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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