From: Atkinson, Elaine
Sent: 31 July 2014 14:33
To: Hollins, Nick
Subject: FW: UNCLASSIFIED: Consultation
Process - Kool Club
Attachments: Provider Letter - Kool Club 30.4.14.doc
From: Jo Parsons [mailto:joparsons@lifeworks-uk.org]
Sent: 23 May 2014 19:04
To: Atkinson, Elaine
Cc: Hobson, Caroline
Subject: FW: UNCLASSIFIED: Consultation Process - Kool
Club
Hi Elaine
I appreciated you finding the
time to chat briefly today when you clearly wasn’t expecting
my visit.
Lifeworks is keen to continue provide a Kool
Club in the Torbay area. We would be willing to do so on an individual spot
purchasing basis or through direct payments for the five members that are
currently attending, and future referrals at a subsidised cost of £1,200 per
annum, per member. We would invoice this on a monthly basis in arrears.
We have a number of enquiries
for membership and in order to support the dynamics of the group we are willing
to offer fully subsidised placements to each of these
young people for a period of six months. They are all young people
that we feel will/should qualify for short breaks funding and so during this
time we will suggest to families that they make
contact with the learning disability team to discuss the possibility of
continuation funding at the end of the six month period. We will be happy to
provide any supporting information you may require.
The withdrawal of the premises
with less than 48 hours notice informed to us on a scribbled piece of paper was
a shock. I was not happy when I contacted Vicki Weller with her explanation
that ‘ no one knew how to contact us’, this only
helped to make a bad situation worse. Any ideas or recommendations the
council are able to offer for a replacement venue would be greatly appreciated.
We will in the interim continue to operate without premises on a meet and
pickup point basis.
Obviously families need to know
what is happening sooner rather than later. If Torbay Council are able to agree
to Lifeworks proposal perhaps a joint letter would be a positive way to
communicate these changes.
We recognise the difficult times
for Local Authorities but we do hope that Lifeworks and Torbay Council will
continue to work together to ensure that young people with learning
disabilities are not isolated, have the opportunity to improve their life
chances and to be actively involved within their communities.
You may be interested to know
that Lifeworks also run projects which are funded by grants and have
benefited many young people and families from the Torbay area over a number of
years, namely the ‘Life skills Academy’ and ‘Breaking the Barrier’.
I have attached for your
information the letter I received and below is the
confirmation of arrangements for our meeting.
Kind regards
Jo
Jo Parsons
Charity Director
Lifeworks Charity Ltd.
Blacklers, Park Road, Dartington
Hall Estate,
Dartington, Devon TQ9 6EQ
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