Diary Of A Kidney Warrior Podcast


 




Thank you to Dee Moore, who works for Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as an Occupational Therapy Assistant. Dee has stage 4 Kidney Disease and she hosts a Podcast called Diary of a Kidney Warrior Podcast in partnership with Kidney Care UK. The podcast is dedicated to raising awareness of Kidney Disease, Kidney Disease prevention and sharing information about living well with Kidney Disease.

Dee interviews Kidney Patients who share their stories, experiences & advice and also interviews Health Professionals to get their expert perspective. The podcast is released every other Monday. She told us

"I have covered subjects such as: “What is Kidney Disease & what Causes it?”, “Chronic Illness and mental health”, “A guide to understanding your renal blood test results”, “healthy weight loss and Kidney Disease”,  and lots more! The goal is always to encourage, inform and empower Kidney patients, their family and friends."

Please take a listen to Dee's podcast and share it with your networks to help raise awareness. Dee said, "There are 40-45,000 premature deaths in the UK every year due to Chronic Kidney Disease. A person can lose up to 90% of their Kidney function without experiencing any symptoms, this is why prevention & raising awareness is so important."

The Podcast is available on all Podcast platforms including: Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify & YouTube

Please see below links to the Podcast for your reference:

Dairy of a Kidney Warrior Podcast links:

Podbean

https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-7q5sj-e8c42b

Apple Podcasts

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/diary-of-a-kidney-warrior-podcast/id1529196456

Spotify 

https://open.spotify.com/show/4Z39vfqTkitEWN6USRHuLP?si=49vHn431R7mxVGbsSGQXhQ

YouTube 

https://youtube.com/channel/UChGUfib7lu9eKENlLJ6lafw

 




Ensuring no one faces kidney disease alone.
Kidney Care UK, 3 The Windmills,
​Turk Street, Alton, Hants, GU34 1EF
T:01420 541424
F: 01420 89438

M: 07942 721 502
www.kidneycareuk.org

Birmingham and Solihull All Age Autism Support Services

 



AAA Grants are small grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 but can be more or less depending on the service required. Grants are available to Third Sector or private organisations to enable them to support people living with or caring for those who are diagnosed with or who self-identify as autistic.

Grants are available for support of unpaid carers and are not available for support of paid carers. The Grants are funded by the NHSEI and managed via the Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group and Landau Limited.



Citizen Community Support in Yardley

 


FREE Music, Dance and Refreshments for Older Adults (and more!) at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery - Monday 6th June 2pm-4.30pm



The Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery invite you to join them for a relaxed afternoon of music, dance and light refreshments, FREE, on Monday 6th June, 2pm – 4.30pm!

With music from a three-piece band, the Ramshackles, and mini dance performances from The Swing Era, visitors can join in with a taster dance class or sit back and watch the show! The event is aimed at an older audience, but everyone is welcome, so friends, colleagues, and families are all welcome to join in!

The event, and refreshments, are all FREE

To help keep an eye on numbers, please book, but visitors are also welcome to pop in on the day.

To book your tickets and find out more please visit https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/bmag/whats-on/fun-club-swing-a-ding

 

What's On at Folio, Sutton Coldfield


 

New Website for Forward Carers

We were delighted to reveal the new Forward Carers website this week - we really hope you like it! The new site focuses on our mission to create Carer Friendly Communities across England, through empowering others to become Carer Friendly, offering the opportunity to buy our Carer Friendly ID and discount card, and by working with our fantastic partners (you!) to provide carer-centred support services. We also have a new online Carer support hub, which we will continue to develop over the coming months.  


Don't forget, as our partners, we are offering you the opportunity to apply for the Carer Friendly Employer Commitment Mark for FREE (usual price £500 + VAT), you can find out more here. All successful applicants will be included in our online Carer Friendly Directory on the new website. Drop Anna and Chantell a line carerfriendly@forwardcarers.org.uk  to find out more.
Finally, you may notice a small number of areas that are 'coming soon' or some resources that aren't yet available - these will be live for our public promotion of the new site during Carers Week. 

NEW Workshops for Young Carers


These FREE workshops run by YMCA Sutton Coldfield for young Carers aged between 17 and 19 are designed to ease their transition into being young adult Carers.

There are four workshops with the first starting on 31 May at 1.00pm which will focus on CV support so that young Carers can learn how to create and structure their own CV including writing a covering letter.

Places will be limited so bookings need to be made by 27 May. Call 0121 354 5614 or email yac@birminghamcarershub.org.uk

Biffa Award 25

 Biffa have a grant to celebrate it’s 25th year of operations, funding one off grants for projects along the themes of biodiversity or ‘culture’ - up to £2.5 million!

Biffa Award 25 - Biffa Award (biffa-award.org)

Funding available for user-led organisations

Skills for Care is pleased to announce that user-led organisations can now apply for funding to deliver learning and development for personal assistants and their employers.

