18/05/201529/07/2021PA Knowledge Base, PA News Managing Violence and Aggression: Part Two The previous article looked at what violence and aggression is, and how our body reacts to it. This months will focus on […]
17/04/201517/04/2015News Event: Everything you need to know about Personal Health Budgets Click here to download PDF version of flyer
14/04/201529/07/2021PA Knowledge Base, PA News Managing Violence and Aggression: Part one Dealing with verbal or physical abuse is not something many people associate with being a PA but, as the number of calls […]
12/04/2015News Medical Exemption Certificates – don’t get charged! A recent article on the Diabetes UK website highlighted the importance of making sure your Medical Exemption Certificate is kept up-to-date or […]
17/03/201517/03/2015News Access to Work factsheet DWP have published a factsheet about Access to Work. “If you have a disability or long term physical or mental health condition, […]
11/03/201529/07/2021PA Knowledge Base, PA News Can PAs be self employed? This is a question Active Independence gets asked frequently, by both PAs and employers. There are three main things to think about: […]
03/03/201503/03/2015News Important Pension Changes The government is very worried about people of working age not having a pension so from April 2015 it is introducing an […]
11/02/201529/07/2021PA Knowledge Base, PA News We need to talk about restraint! Active Independence has been working with Disability Sheffield on a project about Safe Restraint. The purpose of the project was to talk […]
11/02/201529/07/2021PA Knowledge Base, PA News Flu Jabs – the lowdown Flu is a very common complaint, but there’s a lot of confusion when it comes to the flu jab. Let’s find out […]
29/01/2015News Important advice for people on DLA – the PIP is coming your way! From February 2015, all people on DLA living in South Yorkshire will eventually be transferred onto the Personal Independence Payment or PIP. […]