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WORD UP TEAM

Word Up Newspaper, C/O Wandsworth Care Alliance, Trident Business Centre 89 Bickersteth Road, TootingLondon SW17 [email protected]

0208 516 7785

Thank everyone for your support and encouragement from the last issue. Everyone said how they found it useful and informative and

helpful. Please continue to let us know your thoughts and viewpoints.

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WE ARE

EMPLOYED!

WHAT ABOUT

THE OTHERS

Everyone is entitled to have a job

and get paid

Do you need help lookingfor a job.WE CAN HELP! Valuing

AllPeople

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SUPPORT WORKER

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WE ARE EMPLOYED! WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS

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Dear Word Up teamI have just read your 2nd edition of Wandsworth Word Up. What a great publication. Well done for the focus on the Atheldene Centre. I used the centre from 1978-83 plus being part of the League of Friends for 22 years. It is sad that the centre is closing as part of the cutbacks... In my spare time I run a small transport business with my brother. Could I advertise in your next editionRegards Richard

Hi to all at Word UpExcellent publication and very exciting. We at the Petchey Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of East London wish you every success as you expand and develop. Which we have no doubt you will. All the best, Andre

Thanks to all those who emailed and posted on our blog!

Dear EditorsWe received ‘Words Up’ on Saturday. It is fantastic! We read it from cover to cover. Who printed it for you? Loved the look of it.... cross between a newspaper, magazine, and a bit of the tabloid also.Jim and Karen Baker, Mill City Oregon, United States

Dear Word UpThanks ever so much for send-ing me a copy of Word Up! It’s brilliant, a really clear, open and positive newspaper. I read it from cover to cover and you certainly kept me engaged. Please congratulate the whole of the Word Up Team

and everyone who helped contributed.Sarah Garrod, Ware,

Hertfordshire


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COVER STORY - EMPLOYMENT

Employing someone with a learning disability

Do you want the right person for the job?You can give the job to the right person by welcoming

people with learning disabilities into your company

Would your managers benefit from the challenge of supporting a diverse team?give your staff an opportunity to learn new skills

Do you want your staff to be more aware of disability issues?

get to know a colleague with learning disabilities

Are you committed to equal opportunities?77% of the public think more highly of companies that make an extra effort to employ people with a disability.

Photography by Richard Lamplough | Aspirations for life

Jeremy Creedon Job: Office Facilities Assistant Employer: Kent Council

[ ]Leon Jordan Job: Admin. Assistant

Employer: Wandsworth CouncilHelen Noble

Job: Housekeeping Assistant

Employer: BUPA

From ‘I want to work: A Guide to Employing People with a Learning Disability.’

Contact Caroline Jones, Tel: 07810 183 552 | [email protected]

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Disability Employment

It is not easy finding a job. Some disabled people need support to ring up or go to a job centre for forms to be filled in.

Support workers, carers or member of staff can help with forms online or on the internet. It is better to explain clearly to people about employment or funding in finding full time or part-time work. It is also knowing who to ask for that kind of job, help and support. Many learning disability people go to Generate employment team. They support people in job search job club.

Can more businesses in Wandsworth help people with learning disabilities and special needs? You need to know your way around and some disabled people want to communicate or speak. People want to know how to get to different venues and buildings. About new places to work or earn money. There is a lot to learn.


More jobs for people with learning disabilities. Everyone has the rightto have a job. People with learning disabilities are very good at their jobs. Disabled people like to work. Many people with learning disabilities or other disabilities are finding it very hard in Wandsworth to understand finance cut backs in government budget.

You can also use Pay and Work Rights Helpline advice contact 0800 917 2368. Or go to Citizen’s advice bureau, Job Centre Advisor, or Mencap for free legal advice.


Helen Ward Job: Clerical Officer |

Employer: Stepping Hill Hospital NHS Trust


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What if you are hard of hearing or you can’t hear what people are saying to you. How can you get help with what’s being said to you. Shops and businesses can go on training, about special needs of people with disabilities so they can understand them.

Big companies need to do more. Some people do not understand the national minimum wage, or what it means to get paid work. They also don’t know how to apply for different types of work experience or how to get and do an application, and how/who to ask for help.

Managers can be much more clear in talking about health and safety standards and different types of contracts in jobs or getting made redundant or losing their jobs. If you are earning you also need to tell the benefits agency before you start work, or you could go into benefit fraud or trouble by going to court or tribunal.

People now are afraid of losing their jobs. It’s hard to let people know why some people are losing their jobs.


Did you know? In England, only 6.4 per cent of people with moderate to severe learning disabilities known to adult social services are in paid employment says the NHS Information Centre, August 2010. The employment rate for all disabled people is 47.4 per cent.

