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Personal Independence Payments

(The replacement for Disability Living Allowance)
Dave Winterton will talk again on about this on:

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 12.30pm to 2.30pm, Croft Street Community Centre, Baggholme Road, off Monks Road, Lincoln LN2 5AX
To cover venue hire and refreshments the cost of this event is: Professionals:  £2.50     Disabled, Carers, etc. and Personal Assistants (accompanying their client) £1.00
Payable on the door with Tea/Coffee/Biscuits included

The Core Group members will be available for a “meet and greet” from the end of Dave’s presentation until 3.30pm.
Find out what we are doing, tell us your experiences and see if we can help each other to improve the lives of disabled people in Lincolnshire

To book a place email: mike@lincolnshireindependentliving.co.uk
Or telephone Susan on 07587 103 710

Limited parking spaces are available at this venue, please leave them for our wheelchair and less mobile members. The are issued on a first come/first served basis

 

Peer support Training - 2012

We have linked with an organisation in Georgia via a lady who was a British Citizen and already has great experience in setting up training. This is their definition of Peer support: A Peer Supporter is a person with a disability who has learned life strategies, how to be a self-advocate, and how to live independently and has acquired the skills to help others do the same.

A Peer Supporter differs from a counsellor or an advocate in that a Peer Supporter does not tell his/her peers how to live their life. Rather, a Peer Supporter offers the benefit of his/her own experiences, passing along the encouragement and support needed for others to construct their own advocacy and life strategies to bring about desired goals.
We are proposing a three day training programme between the dates of week commencing 18th June 2012 covering soft skills and specific skills and some input from DWP and Job Centre plus. The minimum number for the training will be 10 and we shall be meeting in Nettleham for the training – subject to confirmation.

Contact Susan splipscombe@uwclub.net or Iggy spion1901@gmail.com for further information