DRC are starting 2014 with our Safe and Sound courses running at BITA Pathways in Digbeth and at City and South Birmingham College in Hall Green.
Safe and Sound is a free 10 week programme of activities to help you become more aware of personal safety, security and protection matters. The courses are run by a partnership of five local organisations who are members of Midlands Consortium of User Led Organisations.
These include CP Midlands, Focus Birmingham, Freshwinds, Midland Mencap and DRC.
Disability Resource Centre recently concluded a training course in personal health issues called Heart Your Heart. The course was aimed at people who had heart conditions, were at risk of developing heart conditions or were family members of a person in these at risk groups. Twenty three people successfully completed the 6 week course which started in March 2013.
The course was followed up with a session from West Midlands Fire Service on the practical aspects of Heart Start Training.
Do you have a long term health condition or disability? Are you having any problems with your television recently? Is it pixelated, blurry or uncomfortable to watch?
We may be able to help if your problems are due to the At800 switch over!
Why might 4G cause interferance?.
Some 4G mobile services will operate at the 800 Mhz frequency, the same band certain Freeview services operate close to.Because of this, 4G signals on the 800 Mhz frequency band may interfere with Freeview services.
Starting from the 6th August we are going to be running a 4 week course in table tennis which will include tournaments with awards for the winners and support from qualified coaches.
This is a great opportunity to learn new skills and meet new people...and it's FREE!
To get involved in this exiciting opportunity contact Umair Idrees!
The Expert Patient Programme is a six week course designed to help adults with long-term health conditions to take control of their situation. It is also suitable for carers of individuals with long-term health conditions.
On 9 July the Government launched the Access to Elected Office Fund to provide practical support for disabled people who want to become an elected representative.
The Fund has been made available to help meet the additional support needs that a disabled person has that are associated with their disability. If this support were not provided, a disabled person may face an additional barrier in the selection and campaign processes compared to a non-disabled person.
The latest guide in the Doing Life Differently series is written by and for people with lived experience of disability or health conditions and covers the benefits of sport and fitness, how you can get invloved – whether playing, watching or coaching. It’s not just for the next Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, but for everyone! It needn’t be competitive, it needn’t be hard work, it just needs to be fun.
Download the report from the website of Disability Rights UK at this link