Francis Price Job: Customer Service Assistant

Employer: Waitrose

Jenny WarrenJob: Shop Assistant

Employer: The Body Shop

Alistair MaCaulay Job: Catering Assistant Employer: Sainsbury’s


Sharon Scully | Job: Catering Assistant | Employer: Stepping Hill Hospital NHS Trust

COVER STORY - EMPLOYMENT6

What you need to know about - Benefits DLA1. Incapacity – Permitted Work

You can work less than 16 hours, earn£93.00 a week for 52 weeks or £20.00

£20.00 per week.

2. Income Support

3. JSA

Up to 15 hours and 59 minutes. Fill in B7s every two weeks to hand in Photocopy every single one and file. Best to have

a Disability Employment Advisor.

4. Tax Credits

16 Hours plus. Must have DLA for a 26 week period.

Phone Claim. You can get up to £100 a week.


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AVOID BENEFITS FRAUD Remember: Up to 16 hours means

15 hours and 59 minutes!

Transport for Local and Disability Needs With Driver & Vehicle With Tail Lift

Fitted Facilities in operation.Wheelchair and Seated Passengers area.

TRAVEL IN STYLE

To discuss what we can do for you please contact us Transport Co-ordinator

Tel: 07904 946 193 (Richard)To pre-book we would kindly ask for 1 weeks notice email

[email protected] / Fax 020 8 677 2163

Social Events

Hospital Appointments

Holidays By the Sea

Airport

Shopping

Day Care Provider

Registered Company

R & g TRANSPORT LTD

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THEATRE REVIEW7

Photos: New Wimbeldon Studio 23rd and 24th November 2010, courtesy of Tinu Folayan

“This show made me laugh, cry, dance and clap. ‘INSIDE’ is one of best shows I’ve ever seen anywhere in London.Thank you for making my heart dance and smile for days. I hope more people can see this show”.

INSIDEPERFORMED BY: BAkED BEANS DANCE COMPANY

Wandsworth guardian 28th October 2010

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COVER STORYARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

The EaglesOne night walking in the desert valley. Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner and Bernie Leadon a singers, songwriters and musicians. In late 1971 they saw eagles flying high overhead they took the name from the wild birds. Glenn Frey got the Eagles off the ground, he was the glue who held the band together.

In May 1971 Glenn Frey was in the Troubadour bar. He saw a young man standing alone at the bar counter

left after the Hotel California tour in 1977 and was replaced by Timothy B. Schmit they brought in a new member Don Felder in 1976 they were a five piece.

My favourite Eagles album is The Long Run released September 1979, the most moody and dark album of all and the last before their break up in 1982.

My favourite member is Don Henley. He had a highly successful solo recording career. He released only four albums from 1982-2000 the best one is The End Of The Innocence released June 1989. There’s a track called I Will Not Go Quietly,

drinking alone. Frey knew he was a drummer who was in a band called Shiloh.

He was the quiet, shy Don Henley with a mass of dark brown hair and piercing blue eyes, then fresh-faced, dark-haired boy with trusting eyes Randy Meisner, Bernie Leadon a bright-eyed, lean boy with curly hair each member came from different backgrounds. In 1975 Bernie Leadon left and was replaced by Joe Walsh then Randy Meisner


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COVER STORYARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Axl Rose from Guns’N’ Roses is on backing vocals.

On 30 January 1989 at the American music awards Don Henley stepped in to drum for Guns’N’ Roses as their drummer, Steven Adler came down with the flu.

Having completed his third album, The End Of the Innocence, the song he drummed for was Patience, live on the dvd Guns ‘N’ Roses- Appetite For Destruction, the ultimate critical review.

The Eagles reformed in 1994, Frey, Henley, Felder, Walsh and Schmit on 25 April 1994. They gathered at the Warner Brothers Studio Sound stage in Burbank, California working on new songs. Their live album was cut down to four songs Love Will keep Us Alive, The Girl From Yesterday, Learn To Be Still And Get Over It.The album was released November 1994 called Hell Freezes Over with eleven greatest hits live in 1994 with four new studio tracks.The Eagles returned thirteen years later with a new studio album called Long Road Out Of Eden released 2007 with Frey, Henley, Walsh and Schmit. This information is only for fans who like them.by Joe Wallace

CHRISTMAS WELCOME fROM ODYSSEY CHOIR


I work as a travel mate for a company called Hail. I started

to work there at the end of September and I really enjoy it.

My job is very important. I help people get around London, from the green buses on to the regular

buses. My Hobbies include wildlife, parakeets are my favourite birds,

reading, my favourite author is Ray Gordon, and films. I think Word Up

is an important newspaper because it gives people information about what’s going on and it is written in

a very readable language. Joe Wallace

Once a month we go to rehearsals. We meet upstairs in the training room of Odyssey Head Office from 4:30-7:30.

We arrive and have tea and orange and then we have song sheets. We all sing. Then we have dinner and go back to singing.

