Brocklesby Country Fair success!

The LINk had a wonderful day at Brocklesby Country Fair talking to the visitors and exhibitors about their issues and ideas on Health and Social care.  It was a great day and we told hundreds of people about the LINk.

Brocklesby Country Fair

The LINk will be attending the Brocklesby Country Fair on Sunday 26th June... And if that's not enough reason to go, there will also be:

• Main Arena
• Titan The Robot
• Animal Attractions
• Bygone Cars & Tractors
• Charity Auction
• Children’s Area
• Country Sports to try
• Countryside Area
• Gun Dog Events & Fun Dog Show
• Lincs Landrover Circuit
• Pony Club
• Shopping and Trade Stands

The Fair opens at 9am and closes at 6pm.  Tickets are £11 for Adults and £9 for Senior Citizens, children under 14 get in free.

For more information, click here.

It's going to be a fantastic day, we hope to see you there!

LINk meeting

It's our monthly LINk meeting tomorrow!

On Tuesday 21st June, at Corpus Christi Community Centre between 2pm and 4pm, Kevin Bond will speak to the LINk about the new Mental Health social enterprise, NAViGO.

Anyone is welcome at our public meetings, feel free to pop along to check us out.
There is no commitment or obligation and you don't need any special knowledge, just work or live in this area and you can have a say on health and social care services.

We look forward to meeting you!

Social Isolation Event

In honour of Carers' Week, an event took place today to tackle social isolation and raise awareness.

Freeman Street Market was filled with organisations working with the local community who brought many different activities and giveaways.  

The LINk was handing out copies of their nationally recognised young people's DVD which has been praised by the Department of Health and talking to people about local health and social care services.  

Activities included a raffle, guess-how-many (each jelly baby in a jar represented a concern raised with the Safeguarding Adults team), line dancing, chair based exercises, Tai Chi, New Age Kurling and the Knitting Challenge.  

The Knitting Challenge is a quirky fund-raiser for Age UK.  Between now and November, volunteers will knit 650,000 miniature hats to sit on top of Innocent Smoothie bottles.  In exchange, Innocent Smoothies will donate 25p from each smoothie to Age UK.  At Freeman Street Market, attendees knitted over one hundred tiny hats. (I made one in the LINk colours!)

Carers' Fayre

The Carers' Fayre was a well attended event and it was supported by local organisations such as:
Carelink
Carers' Centre
Community Learning Disability Team
Independent Complaints Advocacy Service (ICAS)
North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus (NELCTP)
North East Lincolnshire Local Involvement Network (NEL LINk)
Safeguarding Adults
Services4.me.uk
South Humber Energy Efficiency Partnership (SHEEP)
Wiltshire Farm Foods
Young Carers Project

Carers' Week

This week is Carers' Week and the LINk is attending the Carers' Fayre tomorrow!

The Carers' Fayre is an event organised by the George Hardwick Centre, providing information and services for carers and about caring for someone.  It is taking place at the Beachcomber, Cleethorpes, from 10 until 3 on Wednesday 15th June 2011.

If you pop along, come say hi to LINk staff members Karry and Hayley and ask them about the LINk.

West Marsh Fun Day

The LINk will be attending the West Marsh Fun Day on Saturday 11th June 2011!

The Fun Day will take place at the Duke of York Gardens (on the Bully) between 12 and 4pm and looks to be an exciting day with activities galore, such as:

• rodeo, 
• inflatable sumo wrestling, 
• disco, 
• two bouncy castles, 
• woodworking, 
• gladiator duel, 
• coconut shy, 
• whack-a-frog, 
• ice cream, 
• candyfloss, 
• hot dogs, 
• dinky doughnuts, 
• a display of 15 modified cars, 
• a rock band, dancers, 
• wii, 
• 5-a-side football, 
• fire engine, 
• i-car (over 15s only), 
• clee army cadets display, 
• gardening, 
• zumba, 
• goldfish stall 
• raffle.

Come along to join the fun!