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November Spreading the News - Getting ready for Winter
October Spreading the News - Hate Crime
September Spreading the News - Getting ready for Winter Flu
July Spreading the News - All about the work we have been doing on the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
Spreading the News May 2024 Edition - How to stay well when it is hot!
Spreading the News April 2024 - Voting update
Spreading the News December Edition - In this Special Edition we are talking
about Self Advocacy
Special Edition - STOMP Easyread survey from Carl Shaw at NHS England
Spreading the News November Edition - This months Spreading The News is all about getting ready for winter and how to keep safe
Spreading the News September Edition - In Spreading The News this month we’re looking at some of the things we can do to help people have their Good Lives!
UPDATED! Be Cancer Aware - The thought of Cancer is very frightening for most people. But the Big Message is that early check ups are good for everyone. So be Cancer Aware.​ You can also find out about Cancer Screening
Sunderland People First - have been doing some amazing work to make Breast Screening for Cancer easier. Find out more here Let’s make mammograms easy.
They have also made some great information too
Spreading the news - 2023 plans for Speakup
Spreading the news - Keeping Safe if there is a power cut over winter
Watch out for Loan Sharks! Need to know more? - See our 'You've Been Sharked' project and read the December Spreading the News!
November Spreading the news - Winter Health
Self advocates at Speakup have put a list of their top Money Saving Tips for this winter!
Spreading the News Spring Update and Heart Special Edition - This month we
have 2 brand new Spreading the News updates for you. The 'Heart Special Edition'
is about how you know if you are having a heart attack and what to do.
Hospital Passports' and 'Grab and Go' -We think it is really important that people with learning disabilities and autistic people have a Hospital Passport as well as a Grab and Go Sheet, just in case they get ill and need to go into hospital.
The hospital passport is designed to give hospital staff helpful information about communication needs, likes, dislikes as well as the persons basic health needs.
Download a Hospital Passport
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Together with the Grab and Go sheet it will help people look after you better when you are in Hospital. Download the Grab and Go sheet here
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Download them today, fill them in and keep them somewhere safe and where other people know where it is. If you have to go into hospital make sure they both go with you or ask someone to bring them in as soon as possible. Tell hospital staff to look at them.
Walking Bubbles - Keeping fit and active is good for your body and good for your mind. Walking together with other people is a good idea to keep safe and enjoy walking together.
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We have made a film about our 'Walking Bubbles'. Find out more
My home, my energy - I have the power! - The cost of heating your home and other things will be going up in the next few years. So you might need to start thinking about what you can do to manage your gas, electricity and water bills.
At Speakup we have been supporting, employing and training people with learning disabilities and autistic people to use their skills and abilities to help others and make a difference for over 30 years.