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Give learning disabled young people genuine education choices
Review Commissioning arrangements for post-16 education for learning disabled young people and give them the right to have specialist provision as a choice. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/32822
Ring fence money for people with learning disabilities
Ring fence funds allocated for people with learning disabilities and review the way in which funds are allocated to ensure cradle to grave care. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/31475
Stronger Together
Linkage is leading the development of a Lincolnshire Learning Disability Coalition as an independent body to promote and protect the interests of learning disabled people and their families across Lincolnshire.
We feel that it has never been more important to harness and strengthen the voices of learning disabled young people and adults across Lincolnshire and the voices too, of their parents, carers and families.
We hosted a meeting of interested organisations and individuals on Friday 27th April and we are delighted to be forging ahead with its development.
Please contact Linda Alexander, Policy and Campaigns Officer, if you are interested in becoming a coalition member or supporter, as an individual or organisation. Tel: 01522 507214 E-mail: linda.alexander@linkage.org.uk
When is a choice not a choice?
Lincolnshire parent Sue Thompson’s story was highlighted on BBC Look North on Tuesday (17th April) when she spoke of her distress and concern about lack of choice of Further Education college for her 18-year-old daughter Lucy. Sue has been told that Lucy must attend her local college despite her concerns over their ability to meet her needs and despite her desire for Lucy to attend Linkage College at Toynton.
She is not alone in her situation, as we know from other concerned parents who are in similar circumstances. Please get in touch if this applies to you.
We have also heard from parents whose sons and daughters are struggling in their Further Education placements, so again, tell us if this applies to you.
Please contact Linda Alexander, Policy and Campaigns Officer Tel: 01522 507214 E-mail: linda.alexander@linkage.org.uk
Parents plead for local authority support for specialist education at Linkage
“It is nothing short of a scandal that such opportunities are being denied.”
Parents are expressing their shock and dismay at the decision of local authorities to drastically reduce the numbers of placements they support for learning disabled young people to attend Linkage College.
Many parents have contacted Linkage with harrowing accounts of their struggles to access specialist education for their family members and heartfelt appreciation of the huge difference Linkage College has made to the lives of their children and themselves. These include parents who want Linkage provision for other family members, but for whom it is not being offered as a choice. Read More...
Campaign with us
Parents are expressing their shock and dismay at the decision of local authorities to drastically reduce the numbers of placements they support for learning disabled young people to attend Linkage College.
Many parents have contacted Linkage with harrowing accounts of their struggles to access specialist education for their family members and heartfelt appreciation of the huge difference Linkage College has made to the lives of their children and themselves. These include parents who want Linkage provision for other family members, but for whom it is not being offered as a choice. Read More...
Please help us campaign for the rights of learning disabled people and their families to exercise real choices about accessing the education provision they want, by writing to your MP and local councillor about the issues raised here. Read More...
Respite care at Linkage Community Trust’s accommodation is being extended because of demand.
They were first offered a year ago when Lincolnshire women Rebecca Shaw and Donna Foxon, who currently attend Skegness Day Centre, stayed at Linkage’s Toynton campus near Spilsby on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds. The service is now attracting a growing clientele, and a special open event this month aims to promote respite care to a wider market. Read More...
Inside The Spring 2012 Edition of Linkage News.
Linkage extends respite breaks; expansion of specialist autism service; read about the charity's new campaigning work; opportunities to support Linkage fund-raising; phase one of Boultham Park project completed. Read More...
Linkage Bike Ride
Sunday 27th May 2012: The route follows the Water Rail Way along the River Witham and is mainly traffic free. It covers the first stage from Lincoln to Bardney and return (18 miles) Read More...
Burton MP Visits First Work of Learning Disabled Charity In Staffordshire.
Burton and Uttoxeter MP Andrew Griffiths has hailed the care services being offered by Linkage Community Trust as an exciting step forward for young learning disabled people in Staffordshire. Read More...
Linkage Redundancy Consultation
Boultham Park Opening.
The High Sheriff of Lincolnshire Robin Battle has officially opened an accommodation complex in Lincoln, heralding an expansion of the services provided by Linkage for learning disabled people. 10 bungalows and six flats have been built in a partnership with Waterloo Housing Group, and are occupied by young people with learning disabilities or difficulties. Read More...
Fulfilling Potential.
The students and service users of Linkage Community Trust, along with their families and supporters, have made clear to the Government that disabled people need real choices over their education, care and employment if disability equality is to be realised. This includes the choice to access specialist education, the choice to access work or purposeful activity that is meaningful and the choice to choose the type of care they receive, backed up with fair and appropriate funding. Read More...