We meet together before the concert and take all the food over. We wear white Odyssey tee shirts. The children at Garratt Park

School have a choir and come sing with us.

This is my sixth concert. My sister is also in the choir. We are performing on 16th December 2010 at St. Andrews Church on

Garratt Lane 6:30-8:30pm. Everyone is welcome.

by Laurence Gayton

On the 14th of October 2010 as I was going to work on bus number 170 to Putney one woman started harassing me and she asked me to get off my seat.

She talked to her friend and both of them turned to me and told me to get off my seat. They said that if I did not get off my seat they would get me off the next stop.I just ignored them both and hoped that the harassment would stop.

The harassment did not stop and the lady got me by the neck of the coat I was wearing. A kind man tried to help me by coming in the middle of myself and the lady and he told them to leave me alone.

You should get off the bus he told them. This lady is doing no harm to anybody. Stop it right now. Leave her alone.

HATE HURTS

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HATE HURTS


Anna Brickwood’s story

TRANSPORT11

Wandsworth Transport Action group

A travel survey is coming to Wandsworth

Do you like travelling by

Or are you having problems.

The next Mobility Forum

is 3rd February 2011 at 6pm at the

Civic Suite.

Contact John Slaughter

Senior Transport Planner at

Wandsworth Council 020 8871 6293 or

[email protected]

We want to improve the way we travel.

CONTACT US ON:Telephone: 0208 874 7279

Please join our facebook Account by emailing:

[email protected]

@

I just sat there calmly because I must have been in shock till I got to my stop and they got off the same stop as myself. The stop was Medfield Street and that was when I took the bus number and I noted down the time as well.

Even when the lady got hold of the skin on my neck and I screamed loudly, the bus driver took no notice at all. I was expecting the driver to do something about it. I ended up with a sore neck and a bruise on my arm. On my way back home later on, I went to two policemen who were standing at Clapham Junction. I told them what happened to me and they took down my details.

They asked me to report to any Police Station. That night I could not eat or sleep because what happened that morning kept on going through my mind. I eventually went to sleep very late.

The next day, I went to Wandsworth Police station and reported the matter. The police asked me all sorts of questions like where I was going, my name and they asked me if the bus driver did any-

thing about the issue at the time. An officer took me to a room and took a couple of pictures of my arm. They were very kind and they assured me that they would do something about the matter.

This affected me in many ways and I had to go to the victim support. I had to attend counselling for six weeks. I had to go every week because I lost confidence in myself. This affected my work, my relationship with people and I was afraid to get on the bus by myself.

I suffer from learning dis-abilities and I was diag-nosed with epilepsy when I was six months old.

I never ever will give up on my life. I hope that the women who harassed me were arrested. People like you and me do not have to go through this harassment.


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HEALTH

At the Atheldene Centre we have group meetings of people with learning disabilities, and we do all

kinds of things. We talk and play games, and we also give out leaflets about healthy eating to people. For example on Monday the 15th November, we were talking about the importance of being healthy, dieting and eating healthy food, with activities that included sticking pictures on walls. Tinu and Hannah and Funmilayo are helping with the new group, and there are flyers about healthy eating which are available in the centre and on the internet, which you can download on your computer as an attachment.

We get support from Wandsworth Care Alliance, and people with disabilities can come to the Centre to contribute to the health page about healthy eating in the newspaper. We have also taken pictures of our meetings at the Atheldene Centre.There may be other people with learning disabilities in Wandsworth who find it difficult to understand what health means or what healthy eating means, or why it is important. They may not understand what’s good for them and what isn’t good for them, for example, too many calories and lots of sugar and fatty foods are not good for you at all, and can make you

put on too much weight. They are various types of disabilities, if they can’t speak or see, or are hard of hearing, then they can look at pictures and other ways to help them understand. Some people are scared to see their dietician, or to get the right help and support, by going to their GP for advice. If you find anyone who doesn’t understand about eating sensibly, then you can tell them about it, about how to eat the right amount of food and not junk food everyday as it is not really good for you. Eat fresh vegetables and up to five portions of fruit a day. You can also ask for help and support from Generate the Bridge or Share or Platform1 Café, as well as from family, carers, support workers and key workers.

At the Atheldene Centre on 5 December Caroline,

Tinu and Tarlochan helped people understand about

BIG HEALTH CHECkS.

A health check is making sure everything is going

right inside of you.

ASk YOUR DOCTOR TODAY ABOUT BIG HEALTH CHECkS.


In the picture you can see the people

who came.

You should have a

BIG HEALTH CHECk once a year at

your doctor.

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ATHELDENE

goodbye Rachel Welcome Lauren

TRAVEL-MATES NEWS


HAVING A GREAT TIME AT ATHELDENE CENTRE

CHRISTMAS 2010

COMMUNITY NEWS

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www.DisabledGo.com is an award-winning website run by disability organisation DisabledGo. It has been in operation since 2000. DisabledGo is an established and trusted service, providing disabled people with the information needed to make informed choices about accessing their community.

