Latin American Disabled People’s Project News
January to April 2013
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Welcome to our first information bulletin in 2013. We are starting another year of work thanks to the support of our patrons and especially the members and users of the organization, who through their donations and memberships continue their financial support of the organization.
Also, thank you to all the community of Spanish and Portuguese speakers for continuing their support of the organization, for participating in our different activities to raise money and thereby enabling us to keep our doors pen to the public and to continue delivering our services to the community. I would like to invite everyone to continue renewing their memberships and making their monthly donations, as well as participating in all our activities to raise money for the organization. With your support LADPP will be able to continue working in the service of the community and improving the quality of life amongst the community and its integration in the UK. Thank you to all our volunteers, employees and members of the Board of Management for supporting the project; your collaboration is vital in enabling us to continue working for our community. I would like to invite you to continue benefiting from the following services: -Advice and Representation service for benefits and housing. -Community integration, disability, health and alternative therapy services. -User development through offering help at different ability levels in: group English classes Monday to Thursday; one to one English classes; one to one computer classes; workshops in mental health, general health, eligibility for benefits, return to work. -Complimentary therapy and therapeutics services. -Knitting classes Mondays and Wednesdays, LADPP Group Support. |
-Children, Youth and Family service, giving help with mathematics, English, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as help with English for parents. -Direction and Support service for combating mental health illnesses.
-Befriending Project providing company to those who feel isolated. -Volunteering opportunities to help users and members of the community in general. May I invite you to attend the following important events for the organization: AGM 2013. Come and join us at our Annual General Meeting on Saturday 1st June from 2pm to 6pm – AGM 2013 when we will have the opportunity to elect new members of the Board of Management and the annual report of the organization will be given to the community. Place: S Philip’s Church. Community Hall Avondale Square, London.SE1 5PD near OLD KENT ROAD opposite ASDA We continue to rely on your support and involvement. Thank you for your interest. Jhon Marulanda Strategic Development & Project Manager 
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ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION SERVICE
The Advice and Representation service would like to thank all users who have benefited from its services for their donations and contributions which allows the organization to continue providing the specialized advice and representation services through the coordination and collaboration of Jeremy Gordon Smith and Daniel Da Silva.
We invite everyone to access our legal advice and specialist advice services relating to social benefits, disability, housing and health as well as our general advice service.
The service is available by drop-in on Tuesdays and Thursdays and on Wednesdays and Fridays by prior appointment.
To use the specialized representation service please contact Jeremy Gordon Smith (0207 7938399) to make an appointment; we want to help and work with you to find an adequate solution to your problems.
General advice through email ladppadvice@ladpp.org.uk
We invite everyone to access our legal advice and specialist advice services relating to social benefits, disability, housing and health as well as our general advice service.
The service is available by drop-in on Tuesdays and Thursdays and on Wednesdays and Fridays by prior appointment.
To use the specialized representation service please contact Jeremy Gordon Smith (0207 7938399) to make an appointment; we want to help and work with you to find an adequate solution to your problems.
General advice through email ladppadvice@ladpp.org.uk
COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROJECT
Firstly, we thank Southwark Council for all its support that enables this project to be a reality and to improve the quality of life of our users.
The Health and Community Development Service offers the following):
For more information on how to access our services and activities please
contact Mariana Gimenez mariana@ladpp.org.uk
The Health and Community Development Service offers the following):
- Advice and support services.
- Educational workshops.
- Befriending services.
- Community integration Activities.
- Personalized training in English and computing.
- General health advice.
- Alternative therapy services.
- Interpreting services.
For more information on how to access our services and activities please
contact Mariana Gimenez mariana@ladpp.org.uk
USER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The Project is coordinated by our volunteers Lucia Rosado. For more information on services and activities contact the office from Monday to Friday
or send an email to userdevelopment@ladpp.org.uk
or send an email to userdevelopment@ladpp.org.uk
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
- Group/individual English lessons.
- Guitar classes.
- Knitting group.
- English conversation group.
- IT classes.
Activities by prior subscription
- Haircut: Every Tuesday 9:30 am to 11:00 a.m.
- Aromatherapy: One Friday per month 10 am to 2pm.
In the same way we invite you to join our Facebook account, Twitter and our website www.ladpp.org.uk
CHILDREN AND FAMILY PROJECT
Thanks to the support of Children In Need, LADPP will be able to continue offering its services aimed at improving the quality of life and integration of our children and families. I urge you to participate in the following activities:
The Project is coordinated by Marta Muñoz de la Peña. Come and participate in all the recreational and family activities. For more information please contact the office every afternoon Mondays to Fridays or write to youth@ladpp.org.uk.
- Recreational and cultural activities.
- Counseling assistance and Family Group Support.
- Family integration and health workshops.
The Project is coordinated by Marta Muñoz de la Peña. Come and participate in all the recreational and family activities. For more information please contact the office every afternoon Mondays to Fridays or write to youth@ladpp.org.uk.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND RECYCLING PROJECT
Our Green Project is coordinated by Delia Bonilla. For more information call us or write to us at ladppgreen@ladpp.org.uk
Our Green Project seeks to educate all our users in the conservation of our environment, and besides stimulating our community to participate in different
recycling activities, we equip and train users in all matters related to the environment, also you are invited to join our Knitting and crochet group
Our Green Project seeks to educate all our users in the conservation of our environment, and besides stimulating our community to participate in different
recycling activities, we equip and train users in all matters related to the environment, also you are invited to join our Knitting and crochet group
VOLUNTEER PROJECT AND SKILL WORK
We invite all of our users to take part in this marvelous project which offers the opportunity to learn and practice work skills.
