All Posts in October 2011
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Asking for your Experiences to a Campaign to improve safety in commercial premises
by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 17th October 2011 1:31 pm
Sections: Feedback,Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service
Comments: 0 Add a CommentDear members and friends,
Could you pass this little survey on to your family and friends and other groups and their members, to ensure the widest audience to help the Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service and their campaign in raising safety for all people especially anyone with a disability while in Commercial premises.
You can telephone Isabel on 01603 81 97 31 to talk one to one about your own experiences and Isabel will help you to fill in their questionnaire.
Or complete the questions at the end of this email and return it to Isabel via email or post.
Regards
Shaun
Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman
Great Yarmouth VIP User Group
01493 60 22 72 * 07 985 916 244
vicechair@gyvipusergroup.org.uk
*** Achieving Respect and better Understanding for all Blind and Partially Sighted People ***
= = = Request from Norfolk Fire Service = = =
the Fire and Rescue service wants to ensure that businesses understand how important it is for them to consider the needs of disabled people when planning their evacuation procedures and training their staff.
To do this we would like to develop a media campaign with ‘real-life’ stories and practical ideas for changes – including examples of good practice.
To maximise the number of people who would be able to contribute we have developed a short questionnaire which asks people about their own experiences and their ideas.
The questionnaire and an introduction from my colleague Richard Herrell, Head of Community Fire Protection, is attached. It is in text format in Word 97-2003 to make it as accessible as possible and avoid clogging up in-boxes.
We would really appreciate your help in forwarding it to members and colleagues. We are especially keen to ensure that we include the views of younger disabled people and disabled parents.
If anyone prefers to talk to me on the telephone rather than e-mailing their response I am happy to speak with them. If they give me a call or e-mail me with their telephone number I will call back as soon as possible.
The deadline for returns is 26th of Oct. to give us time to analyse the responses and prepare the Nov. campaign which is timed for all the extra Christmas stock coming into stores and the party season.
Isabel
Isabel Farrelly
Equality and Diversity Officer
Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service
Whitegates, Hethersett
Norfolk NR9 3DN
Direct Dial: 01603-819731
E-mail: Isabel.Farrelly@fire.norfolk.gov.uk
= = = Questionnaire = = =
Fire Evacuation – Your Experiences
Notification of the Emergency – Would you have difficulty hearing or reacting to a fire alarm?
Yes No
Has this situation ever happened to you?
Yes No
If you answered yes:
. What happened?
. Where were you?
Finding the Emergency Exit – Would you have difficulty finding the emergency exit without help?
Yes No
Has this ever happened to you?
Yes No
If you answered yes:
. What happened?
. Where were you?
Using the Emergency Exit – Would you have difficulty using the emergency exit without assistance?
Yes No
Has this ever happened to you?
Yes No
If you answered yes:
. What happened?
. Where were you?
Your Ideas
Are there adjustments that could be put in place to ensure you were able to leave a building safely in an emergency?
Notification of the Emergency Are there some adjustments that could be used to let you know you needed to leave the building?
No Yes Not sure
If Yes:
What are they?
How would they work?
Finding the Way Out Are there some adjustments that would make it easier for you to find the nearest emergency exit?
No Yes Not sure
If Yes:
What adjustments?
How would they work?
Using the Way Out Are there adjustments that would make it easier for you to leave the building safety?
No Yes Not sure
If Yes:
What adjustments?
How would they work?
About You
We want to ensure that the barriers and the solutions suggested meet the needs of as wide a range of disabled people as possible. This information will help us to do this. We would really appreciate your providing the following details. However, if you really don’t feel comfortable giving us any part of this information you do not have to.
Age: _______
Sex: _______
Ethnic Origin: _________
Are the barriers you experience linked to one or more of the following?
Mobility
Vision
Hearing
Speech
Understanding
Other __________________________________
Keeping in Touch
If you would like to be involved in future consultations:
Name: __________________________________
Address: ____________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Telephone: ______________________________
Email: ____________________________________
Preferred Method of Contact: _______________________
Preferred Format: _________________________________
All information your give us will be treated in strictest confidence.
Norfolk Fire Service Questionnaire – Word 97.2003 October 2011.doc -
Hardest Hit: How will planned benefits changes affect you?
by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 14th October 2011 8:03 am
Sections: Events,Hardest Hit,RNIB
Comments: 0 Add a CommentFrom: RNIB Campaigns [mailto:campaign@rnibnews.org.uk]
Hardest Hit: How will planned benefits changes affect you?
If you are concerned that you or someone you know may be affected by planned benefits changes contained in the Welfare Reform Bill and by cuts to services locally, there is an action you can take in nine days’ time.
Please join us at a Hardest Hit event in your region on 22 October to make your voice heard. You will be supporting other disabled people, people with long term conditions, their friends and family who are speaking out about the impact of planned cuts as the Welfare Reform Bill makes its way through Parliament.
RNIB is working with over 40 organisations to call for significant amendments to the Bill. Key concerns for blind and partially sighted people include:
• Changes to contributory Employment and Support Allowance – including proposals for a 12 month time limit on benefits for people who lose their sight (and their job).
