit

www.hft.org.uk/familycarersupport. 

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The Care Act  – Supporting Carers

Rhiannon Gale of HFT has written an article about TheCare Act and the lifelong role as a family carer, which was

recently published in Able Magazine.

You can read the article here http://bit.ly/1e8Cpc8 

An Open Letter to Professionals from DarlingtonLearning Impairment Network

The Darlington Learning Impairment Network believes thatthe words people use to describe people is reallyimportant.

They think that if professionals can’t change the words theyuse how can they be trusted to make the big changes thatwill improve the lives of disabled people.

They have written an open letter to professionals askingthem to think about the language they use.

You can see the letter here http://bit.ly/1JOdbLA 

Progress For Providers with Tim Whaley

This year the annual Progress for Providers event will

have a specific focus on the Mental Capacity Act and

information sharing between organisations.

There will still be lots of opportunity to network with other

providers and share your own experiences.

Tim Whaley from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust willbe there as the expert speaker on the Mental Capacity Act.

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The event is on

18th June

from

9.30am to 12.30pm

You can see the booking form with more information here

http://bit.ly/1SaVZD9

Sing it, Move it, Sign it!

York-based Accessible Arts and Media will be celebrating

their 33rd birthday, with a gig featuring performances by

MiXiT, Hands & Voices and Chilli BON BON!

This will be on

Friday 26th June

at New Earswick Bowls Club in York.

You can see the press release here http://bit.ly/1JMoZ0R 

If you want more information contact

01904 626965

or email

info@aamedia.org.uk 

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  Blue Flamenco at International Youth ArtsFestival

Blue Flamenco are a Finnish dance school for people with

learning disabilities.

Their flamenco group called "Megafon" is coming to UK to

perform at International Youth Arts Festival in Kingston this

July.

They will perform an original dance piece about differentemotions and their meanings to our dancers' lives.

Their performances are on 8th of July

at 2pm-3pm and 6pm-7pm.

You can see Blue Flamenco’s Facebook page at

http://on.fb.me/1L59mn9 

 And here is Megafon's facebook page:

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What is coming up next at Inclusion North

27th June Together North East festival

8th July Self-Advocacy Supporters Network - York

4th September Yorkshire & Humber Lead Officers

7th September South Tees Provider Forum

8th September IHAL (Improving Health and Lives)

10th September Yorkshire & Humber Family Carers

If you would like to know more about any of these events

contact Claire or Marie on 0113 244 4792

claire@inclusionnorth.org 

marie@inclusionnorth.org 

If you would like any information on any of ourmeetings, training or projects you can contact theoffice on: 

Tel: 0113 244 4792

E-mail: info@inclusionnorth.org 

Or you can write to us at:Inclusion North CICWoodhouse Community Centre197 Woodhouse StreetLeeds, LS6 2NY

You can visit our website at:www.inclusionnorth.org 

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  Or you can contact any member of the Inclusion Northteam:

Samantha Clark

Tel: 07823 536 603Email: Samantha@inclusionnorth.org 

Scott CunninghamTel: 07767 776 125Email: Scott@inclusionnorth.org 

Kellie Woodley

Tel: 07876 145 390

Email: Kellie@inclusionnorth.org 

Lucy VirgoTel: 07944 185771

Email: Lucyvirgo@inclusionnorth.org 

 Angela Ellis

Tel: 07487 729237

Email:  Angela@inclusionnorth.org 

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Inclusion North Member Areas 2015-16

If you live in one of these areas you can come to our

member events.

 Yorkshire and the HumberBarnsleyBradfordDoncasterHullLeeds

North LincolnshireNorth YorkshireSheffieldWakefieldYork

North EastDarlingtonDurhamGatesheadHartlepoolMiddlesbroughNewcastleNorth Tyneside

NorthumberlandRedcar and ClevelandSouth TynesideStocktonSunderland