The FIGHT Continues! Lobby Ealing Town Hall Thurs Dec 23rd 5pm...

The fight to save The Albert Dane Day Centre for disabled adults (and The Links Project for adults with mental health issues) continues!

Due to the opposition on Ealing Council having 'called in' the closure proposals for further investigation the issue will be debated at the Council Scrutiny Comittee.
This will take place on THURSDAY DECEMBER 23RD 7PM.

We will therefore be lobbying & protesting outside Ealing Town Hall from 5pm Thursday December 23rd.

All welcome! Join us and make your voices heard in protest at these cruel closures of services for the most vulnerable in our community.

The ballot box does not forget...

If you disagree with such wanton destruction of frontline community services for children & vulnerable adults in Ealing then JOIN US!

LET'S MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD!

http://sadealing.blogspot.com/

email: sadealing@gmail.com

or join us on facebook: see link on top right hand of this page

LINKS

You can email your protests directly to Cllr Jasbir Anand, portfolio holder for Adult & Children Social Services
here at jasbir.anand@ealing.gov.uk

You can also email Stephen Day who is the director of Adult
Social Services days@ealing.gov.uk or even give him a call on 020 8825 9315

Martin Smith is the Chief Executive of Ealing Council, (and doing well on £180k a year!) - he has two email's with which you can contact him on smithm@ealing.gov.uk  or chiefexecutive@ealing.gov.uk

Gary Malcom is the Leader of the Lib Dem Group on Ealing Council malcomg@ealing.gov.uk

Harvey Rose is another Lib Dem who has been positively involved with Day Centre issues before roseh@ealing.gov.uk

Jason Stacey Is the opposition Conservative leader jason.stacey@ealing.gov.uk

Greg Stafford is the opposition Conservative spokesman for Adult & Children Social Services gregory.stafford@ealing.gov.uk

Mark Reen was opposition Conservative spokesman for Adult & Children Social Services in the previous administration mark.reen@ealing.gov.uk

Angie Bray is the Conservative MP for Ealing Central & Acton angie.bray.mp@parliament.uk

Virendra Sharma is the Labour MP for Ealing Southall constituency sharmav@parliament.uk 

Steve Pound is the genial MP for the neighbouring constituency of Ealing North

stevepoundmp@parliament.uk

The Ealing Learning Disability Partnership Board  
is a group charged with defending the rights of service users in the
borough and ensuring they get good services. You can fill out a contact form with your concerns about proposed closures at: 

http://www.openupealing.net/form.aspx?page=12846 

thanks!

The Service User's Voice

We at S.A.D. Ealing are proud to have the involvement of the Albert Dane service users themselves.

Here they tell us a little about themselves and why the centre should not closed. It is plain that the centre has worked wonders for these people, helping them grow as individuals; and they have at the same time helped the centre grow too, but because of the crass and purely budget driven ideals of the upper management team within Adult Social Services in Ealing Council the centre could be coming close to it's demise.

Shame on them for such cold and heartless behaviour, we as taxpayers fund such projects; we could also be disabled one day. We should be asked if we want this valuable centre and resource to be abandoned and then probaly sold for profit. Meanwhile what will the service users be left with? Well, it seems NOTHING...

Perhaps Claire Hutnell (the manager who  wilfully destroyed the service users handmade banners and threatened staff with disciplinary action if they helped the service users in their protest), Cheryl Batt and Director Of Adult Social Services Stephen Day among others should bear that in mind...

email your concerns & protests directly -

hutnellc@ealing.gov.uk

battc@ealing.gov.uk

days@ealing.gov.uk

or try the leader of the council Julian Bell bellj@ealing.gov.uk

>> Val Garrard (Service User At The Albert Dane Centre For The Last 5 Years)

' I suffer from Agrophobia, Oesteoarthritis and Labyrinthitis. After my husband passed away I wasn't able to go out for 18 months as I am unable to go outside by myself. My confidence and self esteem plummeted.

When I first came to the centre I couldn't speak to anyone but with the perseverance, skill and goodwill of the staff and the good friends I have made, I have made great progress. I still find it very difficult to go outside. My confidence in myself however has gone up in leaps and bounds. I am now Chairperson of the User Committee, Forum Secretary and Campaign Chair.

If the planned closure of the Albert Dane Centre goes ahead I fear that I will not be able to go out again and that I will go back to the sad state I was in 5 years ago. As you can imagine that isn't a place I want to re-visit...'

Come protest this Saturday afternoon 9th October, 11am - 1pm outside The Oaks shopping centre, Acton High Street.
It is just opposite NatWest Bank.

Ealing Council Refuse To Allow Service Users To Hang THEIR Own Handmade Banners!!!

The Ealing Council Director of Adult Social Services, Stephen Day, has instructed management to remove any banners protesting against the impending closure of the Albert Dane Day Centre for disabled adults hung on the gates outside the day centre.
The service users have got together and made the banners themselves in the hope of getting help to save their centre in the current round of cuts to Social Services.
Service users now have no choice but to stand outside the centre and hold their banners up by hand. This places some of them at risk from serious injury, not to mention having to  stand or sit outside in their wheelchairs the increasingly chilly autumnal weather.
Staff at Albert Dane have been threatened with disciplinary action should they assist the users,even if this is just to ensure the safety of the service users who sufffer from physical and sensory disabilities and who could be put at serious risk on the street.

We will NOT be silenced!

Shame on Stephen Day for putting Vulnerable Adults at further risk of harm.

email him directly in protest at this disgraceful action!

days@ealing.gov.uk

Further to this a word from Val Garrard, service user at The Albert Dane Centre...

"DO NOT let Ealing Council close Albert Dane Centre! WE CANNOT LET THE COUNCIL OR THE GOVERNMENT WIN THIS ONE.
JOIN US AT THE PUBLIC CABINET MEETING AND LOBBY OUTSIDE EALING TOWN HALL NOVEMBER 9TH - 5pm.
MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOSE FRIENDS AND SUPPORT THEY DESPARATELY NEED AT THE ALBERT DANE CENTRE IF IT CLOSES. COME TO ACTON HIGH STREET ON SAT ...9TH OCT 11-1 AND SIGN OUR PETITION"

VAL GARRARD - ALBERT DANE SERVICE USER