DisabledGo-Wandsworth has been developed over the last 6 years. Thanks to an excellent partnership between DisabledGo and Wandsworth Borough Council.

The guide covers over 1000 venues in the area which have all been personally visited and kept up to date on an annual basis. The guide covers all types of venues from council buildings to tourist attractions and restaurants.

You can find out whether venues have, adapted toilets or parking close by but also specific details such as whether there are tactile or Braille markings in lifts or on doors, whether venues have audible announcers, dimensions of toilets or the positioning of fixtures and fittings.

Every year DisabledGo chairs a steering group in Wandsworth. Local disabled people and disability organisations have the opportunity to contribute to the guide.

DisabledGo – Wandsworth your website for access information!

Generate Advocacy Project (GAP) is a group of people with learning disabilities and supporters. GAP is open to any member who uses Generate. We help people to speak up and be more assertive about clubs, holidays, any staff or money issues and transport. GAP meets the second Monday of each month at Generate Summerstown, 6:30pm - 8:00pm.

GAP gets feedback from the directors or staff every few months. GAP wants more young people to join. If people want to join they should speak to Jane or James 020 879 5103 or email [email protected].

Thanks to Katy for her support and effort that she has given the group.

Generate Advocacy Project (GAP)

My name is Caroline and I work for Mencap as a Community Development Officer in southwest London. It is part of my job to help local groups like Word Up! speak up for the rights of people with a learning disability.

Mencap is worried about how the cuts by local councils will affect people with a learning disability. It is worried about the changes the government wants to make to benefits. Benefits are money you get like income support.

Here are some examples:- The mobility part of the DLA may be stopped for people who live in residential care homes. This would mean people will have less money to get out and do things.- There are new medical tests to get your DLA. Some people are not getting their money any more.

We think people with a learning disability should talk to their local MP and say what they think about the cuts and the changes to benefits. This will help your MP to understand what your benefits and services mean to you. It could help them try and stop cuts.

Mencap has an easy read booklet to help you fight the cuts in your area. It is called ‘Don’t Cut Us Out’. It is jam packed with advice. We also have an easy read leaflet about the changes to benefits.

If you want one of these or you need help campaigning you can call me on 078 1018 3552 or email me on [email protected].

Don’t Cut Us Out!

Discussing how best to promote DisabledGo-Wandsworth, changes in the area and new venues that should be added. This helps ensure the guide stays as up to date, useful and reliable as it possibly can be.

If you would like the opportunity to feedback or contribute to your local guide, you can join our local steering group or if you would like more information about DisabledGo.

Please contact kimberley Dixon, Partnership Executive by telephone 01438 842710 or email [email protected]


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Marigold Training would like to wish all the members of Wandsworth Care Alliance a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for 2011. We wish to thank all the members who supported us to promote the Confidence Building course since July 2009.

We wish to congratulate Caroline Ogundeji who completed the Level 3 Awards in First Line Management in Developing Individuals and Teams. We also wish to thank Michelle Albury for all the support she gave us in reaching out to Sister Act members.

This project is ending now, we hope to find more funding in the future to continue making our trainings accessible to people with learning difficulties. Bidwantee Jugnauth

Leaders of the Future

We recently learned about a new group in Wandsworth called Positive Parents Action Group. But we have not been able to get much more information about what it is doing. Maybe you want to know as well. Email [email protected] or Catherine keevil at [email protected]

Word Up Parents!

Do you want to be involved in disability awareness training for employers or representing Learning Disability on recruitment panels ? Mike Abel and the Wandsworth Learning Disability Partnership Board will be starting this group in the next couple of months. If you want to know more contact Mike on [email protected] or 0208 871 8900.

Action Group For Employment

COMMUNITY NEWS

Out soon! Top Ten Tips for Recruitment Book

If you are a person with learning disability thinking about employing staff to support you, then you need to get this book. Thanks to the group, John Hewlett Parker, and keesha Sinclair at VoiceAbility.Please note: Voice Ability is the new name for Advocacy Partners. Their new contact details are

VoiceAbility WandsworthUnit B203Trident Business Centre89, Bickersteth Road SW17 9SH

Phone: 020 7924 7772Email: wandsworthvoiceability.orgWebsite: www.voiceability.org

WANDSWORTH MOBILITY

fORUM

On 30 September 2010 Michelle Albury and Ian Beaton gave

a talk at the Wandsworth Mobility Forum.

They told people about the Wandsworth Transport

Action Group (WTAG).

WTAG is a group trying to make things more accessible for people with a whole range of

needs who need support.

We interviewed 59 people about their

experience on transport.

If you want to know more about what we

have done email [email protected].


Michelle Albury

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