• Changes to Disability Living Allowance – including proposals to end automatic entitlement to the benefit that replaces DLA, including the higher rate mobility component for people who are deafblind, or severely visually impaired.We cannot underestimate the impact these proposed changes will have on blind and partially sighted people, and everyone living with a disability. Please join us at one of the 12 events taking place across the UK to send a clear message to Government – you are hitting disabled people and their families the hardest: stop unfair welfare cuts.
• Belfast: Debate at the Radison Blu Hotel in Belfast on the Welfare Reform Bill’s impact on disabled people’s freedom and independence. Please note the Belfast event is on 20 October and starts at 1.30pm. Visit the Hardest Hit website to sign up to attend.
• Birmingham: Rally in Victoria Square, in the city centre on 22 October. Assemble from noon and the rally will begin at 12.30pm.
• Brighton: Rally at Jubilee Square, Jubilee Street, Brighton on 22 October. Gather from 11am with speeches between 11.30 – 12.30pm.
• Bristol: March on 22 October beginning on College Green, outside the Council House, at the bottom of Park Street, from 12 noon – 1.00pm. Return to College Green for a rally from 1.00pm – 2.00pm.
• Cardiff: March and rally on 22 October. Assemble from 12.30 in the car park outside City Hall, Cathays Park. Speeches from 1.00, followed by a march and returning to City Hall for a rally at 2.00pm.
• Edinburgh: Rally on 22 October. Assemble from 11.00am at the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens in Central Edinburgh. Rally starts at 12 noon.
• Leeds: Assemble on 22 October at Victoria Gardens, outside Leeds Art Gallery on Headrow, from 12.30pm for march through main shopping areas and returning to Headrow. Rally from 2.00 – 2.30pm.
• London: Rally on 22 October outside London’s iconic GLA building (City Hall), Queen’s Walk. Meeting from 11.00am with speeches from 11.30am.
• Manchester: Rally on 22 October between 2.00pm and 3.00pm at Albert Square, outside Manchester Town Hall.
• Newcastle: March and rally on 22 October. The march will leave Bigg Market at10.30am, walking to the Monument for rally at 11.30am. Ends at 12.30pm.
• Norwich: March and rally on 22 October. Assemble from 11.30am at Chaplefield Gardens in the centre of Norwich. March starts at noon and returns to Chaplefield Gardens for the rally at 1.00pm.
• Nottingham: Rally on 22 October. The rally is taking place in Old Market Square, just outside Nottingham Council House from 12.30pm to 13.30pm.
More information about individual events and contact details can be found on the Hardest Hit website. If you want to support the campaign but you are unable to attend an event, the Hardest Hit website also has a list of suggested actions you can take.Best wishes
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Electric Blanket Testing – Great Yarmouth
by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 6th October 2011 5:49 pm
Sections: Events,Norfolk County Council
Comments: 0 Add a CommentNorfolk County Council
Trading Standards
Keep warm and safe this winter
FREE Electric blanket safety testing
Wednesday 2nd November 2011
9am to 12noon
Great Yarmouth Library
Tests are free but you must make an appointment
call 0344 800 80 20
or email
trading.standards@norfolk.gov.uk
more than 50% of electric blankets tested in Norfolk over the last four years were found to be unsafe!
Is your electric blanket getting old? Winter is coming so be safe and check them out!
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World Sight Day 15th October 2011 in St. George Park, Great Yarmouth
by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 5th October 2011 12:47 pm
Sections: British Lions,Events
Comments: 0 Add a CommentWorld Sight Day
15th October 2011
St. George Park
Great Yarmouth
11am to 1pm
The British Lions are hosting their World Sight Day again in St. George Park, Great Yarmouth, to highlight the world of vision lost. Everyone is invited to come and experience being blind using a blindfold or wearing special glasses to simulate different eye defects, and walk around the park being guided by volunteers!
The walk will begin at 12noon and then a tree will be planted at 12:15pm, the same time all over the country and the world, to mark this very important moment of this World Sight Day.
The GY VIP User Group will be there from 11am to provide information and advice for anyone wishing to learn more about vision lost.
Please pass the word around and ask your family and friends to come along too and make this day a very special and big occasion.
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important survey of all Health and Social care groups
by Shaun McGarry, Vice Chairman on 1st October 2011 6:34 am
Sections: Norfolk County Council,Surveys
Comments: 0 Add a CommentImportant Request from Norfolk County Council
Survey of all Health and Social care groups and forums in Norfolk
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/marketdevelopment
the link above will take you straight to the online survey.
Here is an extract from their web page:
“We would like to find out about the different health and social care related groups and forums in Norfolk. We want to know who these groups are, what they do, and how they are currently able to influence public services, including health and social care.
This will help us to see where the gaps are and where people’s voices might not be being heard. This work is an important part of Norfolk County Council’s Market Development project, which is a project in the Community Service’s Transformation Programme.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could take some time to provide information about the groups/forums that you are involved in. If you are involved in lots of different groups/forums, we will need a separate form to be completed for each group/forum.
Useful data from this survey will be shared at the Annual Independent Care Conference which is being held on the 16th November at the John Innes Centre in Norwich. (Please visit NCCs website for more information about this conference)
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See attached PDF for more details.
All the best
Shaun McGarry, vice chairman
Great Yarmouth VIP User Group
01493 60 22 72 * 07 985 916 244
Market development surveyV4.pdf