STOP The Closure Of Stirling Rd & Learning Curve Day Centres!

 

Public Lobby & Protest

 

Monday 26th November

Ealing Town Hall

5.30 - 7pm

 

 

Please Come and Join us to STOP this direct ATTACK on the Most Vulnerable People in OUR Community!

 

 

There has been coverage of the proposed closures of Stirling Rd Day Centre & Learning Curve Centre in The Ealing Gazette:

 



http://www.ealinggazette.co.uk/ealing-news/local-ealing-news/2012/11/23/council-to-close-centre-for-disabled-people-64767-32293455/

 

The services are provided to promote and support learning disabled people to become more independent and access their community through community-based projects & activities.

Attendees of the centres will see their daily activities curtailed, the centres closed (and as seems most likely sold off) and are to be given a 'personal budget' to 'buy' their own day activities. Since this will inevitably cost them much more than at present they will see less and less of the 'outside world' and their daily lives (not to mention friendships built up over years) will dissolve.

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LINKS

You can still express your'e anger at how services are being decimated locally. You can write to your councillor, MP, the local newspaper or national media.

Here are some local links to help you:

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 £160k 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 Northstevepoundmp@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

The contact email for The Ealing Gazette is at:
http://www.ealinggazette.co.uk/site-map/contact-us-ealing-gazette/

The contact email for The Ealing Times is at:
http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/contact_us/

 

STOP PRESS!!

 

A Public Demonstration & Lobby will be held to protest against this cruel proposal.

 

Monday 26th November - Ealing Town Hall New Broadway, Ealing 5.30 - 7pm.

 

Please come and join us to air your disgust at this lamentable decision.

Ealing Disabled Community Shocked As Two Day Centres for the Learning Disabled Are Proposed To Close and over 100 jobs are Put At Risk.

In shocking news revealed of late the London Borough of Ealing has made proposals to cabinet for swingeing cuts across most departments.
As is common few managerial posts are affected but most damaging of all is the proposal to axe two Day Centres for those with disabilities. 

The Stirling Road Day Centre in Stirling Rd, Acton has served those with learning disabilities for more than 30 years.

Stirling Road Centre is a day service, meeting the needs of adults with a learning disability. It provides a wide range of services, which include sport and leisure, health promotion, community based projects, work-based training and travel assistance.

The service is provided to promote and support people to become more independent and access their community through community-based projects.

Attendees of this centre will see their daily activities curtailed, the centre closed (and as seems most likely sold off) and are to be given a 'personal budget' to 'buy' their own day activities. Since this will inevitably cost them much more than at present they will see less and less of the 'outside world' and their daily lives (not to mention friendships built up over years) will dissolve.

Learning Curve centre, based in Roslin Rd, Acton, provides training for adults with learning disabilities. Their aim is to help people obtain the skills needed to get into work. It is a fully accredited training centre and provides training in basic skills, preparation for work, job seeking skills, office practice, retail and information technology. Learning Curve also supports disabled adults in work and can help find work experience placements. It runs a community café called Café Eat, which earns money through external catering.

The attendees of this centre will be similarly given a 'budget' to purchase their own activities & services and be 'signposted' to getting services 'in the social care market'.

A disgrace (especially for a Labour council).

LINKS

You can still express your'e anger at how services are being decimated locally. You can write to your councillor, MP, the local newspaper or national media.

Here are some local links to help you:

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 Northstevepoundmp@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

The contact email for The Ealing Gazette is at:

http://www.ealinggazette.co.uk/site-map/contact-us-ealing-gazette/

The contact email for The Ealing Times is at:

http://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/contact_us/

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All Is NOT Lost... Not Just Yet... So - MARCH In March!!

So the news is thus...

After a gallant fight against the managers and bureacrats at the London Borough of Ealing that raged for many months and witnessed countless demonstrations & lobbies in Ealing and across the borough and with the invaluable support of all of the main campaigning groups locally The Albert Dane Centre for disabled adults & The Links Project for adults with a significant mental health disability will both be closed as of April 4th 2011.

SHAME on the Labour council for going down this tragic road. SHAME on the councillors for BLINDLY following a course set by service managers to throw away valuable services for the residents of this borough. SHAME on managers such as Claire Hutnell & Cheryl Batt for proposing such a closure (in the case of Albert Dane), a service that will close leaving many disabled people in the area shut in their homes and isolated from the community.

