Meetings

LINk Elections- nominate now

On Monday 18th January 2010 between 6p.m. and 8.30 p.m. the LINk will be holding a meeting at which we will elect a new Executive Committee member to fill the vacant place on the Executive. All members of LINk are invited to take part in this election.

Under the current agreement the elected candidate will serve for the remainder of the vacant term i.e. until January 2012. (It should be noted that the term served by an elected member is currently under review)

All current members will receive a letter or email depending on their specified preference and pack in the post detailing how they can nominate and vote. Alternatively all relevant documents are available here:

• nomination for election form
• appointment of proxy form
• nomination and voting procedure

Nominations

Any member who has signed up as a LINk member by 12 noon on Monday 21st December 2009 can stand for election. This is also the deadline for receipt of nominations for election to the Executive Committee.

You do not need a proposer or seconder- you can nominate yourself and fill in the statement in support of the nomination and declaration of interest.

 
How you can vote….

• In Person on the night – Monday 18th January 2010

• By appointing another person to act as your proxy.

• By Post – This must be requested by 12 noon on Monday 4th January 2009, from the Host (Wandsworth Care Alliance). The vote must then be completed and returned to the Host office by 12 noon on Friday 15th January 2010.

 
What if I am not a member but would like to vote?

If you would like to register as a member and in turn take part in these elections then please click here.
If you would like any additional information or assistance completing the nomination form or with voting arrangements, please ring the Host at WCA on 02085 167 767 or email sarah@wandcareall.org.uk and someone will be pleased to assist you.

Just a reminder that our next meeting is open to the public and starts with an Executive business meeting from 6 pm on Monday 23rd November at York Gardens Library, Battersea, followed at 7.15 pm by refreshments and a presentation and open discussion about being discharged from hospital and the difficulties that can arise. You can see the full set of papers for this meeting here.

If you would like to make any comments on what we are going to talk about, please get in touch with Sarah at Wandsworth Care Alliance by noon on Monday 23rd November. You can reach her on 020 8696 1709 or by email sarah@wandcareall.org.uk

We look forward to seeing you.

Come and join our Open Discussion at the LINk Executive Committee meeting Monday 23rd November.

Wandsworth LINk will be holding its Executive Committee meeting on 23rd November at 7.30 at York Gardens Library, Battersea, Lavender Road, London, SW11 2UG. There will be a presentation on Hospital Discharge and care planning, followed by an open discussion. Please do come along and share your views.

Click here to view the agenda and minutes from the previous Executive Committee on 28th September.

The LINk Executive will be meeting at 6 to 8.30pm at the Best Western Lodge Hotel 52-54 Upper Richmond Road, Putney SW15 2RN.

Amongst the 12 items down for discussion, will be the updates from the five sub-groups. Three papers set out matters for discussion/ decision. The executive members will be discussing the topic of democracy and the LINk, followed by looking again at the options on payments for volunteers and finally they are asked to agree the new Wandsworth LINk strapline.

The agenda as well as all the papers can be found via our LINk meeting minutes page.

The next meeting of the Secondary Health and Social Care Sub Group will be held on Monday September 14th, at Putney Library, 5/7 Disraeli Road, Putney SW15 2DR, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Light refreshments will be available.

For further information, please contact Susan at the LINk host office. She can be reached on:
Email: enquiries@wandsworthlink.org.uk or
Telephone: 020 8696 170

The next meeting of the Primary Health and Social Care Sub Group will be held on Thursday September 10th, at Putney Library, 5/7 Disraeli Road, Putney SW15 2DR, 6.00pm to 8.00pm.

Light refreshments will be available.

For further information, please contact Susan at the LINk host office. She can be reached on:
Email: enquiries@wandsworthlink.org.uk or
Telephone: 020 8696 170

There are some 19,000 carers living in Wandsworth and the new Carers’ Strategy will cover how the statutory and voluntary agencies will help carers over the next 5 years.

Wandsworth Council, NHS Wandsworth and other partner agencies are currently consulting on the draft strategy and plans for Carers – this includes young carers too. Wandsworth LINk has been asked to help gather views, comments and suggestions to help improve the current draft plans.

If you would like to see the draft strategy and action plan (which are being consulted on) they are available by from this website or we will send them to you in the post.

Your Views in Writing, by Phone or by Web Comment

You can reach us to ask for a copy of the plan and give us your views at Wandsworth LINk, 2nd floor, Bedford House, 215 Balham High Road, SW17 7BQ, on 020 8696 1709 or leave a comment after reading this by clicking on the blue comment text at the top of this piece.

Your Views in Person

If you want to give your views in person, come to the one of the two Carers’ Voices discussion being held in August and have a chance to win £30 of shopping vouchers (the draw is after the second meeting) as well meeting other carers over tea.

Tuesday 18th August 11-1pm at Balham Library Hall, 16 Ramsden Road, SW12 8QY

OR

Wednesday 19th August 6-8pm Putney Library Meeting Room, 5/7 Disraeli Road, Putney, SW15 2DR

Call Daniel at the Wandsworth Carers Centre on (020) 8675 0811 to register your place, or find out more.

The Wandsworth LINk is committed to improving the services for Carers in Wandsworth – and in order to achieve this we would like to hear from Wandsworth residents what they think of carers’ services now and what improvements they would like to see in the future.

This is the Agenda of our Executive Committee meeting on Monday 20th July 2009, 6.00-8.30pm at Atheldene Resources Centre,  305 Garratt Lane, London, SW18 4EQ.

We look forward to seeing you there and there is a link to all the meeting papers after the Agenda

Agenda items

1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Chairs announcements
3. Declaration of Interests
   To be declared
4. Minutes of the previous meeting on Monday 8th June 2009
   To be agreed
5. Matters arising from minutes not covered on agenda
6. Presentation and discussion:
   Dawn Warwick, Director of Adult Social Services, Wandsworth Council – Transforming Adult Social Care
7. Updates from Sub Groups:
   - Chair’s group
   - Resources & Governance
   - Communication & Participation
   - Primary Health & Social Care
   - Secondary Health & Social Care
   Matters for discussions/decision:
8. Wandsworth LINk strapline
   To agree the strapline
   Matters for information:
9. Financial Report
   To note expenditure
10. AOB
11. Dates of next meeting:
    Monday 28th September 2009, 6.00pm, venue to be advised.

    LINk members/members of the public are welcome to attend and participate in the meeting and informal discussions and refreshments will be available.

All the meeting documents are available to download from the LINk Meeting Minutes page.

The next LINk Executive Meeting will be on 20th July at 6pm at

the Atheldene Resources Centre

305 Garrett Lane SW18 4EQ

On the agenda will be a presentation from Dawn Warwick, Director of Adult Social Services, Wandsworth Council on the Transformation Agenda. There will be an opportunity for you to ask questions and comment on what she has to say.

The Council has been working on the Transforming Social Care and Personalisation Programme for a while now and if you have time before hearing from Dawn in person to do some background reading, take a look at a progress report submitted earlier this year on the Council website.

The next meeting on Wednesday 8th July will be held at Putney Library, 5/7 Disraeli Road, SW15 2D from 6.00pm till 8.00pm. Please contact Susan Wheeler-Kiley or Simonne Reid at the LINk office for further information. They can be reached on:

Email: enquiries@wandsworthlink.org.uk or
Telephone: 020 8696 170