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Autumn – Energize Blog
Rereading my last blog I notice that I started with a negative statement about the challenge of my job. So this time I thought I’d start with the positives, and I’m excited to say there have been...
View ArticleNew Sports Inclusion Officer for Shropshire
SDN are delighted to be one of the organisations included in the appointment of Jessica Lightwood who starts her appointment as Sports Inclusion Officer for Shropshire. We look forward to working...
View ArticleSweden Calling
My body hurts! It’s been a great week training, but we’ve been pushed hard and my body knows it!! I’m feeling strong though and there’s been some huge gains made with my paddling. We’ve changed my...
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The HUB, by Paul Coope, Manager Signal Hub
Shropshire’s first “Hub” devoted to hearing- and communication-related services Week One: Everyone here at Signal is anticipating the shop-fitters coming in and starting on our new HUB this week and I...
View ArticleHighs’n’Lows of creating a Shropshire Mental Health Charity
Moving back to Shropshire late ’90s was like hopping onto Dr Who’s Tardis back in time! The way homeless were viewed by certain Salopians was appalling! Describing homeless on our Streets ” as the...
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Download Sue Bott’s Talk
You can download Sue Bott’s speech to Shropshire Disability Network by clicking on the link below. Sue Bott SPEECH TO SHROPSHIRE DISABILITY NETWORK 18TH SEPTEMBER 2014
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Hub Blog Two: Week Three of the Build
Monday 20th October Well things are, as you might expect, moving on apace. Though now that the walls are up there is this rather misleading impression that it is close to completion and there is little...
View Article26th October Kelda Writes: The great as well as the not so great Sweden Weekend
The squad are off to Sweden this weekend to take part in some research trials, it’s a bit of a bind as it interferes with training, but it means the coaches will get access to the data long before it’s...
View ArticlePop Up Chat Together
Our own Outreach Officer Ian Roberts took the opportunity to go to his first “Pop Up Chat together” last Saturday, not only did he use this opportunity to promote our work. Ian shares his experience...
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2nd November Kelda Writes …”What an amazing week”
What an amazing week! We had a 24hr stay in Sweden to take part in testing regarding classification in preparation for Tokyo in 2020, it was great fun and really interesting to see how the system...
View ArticlePharmaceutical Needs Assessment survey
The Public Health team at Shropshire Council are inviting the public to take part in a short questionnaire to give their views about Pharmaceutical services in Shropshire. The results from the survey...
View ArticleCongratulations Kelda Wood
All of us at SDN would like to congratulate Climbing Out & all the hard work that Kelda does for it. The photograph shows Kelda collecting her award from Sharron Davies MBE at the Energize 2014...
View ArticleFlu Jab Time
Have you had your flu injection yet? More opportunities come your way! It’s that time of year folks when we need to be getting our flu injections. If you have not had yours this year then do...
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Give an Early Christmas Box to Shropshire Disability Network
Give an early gift to SDN this Christmas. Note any donation up to £10 can be doubled to £20, if you are a tax payer & can Gift Aid to us your kind donation would mean more funding for us at no...
View ArticleSignal extends an invitation to all of us to visit their new hub-20th November
Signal extends an invitation to all of us to visit their new hub-20th November Many of will have been reading the blogs Paul Coupe has been writing for our website about Shropshire’s first hub first...
View ArticleKelda Writes …“but it’s been a lesson to me just how much I want this..”
More gains have been made this week. I’m getting some real power in the water now and I feel like the penny’s finally dropped and I’m attacking every stroke. I was working at Battle Back at the start...
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Ian’s Blog – Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
1 – Introduction I thought I would write a blog about Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration (Wet AMD) and what it is like living with this condition, with a view to raising awareness about it. I’m not...
View ArticleIt’s training, talks, more training, working, more training & fingers crossed...
It’s been a week of 5am starts and late nights this week. My high point of the week has definitely been surviving!! I’ve been working at Battle Back, so I’ve had to fit in training early in the...
View ArticleKelda Writes
Have you been following Kelda’s blog - Kelda Writes? This is a fascinating and inspiring insight into the life of a paralympian. Kelda is an amazing young woman; you can follow her story here on our...
View ArticleSafe Shropshire
What is Safe Shropshire? A community led initiative supported by West Mercia Police, Mencap, Shropshire Council, Taking Part, OSCA Citizen Advocacy, Shropshire Disability Network, Shropshire Voluntary...
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