One hopes this maybe the last of it. But this writer believes there is worse yet to come.

S.A.D. Ealing will continue to campaign alongside other campaigning groups locally to highlight vociferously this cruel campaign of hate against frontline services for the most vulnerable in our society.

We are hearing of decimation in Ealing Council's Children's services with countless jobs lost, Adult Social Services is also taking a big hit, Social Workers will face an even larger workload with support staff posts disappearing widely in recent cuts. The council Park Ranger service has been slashed with only 4 soon across the entire borough - imagine what Ealing's famed parks will look like soon; and how safe will they be?

That alongside cuts upcoming within the local Health Trust that will affect how NHS services are delivered locally.

Which is why come the end of this month we need to send a message - to our council but moreover to this cruel CON-Dem government that these cuts are immoral, vicious and plainly wrong!

One can barely call them a government, really they are just a bunch of millionaires lobbying for their corparate friends so they can privatise pretty much everything. Well Dave & Nick some things just can't and SHOULDN'T be run as a profit making exercise. Health, Disabled services, Social services...

We want them, we need them and we are proud of them and it makes us a civilised society by doing so.



So if you want to remain a civilised society and all this cutting of frontline services makes you sick...

MARCH in March to save them!!

Let's make this the biggest demonstration of public anger EVER!

Saturday 26th March from 11am Victoria Embankment

                                    

                   Marching to a rally at Hyde Park    

                                    

for more infomation see  http://marchforthealternative.org.uk/

thanks

LINKS

You can still express your'e anger at how services are being decimated locally. You can write to your councillor, MP, the local newspaper or national media.

Here are some local links to help you:

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 Northstevepoundmp@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

Words From The Wise...

Image by Maya Yehya

Words direct from an Albert Dane service user...

'This is a very essential service for the disabled in the Ealing Acton and Southall area and should not be cut by anybody for any reason. This service is essential for carers of the sick and disabled in these areas too. Why else would I pay my taxes.
SAVE ALBERT DANE, OUR SOULS cannot be bought by giving us a personnel budget.
Give a man an education and he can live his life. Or you can feed him for one day/week, this would keep him happy for one reason you've blind sided him.
Feed them for life by training them.
Don't be sad Save Albert Dane centre.
You know it makes sense...'

Little more needs to be said...

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!

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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!

AGAIN! Let's Make Our VOICES Heard! December 14th Ealing Town Hall 5pm

Tuesday December 14th from 5pm at Ealing Town Hall, W5

On November 30^th Ealing's Labour led Council voted for closure.  

There is now a two-week ‘cooling off’ period during which the opposition parties have ‘called in’ the matter to be discussed before a full council meeting on the 14^th December. A representative of the S.A.D. Ealing campaign will speak directly.

The (large!) Save Albert Dane petition will also be presented.

If we can fill the pavement outside the Town Hall with a loud & seething mass of disgust against these disgraceful cuts then we will be sending a VERY STRONG message to the Labour Councillors that they need to be back where they should be; in opposition to such proposals - NOT proposing them.

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
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

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!

Let's Make Our VOICES Heard! NOVEMBER 30th Ealing Town Hall 5pm

TUESDAY 30th NOVEMBER from 5pm at Ealing Town Hall.      

With the help of members of Ealing Unison, Ealing Alliance For Public Services (EAPS) and other supporters, we will be lobbying the Ealing Council Cabinet meeting which will give a final vote on whether the Albert Dane Day Centre & the Links Project will close or not.
They will also vote on the 'Star Chamber' recommendations from last week which proposed the axing of up to 320 or more posts from Ealing's staff team. Children's services were particularly badly affected with frontline posts being 'deleted'.
If we can fill the pavement outside the Town Hall with a loud & seething mass of disgust against these disgraceful cuts then we will be sending a VERY STRONG message to the Labour Councillors that they need to be back where they should be; in opposition to such proposals - NOT proposing them. As was mentioned earlier, 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

Ealing Alliance For Public Services will be staging it's first anti cuts protest outside Ealing Town Hall on Saturday 11th December 1pm - 4pm. 
Come and show your disgust at the cuts!


LINKS

You can email your protests directly to Cllr Jasbir Anand
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

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!