Lancashire Care Association, LCA

LCA EVENTS 2010

Learning Together Workshop 

Safeguarding: Everybody's Business

15th June 2010 [EVENT CLOSED]

Farington Lodge, Stanifield Lane, Leyland, PR25 3GR

9:00 am – 1:00 pm

Continuing the series of free joint workshops, for independent sector providers and for council operational staff, to share a learning environment. Click here for the programme/booking form for the half-day session (with free lunch!). Places go very quickly and are always over-subscribed, so please book quickly.

[CLOSED - SEE CONFERENCE TAB]

LCA's Conference and Exhibition 2010

29th April 2010 at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel & Spa, Accrington

"Personalisation, Partnership and Quality - The Independent Sector: taking the lead"

Sponsored by

Co-sponsored by  

LCA’s Charity Gala Dinner 2010

Sponsored by

Guest speaker: Barbara Pointon MBE ("Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell").

To raise funds for Alzheimer’s Society

Speakers: Jeff Jerome (National Director, Social Care Transformation),  Richard Jones (President, ADASS and ED Lancs County Council, Margaret Flynn (Independent Chair, Lancs Safeguarding Board), Anne-Marie Jones (NatWest), David Lyon(CareWatch Care Services), Gill Bailey (Helen Sanderson Assocs, personslisation in care homes), Philippa Hare (Joseph Rowntree 'A Better Life' programme), Nikki Sawkins (Gold Standards Framework), Steve Newton (Director, LCA; Safeguarding in Lancashire: project interim report)  & Roy Riseborough (Quantum Training, Dignity in Care).  Guest panellists include Keith Lewin, Brunswicks LLP; Dave Wareing, Head of Safeguarding, LCC.

LCA Conference programme 2010

The Conference audio files can be accessed here

Conference presentations can be downloaded here

Queries (from delegates, exhibitors & sponsors): sarah.luton@lancashirecare.org.uk

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LCA’s profile continues to develop. Our focus is steadily moving towards a broader adult care focus, rather than solely older people – the biggest change this year being our increasing Learning Disability focus, working with LLDC colleagues on the Unified Contract and on other LD commissioning issues.

LCA represents domiciliary care as well as residential and nursing care providers.  Although our main membership is in the LCC area we have been very active in Blackpool and also have members in Blackburn with Darwen and adjoining areas (Wigan, St Helens, Cumbria and Sefton).

We continue to have a more mixed private/ voluntary sector provider profile as befits an association whose focus is on how to help good independent providers deliver quality care whatever their type and whoever they care for and support.

We are recruiting one new member every week on average.  If you are a quality provider from the private or voluntary sector, help us help you. Support us. Join us. Email: enquiries@lancashirecare.org.uk with 'Join LCA' in the message header or ring Sarah Luton on 01772 455574.

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'CAREFULLY' newsletter: 

Next edition: June 2010 - with conference write up). Click Here to view 'Carefully

'LCA: always innovating. JOIN US: If you are a quality provider from the private or voluntary sector, in the LCC, Blackpool or Blackburn with Darwen areas, help us help you.

Support us. Join us. Email: sarah.luton@lancashirecare.org.uk .

MEMBER BENEFITS: LCA is continuously looking out for supplier deals for members.

Click here to keep up to date.

Paul Simic, CEO

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Safeguarding in Lancashire - Lancashire Dignity in Care Charter - - Member Benefits -- Donating to DEC

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Safeguarding in Lancashire – Everybody’s Business 

An interim report will be available shortly.

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LANCASHIRE 'DIGNITY IN CARE' CHARTER:

The charter has been given a major profile at both at the 'Learning Together' workshops held at Farington Lodge by LCA and LCC with the support of the Dept of Health. To read the 'DIGNITY IN CARE' Charter, please Click Here

MEMBER BENEFITS:

LCA is continuously looking out for supplier deals for members (you must use your LCA membership number to access these benefits).

Click here to keep up to date.

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GIVING IS GOOD!

 Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC)

Here is the link to the Disasters Emergency Committee: http://www.dec.org.uk .  The link straight through to the online donation page is https://www.donate.bt.com/dec_form_haiti.html.
 
Their website also carries this information on donating (re Haiti appeal):
To make a postal donation make cheques payable to ‘DEC Haiti Earthquake’ and mail to ‘PO Box 999, London, EC3A 3AA’.
Donations can be made at any high street bank, or at a Post Office by quoting Freepay 1449. 
The DEC consists of: Action Aid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help the Aged, Islamic Relief, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund, World Vision. 

The DEC criteria to launch an appeal are: The disaster must be on such a scale and of such urgency as to call for swift International humanitarian assistance. The DEC agencies, or some of them, must be in a position to provide effective and swift humanitarian assistance at a scale to justify a national Appeal. There must be reasonable grounds for concluding that a public appeal would be successful, either because of evidence of existing public sympathy for the humanitarian situation or because there is a compelling case indicating the likelihood of significant public support should an appeal be launched.
For BBC coverage and links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Paul Simic, CEO

Last updated: June 2010

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