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7 June 2021

Welcome to the Croydon Mencap news and events newsletter 
  • Carers Week 2021 
    • Would you like to say something about being a carer?
    • Blow your own Trumpet! video
    • Our free online carers events 
  • Information from other Croydon organisations
    • Rutherford School seeking governors
    • Leisure Link 
    • Draft EHCP webinar from Carers Information Service
    • Safety for Women & Girls in Croydon Questionnaire
  • Other -
    • free online resources from Building Bridges training
Our free online events for Carers Week 2021

During Carers Week, we have free online events for parents / carers each weekday at 11 am. If you would like to join us, please email us to book a place
info@croydonmencap.org.uk
Monday 7 June 11am What or Who Am I? A close ups game to kick off Carers Week. Can you work out what, or who, it is? Tuesday 8 June 11 am Blow Your Own Trumpet! Sharing breakthroughs, big or small, that we are proud of, ideas that worked for us. Wednesday 9 June 11 am Singing and Drumming Workshop Whether you think you can sing or not! Join us - no drum required! Thursday 10 June 11 am Carers Week Celebration - Including a fun scavenger hunt game! Friday 11 June 11 am Elevenses - Carers Week special including a relaxing meditation to set you up for the weekend Contact us to book a place
Click here to read our CMSS Events Brochure online
Would you like to say something about being a carer?
Would you like to say something about being a carer?  You could tell us... What your caring role means to you? What you are most proud of? (Blow Your Own Trumpet!) If you have any strategies or tips that you would like to share with other carers? If you have any 'hidden places' in Croydon that you enjoy going to? We would love to share details of great places in or around Croydon so other carers can enjoy them too. Whatever you have to say, we would like to hear it! You can send us a video, voice recording, photo, a poem, just a sentence or 2, or maybe interview another carer. We can share your contribution(s) anonymously if you prefer. Let's make caring visible and valued this carers week! Please send your contributions or any questions to jo@croydonmencap.org.uk

Would you like to say something about being a carer? 
Contributions could be sent as a video, photo(s), voice recording, drawing or other art, maybe an interview with another carer. They can be shared with names or anonymously. Please send your contributions or any questions to jo@croydonmencap.org.uk

Let's Make Caring Visible and Valued this Carers Week!
Blow your own Trumpet for Carers Week 2021
Are you a parent / carer in Croydon? Would you like to tell us something you
are proud of, maybe a suggestion or strategy that worked well for you?
Information from other Croydon organisations...
Rutherford School is seeking new Governors to join their Governing Body.

Based in South Croydon, the School provides specialist education for children and young
people between 2-25 years who have Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties and
complex medical needs.

For the full role description and details on how to apply please visit their website -
https://rutherfordschool.org.uk/about-us/careers-and-vacancies/ 
Leisure Link is a group for people with learning disabilities and supporters who meet once a month to talk about arts and leisure: things they have done and things they are looking forward to.

Members produce a monthly newsletter about what’s going on in Croydon that’s inclusive and accessible.

Download the newsletter from the website - https://www.clubsoda.org.uk/project/leisure-link/ or contact them to ask for a paper copy. 
To book, call 020 8649 6283 or email astridmacabee@carersinfo.org.uk
Safety for Women & Girls in Croydon Questionnaire

Croydon has the opportunity to put together a bid to the Safer Streets Fund from the Home Office.

The fund will focus on safety in public places for women and girls.

In response to this, we have put together a questionnaire for women and girls living and working in Croydon to complete.

This questionnaire will support our bid by showing us why women feel unsafe in Croydon, where and what they think would make them feel safer.

Please click or tap here to go to the questionnaire 
Other...
Building Bridges has updated its online shop
https://www.building-bridges-training.org/online-store 
and created 4 departments of types of resources;
  • for people with a learning disability
  • for staff
  • our paper and online quizzes
  • dictionaries
All the items have been co-produced with people from Building Bridges, and the idea / need for all the items have come from their lived experience.

The items are free on request and will be emailed to you.
In return we hope you will sign up to our mailing list for further news and updates
https://www.building-bridges-training.org/get-news

We’d love to have back any feedback – good or bad!
And do let us know if you have identified any need for an easy read resource and we’ll see what we can do!
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