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News, events, campaigns and more from Croydon Mencap and PiP @ Croydon Mencap
2 July 2021
In this newsletter
  • Parents in Partnership @ Croydon Mencap - new flyer
  • CM Support Service events next week
    • Mindfulness session for carers
    • Elevenses with Michael Cole, Transition team leader
  • NHS vaccine walk in centres open this weekend
  • Croydon People First - job advert
  • Leisure Link - newsletter and new podcast
  • The Reason I Jump - UK trailer and link to book tickets
PiP at Croydon Mencap. Supporting parent carers of children and young people with any kind of additional needs and disabilities aged 0-24 living in Croydon. Our aim is to improve lives of parent carers by empowering them to speak up and act for themselves, helping them to realise their potential, and feel enabled to act in a range of situations.  Our services include - 1 to 1 support from Family Link Workers - including help with  navigating and understanding SEND systems for education, health and social care, and talking to professionals preparing for meetings to ensure parents feel heard advocacy at meetings information and support about transition / moving into adulthood. Information workshops and training in a range of subjects. Parent participation - opportunities for the SEND community in Croydon to have their voices heard and reduce feelings of isolation. Please contact us for more information. Parent carers can self refer, professionals can refer families with consent from the parents. Telephone 020 8684 5890. Email info@croydonmencap.org.uk. Website www.croydonmencap.org.uk.
Parents in Partnership joined us in April, and are now known as PiP @ Croydon Mencap.

The former chairperson of PiP, Trisha, has joined the Croydon Mencap board.
Dee, Jane, Sharon, Sue, and Tansy are continuing their work with parent carers of children and young people who have any kind of additional needs and disabilities, aged 0-25, living in Croydon. 

Parent carers can refer themselves to the service, professionals can refer families if they have consent from the parents.
Click or tap here to go to the PiP @ Croydon Mencap referral form
You can also contact PiP @ Croydon Mencap by telephone or email -
telephone - 020 684 5890
email - info@croydonmencap.org.uk

address -
PiP @ Croydon Mencap
Portland House
678 London Road
Thornton Heath
CR7 7HU.
Croydon Mencap Support Service events next week -
Croydon Mencap Support Service. Free online event for carers of a person with a learning disability and/or a child with additional needs, living in Croydon. Mindfulness, Thursday 8 July at 11 am. A presentation on Mindfulness, combining theory and exercises, with time for questions and/or reflections. With Mind in Croydon. Please contact us to book a place, Sue Payne, sue@croydonmencap.org.uk. Lloyd Thomas lloyd@croydonmencap.org.uk.
Free online event for carers of a person with a learning disability and/or a child with additional needs, living in Croydon. 

Mindfulness
Thursday 8 July at 11 am

with Mind in Croydon

Contact Sue or Lloyd to book a place
sue@croydonmencap.org.uk
lloyd@croydonmencap.org.uk
Join us for Croydon Mencap Elevenses, a weekly social event on Zoom. Chat with old friends and meet new friends. Michael Cole, Team Manager for the Transition Team at Croydon Council, will be joining us for Elevenses on Friday 9 July. If you have any questions for Michael about social care and transitions, please let us know, and please join us for the session. Contact Sue or Lloyd for the Zoom link sue@croydonmencap.org.uk or lloyd@croydonmencap.org.uk. Friday 9 July, between 11 am and 12 midday.
Croydon Mencap Elevenses for carers, families, and adults with a learning disability

Michael Cole, Team Manager for the Transition Team at Croydon Council, will be joining us for Elevenses on Friday 9 July.

If you have any questions for Michael about social care and transitions please let us know, and please join us for the session.

Contact Sue or Lloyd for the Zoom link
sue@croydonmencap.org.uk
lloyd@croydonmencap.org.uk

NHS South West London Clinical Commissioning Group logo
A message about Covid vaccination - walk in centres open this weekend
On Saturday, we will be holding a football-focused vaccination session at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park football ground.  As always, our staff will be on hand to answer any questions people may have about the vaccine.

The event is open to all over-18s but we are especially promoting it to our younger groups as there are thousands of unvaccinated 18 to 29 year olds. We hope the current interest in football will encourage people to come to the football club to get vaccinated.

To guarantee a vaccine on the day people are encouraged to book an appointment at www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination or walk-in on the day.
 
Over the weekend, we will be holding many walk-in NHS Covid-19 vaccination sites where anyone aged 18 or over can either reserve a slot via the National Booking Service or walk in on the day.

For information about walk-in and pop-ups in your area, please visit https://swlondonccg.nhs.uk/covid/where-can-you-get-vaccinated/vaccination-walk-in-clinics/
Croydon People First logo
Job Advert - Supporter to the Director
Croydon People First is a self-advocacy charity run by and for people with learning disabilities. Our aim is for people with learning disabilities to have choices, independence and a voice in local decisions.

The Director of Croydon People First is a person with a learning disability. She requires a Supporter to provide 17 hours a week 1:1 support, funded through the Government’s Access to Work Scheme.

• 17 hours per week. This is over 3 days per week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• Wages: £14 per hour
• This job is based at Croydon Mencap, Portland House, 678 London Road, Thornton Heath CR7 7HU. Support will also be needed to attend meetings across the borough
• The role is funded by the Access to Work Scheme on a claims basis for work carried out

The Supporter to the Director will be responsible for helping the Director to carry out all aspects of their job. This includes enabling the Director to make decisions, attend and take part in meetings, and read complicated documents

Closing date: 10.00am on Wednesday 14 July 2021
Interviews: Wednesday 4 August 2021
For further information please contact: Geraldine O’Shea
Email: info@croydonpeoplefirst.org.uk
Leisure Link Croydon
The picture shows the front cover of the latest Leisure Link newsletter, July issue. 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.  Read the newsletters here https://www.clubsoda.org.uk/project/leisure-link/
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.


Read the newsletters here - 
Leisure Link Newsletters 

Leisure Link also have a new podcast.
Presenters hold the mic up to some of Croydon's best artists, performers and musicians with learning disabilities. 
They also feature interviews with inclusive arts and leisure organisations from Croydon and drop in at their favourite local venues.

Listen to it here -
Leisure Link Podcast
The Reason I Jump - Based on the bestselling book by Naoki Higashida
In cinemas now - find cinemas and book tickets at https://reasonijump.film
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