Guidance for small and micro organisations to the forthcoming changes in Data Protection Law
Data Protection law is changing on 25 May 2018 and organisations need to be ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Information Commissioner’s Office has produced a package of tools on these changes which is aimed at small and micro organisations, including charities, and which can be viewed here. Read more
Guide on how integrated personal budgets and personal health budgets work
NHS England have produced a summary guide which provides a description of how personal budgets, integrated personal budgets and personal health budgets work. You can download this guide by clicking here. Read more
Safe To Be Me – a new resource for working with LGBT people
Age UK has worked with the older LGBT charity Opening Doors London and author Sally Knocker to produce a free resource pack called Safe To Be Me that addresses meeting the needs of older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people using health and care services. The guide offers practical advice on providing the kind … Read more
New guidance to help people with a terminal illness and their carers
Compassion in Dying have produced a free new booklet called What Now? Questions to Ask After a Terminal Diagnosis designed to help people find the information they need, so that they can make informed decisions about their treatment and care and helping them live well in the time they have left. The advice in the booklet has … Read more
Resources from NHS England on personal health budgets and end of life care
NHS England’s Personal Health Budget Team has published a series of resources aimed at supporting commissioners and providers to offer personal health budgets for end of life care, giving people the opportunity to shape their own care. Please click here to find out more. . Read more
Care Certificate Implementation Toolkit
An online toolkit to assist those responsible for delivering the Care Certificate to new employees as part of their induction, and for up skilling current employees, has been launched by the Skills Platform. This toolkit is aimed at a wide range of health and care staff from small independent care providers to large organisations and can … Read more
Introducing CASCAIDr a newly emerging specialist Legal Aid Charity
CASCAIDr is a newly emerging legal advice charity helping people to get an adequate health or social care package, if they’re struggling with the legal aspects, such as wrangles over assessment, eligibility or decision-making about a care package. CASCAIDr will be taking on the following sorts of problems for free: access to funded advocacy rights; whether assessments … Read more
Free On Line Dementia Training
Stand By Me is a free on line training course provided by Skills for Health, and is aimed at providing an understanding of how to support people with dementia by developing good communication and person centred care. Please click here to find out more. Read more
General Election – voting resources for people with a learning disability
A range of voting resources aimed at encouraging and helping people with a learning disability exercise their right to vote in the forthcoming General Election have been put together by Saba Salman in the Social Issue series of blogs. These resources include the manifestos of each political party, in easy read where available, and various guides to … Read more
A new small charity fundraising skills training programme financed by the government
The government has awarded almost £200,000 to the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) for a two-year training programme. The programme will help small local charities and community groups develop their fundraising skills and training will be subsidized for small local charities and community groups with a local focus in England. Please click here to find … Read more