BULLETIN
Bulletin-NovDec2016-WEB
Bulletin-NovDec2016-WEB
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4<br />
CHIEF EXECUTIVE REPORT<br />
EDDIE LYNCH<br />
NEWS FROM OUR AGM<br />
Around 100 people attended our Annual General Meeting on 19th October. The event<br />
was congenially hosted by the Mayor of Bromley, Councillor Ian Payne, and marked the<br />
presentation of the inaugural Gordon Simmons Achievement Award.<br />
We also held focus groups with our members to get feedback on our services and evidence<br />
the impact of what Bromley Mencap does as an organisation.<br />
The annual Summary Report was presented at the meeting and a copy is included with the<br />
Bulletin newsletter.<br />
Highlights from the past year, which were presented at the meeting, included:<br />
Jobmatch got 28 new<br />
jobs for disabled people<br />
and secured two new<br />
contracts - our Certitude<br />
Step Forward training and<br />
employment programme<br />
and a contract with Bromley<br />
Council to support students<br />
with learning disabilities at<br />
Bromley College into work.<br />
We increased the number of short breaks and respite<br />
which included childminding for 61 disabled children<br />
and their families. In addition we provided a wide range<br />
of social and leisure activities for 623 people.<br />
In response to our<br />
outreach work 142 new<br />
members joined Bromley<br />
Mencap and we now<br />
have over<br />
2000 Twitter<br />
followers.<br />
Last year saw a huge<br />
demand for our<br />
information, advice and<br />
welfare benefits support.<br />
We helped disabled<br />
people and carers to<br />
access welfare benefits<br />
totalling £2,000,000!<br />
Our Saturday Club provided<br />
fortnightly breaks for 15<br />
families.<br />
We received funding from<br />
the Council for Disabled<br />
Children to provide<br />
support to parents and<br />
young people to move<br />
on to the new Education,<br />
Health and Care Plans.<br />
We launched our<br />
Day Opportunities<br />
Programme which runs<br />
three days a week and<br />
provides a wide variety<br />
of person centred and<br />
inclusive activities in the<br />
local community.