Member Details Update Form
Help us support you better by filling out our new ‘Member Details Update Form’. For more information please view the members page on our website.
AHDC Summer Newsletter 2010
Liverpool is Aiming High for Disabled Children. For information on activities, events and services this summer, please read the summer newsletter by clicking the link below :
Wheels For All – Family Sessions every Saturday this Summer
Wheels for All – A Family Activity
We focus on social inclusion and bringing families together, including those with a disability. Bring the whole family to enjoy a morning of cycling at…
Wavertree Sports Centre
(Meet on the park, by the back of the running track) Saturday Mornings Throughout the summer 9am-12pm
For more information download this flyer Family Session Flyer
Social Afternoon 21/07/2010
Discuss your views of Health Care Services within Liverpool
Following on from Mencap Liverpool’s ‘Make it Better’ investigation into hospital expereinces, we would like to encourage you to get involved in Liverpool’s Health Assessment Framework:
Family carers are invited to attend a meeting about making health services better for people with learning disabilities. You can go to any one of these meetings (whichever is most convenient)
Meeting 1: 5th July 10.30am – 1.00pm
Venue: Walton Cornerstones
Meeting 2: 7th July 10.30 – 1.00pm
Venue: Family Carers Centre
Local Solutions, Mount Vernon Green
Meeting 3: 9th July 11.00am – 1.00pm
Venue: Olive Mount (Training Room), Wavertree
All family carers living in Liverpool who are members of Mencap Liverpool should have received an invitation letter and a document explaining what the Health Assessment Framework is. To view these documents click on the links below:
Carers letter-Health assessment meetings July10
What is the Health Assessment Framework (3)
If you would like to be a member of Mencap Liverpool so that you can receive information about events, activities and meetings, please complete and return the form below by post or email.
Become a Member(info)_Mencap Liverpool_July10
memberdetailsform_mencapliverpool_july10
Mencap Liverpool asks hospitals to ‘Make it Better’
Mencap Liverpool today (Thursday 24th June) launched its report ‘Make it Better’ at the Royal University Hospital Liverpool. The event was attended by representatives from Merseyside Hospitals, Primary Care Trusts, and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Hazel Williams.
The report which contains eleven main recommendations is an investigation into hospital/patient experiences among people with a learning disability on Merseyside at six hospitals in the region.
We were delighted with the support Mencap Liverpool had received for this report from the NHS community on Merseyside and Wirral. It is hugely important for people with a learning disability and their carers, that they are listened to particularly by all the local hospitals and service providers within the NHS. The purpose of our ‘Make it Better’ report is to provide a voice for the hospital users so they can relate their experiences and let the NHS know how it can be improved.
These changes cannot take place unless we are listened to, so we were very pleased to see so many representatives of the NHS at the launch today and we would like to thank the Royal Hospital for accommodating us.
We would also like to thank the participants in our investigation, the organisations and groups who helped us and The Vodafone Foundation, who helped to fund Researcher Adam Dinsmore to undertake the investigation.
We have produced an Executive Summary and an East Read version as well as the Full Report. You can download them by clicking on the links below.
Make it Better Exec Summary_ML_24Jun10
Make it Better EASY READ Report_Mencap Liverpool_ 24Jun10
Make it Better Full Report_Mencap Liverpool_24Jun10
This week is Learning Disability Week- Royal Mencap are launching their ‘Getting it right’ charter which overlaps significantly with many of the recommendations in our ‘Make it Better’ Report. To find out more abou the national campaign and sign the online petition urging NHS Trusts to adpot the charter, go to www.mencap.org.uk/gettingitright
We have moved!
Mencap Liverpool is now on the 4th Floor of Federation House, which is next to the Philharmonic Hall on Hope Street. Our lovely new office is much bigger so we can offer lots more to our members, including a range of office based volunteering opportunities.
We now have a resource area where you will be able to look through useful infomation or use the internet.
We also have a small, quiet, comfortable room (called ‘The Snug’), for people to talk about difficult issues or just have a relaxing chat.
As we have more desks, we can accomodate people undertaking work placements and work experience. We hope that not only will we be able to provide more for members now as a result, but we will also be able to help the professionals of the future to work with people with learning disabilities in positive, empowering ways.
Our new address is:
4th Floor, Federation House, Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BW
Our new phone number is: 0151 707 8582
We are a short walk from either cathedral and there are lots of nice cafes and restaurants close by.
Parking
There is lots of onstreet carparking available and there is often space right outside the building. It is 70p per half hour for a maximum stay of 2 hours. If you have a Blue Badge, there is reserved free parking in Caledonia st (the side st shown in the lefthand side of this picture).
We would love you to visit:
On Tuesday 15th June we are holding Afternoon Tea for Carers, as part of Carers Week. All are welcome, but carers will get special recognition! Please come along any time between 2-4pm.
On Friday 25th June we are holding an Infomation and Coffee Morning. All are welcome to have a look round the new office and find out what help and support we can provide. There’ll be tea, coffee, juice and cakes on offer between 10am-1pm.
Get My Vote (2)
Only 16% of people with a learning disability voted in the last general election compared to 61% of the general population.
Mencap Liverpool strongly believe that people with learning disabilities should have choice and control over their lives. The chance to choose who can make decisions on your behalf and shape the world you live in is really important. That’s why we ran an information meeting about voting.
We want everyone to know
1. That you can vote
You can help choose who runs the country and you can also choose who you want to make decisions about what happens in Liverpool.
2. Why you should vote
Voting is not just a right, but it’s a civic duty. Valuing People Now states that people with a learning disability should have not just the same rights and opportunities as anyone else, but that they should also have the same responsibilities as a citizen.
3. How they go about voting
If you missed our meeting there’s more infomation about how to vote and why you should vote on the About My Vote website
We invited some Local Councillors along to speak to the voters at our meeting. We asked them what they would do to make Liverpool better if we voted for them. We also asked them why it was important for people with learning disabilities to vote.
Thanks to Cllrs Joe Anderson, Warren Bradley and Steve Radford for coming along.
Get my Vote!
Have you wondered what the Election is about?
Would you like to know why it’s so important?
Do you want to choose who runs the country?
We are running an infomation meeting to help you understand what the Election is about and how you can vote for the people you would like to make important decisions. The meeting is for people with learning disabilities but other people are welcome to come too.
It will be held at the Quaker Meeting House on Thursday 15th April at 2pm
It should finish by 4pm
It is free to attend and you do not have to book a place so you can just turn up on the day. However, we’d like to make sure there is enough refreshments for everyone so it would help if you could let Sophie in our office know that you would like to come. Our office number is 0151 298 3191.
The Quaker Meeting House is near Liverpool ONE on School Lane.
It is behind Primark and next to the Bluecoat Arts Centre.
It is not far from Central Train Station and Paradise Street Bus Station.
Click here for more information about how to get there, including bus routes and parking
Planning for the Future- Information Meeting for Carers
Calling all Carers,
Mencap Liverpool would like to invite you to a special coffee morning with information and biscuits!
Friday 26th March
10.30am-12pm
Bridge Chapel & Centre, Heath Road (off Mather Ave), L19 4XR
Fran Coles, the Older Carers Transitional Officer from Local Solutions, will do a short talk and be there to offer her time and advice on planning for the future. The Mencap Liverpool team will also be there to chat with you
This is a free information session.
There is no need to book but please let us know if you’re planning to attend so we can order catering or help arrange shared transport. For more details call one of the team on 0151 298 3191 or email contact@mencapliverpool.org.uk
See you there!