The Project also seeks to offer help and guidance with everything related to a working life and to equip everyone for work.
Important Activities to note and be envolved in LADPP is arranging magnificent raffles to raise resources for the organization.
On behalf of the Board we wish to thank everyone for their support and collaboration and we invite you to continue supporting the project as it serves the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community situated in London.
We thank our sponsors with whose support LADPP continues to work to improve the quality of life and integration in the community of the Hispanic and Portuguese people found in London:
The Project also seeks to offer help and guidance with everything related to a working life and to equip everyone for work.
Important Activities to note and be envolved in LADPP is arranging magnificent raffles to raise resources for the organization.
On behalf of the Board we wish to thank everyone for their support and collaboration and we invite you to continue supporting the project as it serves the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community situated in London.
We thank our sponsors with whose support LADPP continues to work to improve the quality of life and integration in the community of the Hispanic and Portuguese people found in London:
- The Trusthouse Charitable Trust.
- The Cooperative.
- Trustmark Trust.
- Boshier Foundation.
- Walworth Community Council.
- Awards for All.
- Boshier-Hinton Foundation.
Advice and Community Serveces
Advice and Community Services LADPP offer our
Advice and Community Services thorough our dedicate team of staff and
volunteers. We offer the following services:
Our Advice and Case work is given under the Community Legal Service Quality Mark standard. We are the only organization providing these services to the local community under this standard, and have been doing so since 2001.
We have established partnerships with:
We also support our advice services working through our memberships with other organisations, receiving capacity building, training and support that allowed us to offer to the communtiy a professional services. Organisation that support our work:
We also support our activities through working in partnership with other Latin American and Portuguese organization in London
LADPP's Community Integration Project is supported by Southwark council through the Southwark Community Programme. Also thanks to the support of Nationwide foundation we are able to offer our befriending services to the community.
To respond to the financial crisis that is currently affecting the charity sector, we are encouraging users/members of the organisation to make a donation and to join us so that we can continue to deliver our community services. Also we are offering Fundraising Activities aims at attracting financial sponsors to support our Advice and Community Integration Services. For more information, please contact our office or visit our current programme activities.
To make an appointment please contact:
Mariana Gimenez or Jeremy Gordon-Smith
020 779 38 399
mariana@ladpp.org.uk
Jeremy@ladpp.org.uk
For general enquiries you can email us at ladppadvice@ladpp.org.uk
- Information, advice, representation and advocacy on welfare benefits, housing, education, health, and social care
- Interpreting services
- Referrals
- Volunteering and training opportunities
- Cultural and social activities
- Community Integration Activities
- Befriending services
- Health advice
- General advice line 0800 1412287 (Free)
- Befriending service - click here to read more
Our Advice and Case work is given under the Community Legal Service Quality Mark standard. We are the only organization providing these services to the local community under this standard, and have been doing so since 2001.
We have established partnerships with:
- The Refugee Health Team Lambeth PCT-NHS, running monthly health workshops and a complementary therapy project every Friday since March 2004.
- Shelter London, providing a housing surgery at LADPP to deal with special housing cases since November 2004.
- Becus Erasmus & Quercus from Spain, providing volunteer & placement work opportunities.
- IRMO, providing immigration advice.
- Foundation for International Education, from America offering work-placement opportunities.
- Latin American Women’s Rights, providing counselling sessions by referral.
- Volunteer Westminster, offering volunteer opportunities.
- NAZ Project London. Working with Naz latina offering welfere and workshops to support Spanish and Portuguese HIV positive people. Aslo offering sexual health education.
We also support our advice services working through our memberships with other organisations, receiving capacity building, training and support that allowed us to offer to the communtiy a professional services. Organisation that support our work:
- CAS Community Action Southwark, LASA, Advice UK, MODA, Evelyn Oldfiel Unit, Child Poverty Action Group, Disability Alliance, Refugee Centre.
We also support our activities through working in partnership with other Latin American and Portuguese organization in London
LADPP's Community Integration Project is supported by Southwark council through the Southwark Community Programme. Also thanks to the support of Nationwide foundation we are able to offer our befriending services to the community.
To respond to the financial crisis that is currently affecting the charity sector, we are encouraging users/members of the organisation to make a donation and to join us so that we can continue to deliver our community services. Also we are offering Fundraising Activities aims at attracting financial sponsors to support our Advice and Community Integration Services. For more information, please contact our office or visit our current programme activities.
To make an appointment please contact:
Mariana Gimenez or Jeremy Gordon-Smith
020 779 38 399
mariana@ladpp.org.uk
Jeremy@ladpp.org.uk
For general enquiries you can email us at ladppadvice@ladpp.org.uk
General Advice Line
0800 141 2287
The advice services is accessilbe for all the spanish and Portuguese community from Monday to Friday
Opening times from 9.30 am to 4.00pm
Tuesday and Thursday Drop in services
Monday and Wednesday and Friday with appoinments previously booked by the advices.
Thank you for you support to our Advice Service
0800 141 2287
The advice services is accessilbe for all the spanish and Portuguese community from Monday to Friday
Opening times from 9.30 am to 4.00pm
Tuesday and Thursday Drop in services
Monday and Wednesday and Friday with appoinments previously booked by the advices.
Thank you for you support to our Advice Service