How to apply is on the Skills for Care website www.skillsforcare.org.uk/ulofunding

The deadline for application submissions is Monday 20 June 2022, at 12 noon.

They will be running an information and Q&A session for user-led organisations that may wish to apply for the funding on Wednesday 8 June 2022. To sign up, email funding@skillsforcare.org.uk, with your organisation details and names of individuals planning to attend. The session will be recorded and made available on the Skills for Care website.


The Big Creative Conversation

As the Commonwealth Games approach, Birmingham City Council is thinking about what the future of arts and culture will look like in the city. 

 

We aim to publish a statement of intent that sets out a co-produced vision for arts and culture for Birmingham for the next decade by the end of August 2022, and we want you to be part of 'The Big Creative Conversation'. 

 

In preparation for this statement we are hosting a series of events to open dialogue with people from all walks of life, including organisations and communities, to paint the picture of what the creative future of Birmingham should look like by 2032. 

 

During the event, we will be discussing different aspects of arts and culture in Birmingham, and we want to hear your view on how we can build a vision for the future of Birmingham. 

 

To kick off the events, we are hosting a virtual launch event on Zoom on Thursday 26th May from 1.30pm to 3.00pm. 

 

If you want to be part of The Big Creative Conversation, please join on the launch event on the day using the Zoom link below. 

 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84460087996?pwd=Z0QvVnJITUhzZjMyalFXbGJwcXRhdz09

Meeting ID: 844 6008 7996

Passcode: 780697


Beneficial Activities Workstream



The Autism and ADHD Beneficial Activities Workstream (part of Birmingham Autism and ADHD Partnership Board) are organising a free event in Birmingham for adults with autism and/or ADHD, their carers, support workers, social workers and activity providers. The Beneficial Activities in Birmingham (BAB) event is to be held all day on Wednesday 29th June 2022 at Sutton Coldfield United Reformed Church, 1 Brassington Ave, The Parade, Sutton Coldfield B73 6AA. (Beneficial activities may include things like dance, pottery, music, exercise etc classes).

The event will include:

  • The opportunity to promote your activities/events to the public and network with other providers and professionals.

 

  • A free programme on the day of fun and beneficial activities.

 

  • Light refreshments. 

 

This event is in support of the work of the Birmingham Autism and ADHD Partnership Board (BAAPB).

The Workstream are looking for providers of beneficial activities in Birmingham to have stalls at the event to promote what is available for adults with autism and/or ADHD. Exhibitors will not be charged for stalls. Anyone who would like to apply for a table at the event can request an Exhibitors Booking Form as soon as possible from: AutismADHD@birmingham.gov.uk


Naidex at the NEC Birmingham - 6th-7th July 2022


 Chloe Smith MP, Minister of State for Disabled People, to deliver closing keynote at Naidex

Minister Smith, working closely with disabled people and their organisations, is helping to develop the National Disability Strategy, ensuring that the policies in the strategy are followed through, and new policies are put in place to transform disabled people’s everyday lives.

 It's the opportunity we've all been waiting for! Find out more about the Government's perspective on key issues, and how they plan to overcome them.

6th July 2022 | NEC Birmingham. This session will be included in your free ticket, available here.


We hope you can join us at Naidex this summer, free tickets are available via our website.


OPCC Helping Communities Fund - Now Open


The Helping Communities Fund (HCF) has been relaunched with £400,000 on offer. It is made up from money which has been seized from criminals under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) and is used to allow communities to invest in their neighbourhoods to improve safety

This money, which changes each year dependent on seizures, cannot be spent on police officers.

The purpose of the HCF is to support local communities who are actively involved in projects which aim to make a positive difference and which make the West Midlands a safer place to live and/or work.  All funded projects must contribute to crime prevention & reduction, and community safety in the local area. 

Through this funding, the Police & Crime Commissioner is encouraging active public citizenship and a closer working relationship between local communities and West Midlands Police.

The Commissioner has provided each Neighbourhood Policing Unit (NPU) with a share of the budget to help fund community projects that reflect his aims and the priorities of West Midlands Police. Whilst priority will be given to projects within Impact Areas (see list below) this will not exclude other areas.

Find out more here:

Helping Communities Fund - West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner (westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk)


NNS Grants to groups and organisations in Sutton Coldfield

 


During March 2022 Sutton Coldfield Neighbourhood Network Scheme awarded over £50,000 of grants to local assets, including:

  • X Press Yourself for dance to health groups for all ages
  • Hope Food North for training for volunteers
  • Focus Birmingham for visual impairment tennis and dance groups 
  • Age Concern Birmingham for a new befriending group for older people
  • MS Society Sutton Coldfield for relaxation and therapy sessions
  • Onwards for social and leisure activities for younger people with additional needs

Sutton Coldfield NNS is also in dialogue with Birmingham Voluntary Service Council (BVSC) around a grant scheme to support families and individuals experiencing fuel poverty.


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