Welcome!

Link-Upp (Birmingham) exists to:

• promote support groups to parents and carers of disabled children, those with special needs and professionals from statutory and voluntary organisations.
• provide information sharing and networking for support groups for parents and carers of disabled children and children with special needs.

Membership is free - please click here for details.

We hope you'll find our new website helpful - if you have any questions or suggestions please contact feedback@link-upp.org.uk.

Latest News

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31/10/2011 Face2Face Bi-lingual helplines

Face 2 Face offers emotional support to parents of children who have been newly recognised as having a special need or disability. Face2Face in Birmingham is part of the Link-Upp Charity. In Birmingham as well as the main befriending service, we also offer a bi-lingual befriending service and we have 3 telephone Helplines for speakers of Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi. These lines are especially for parents who do not feel confident accessing information and support in English. The phone will be answered by fully trained volunteer befrienders in your own language. Urdu: 07796 133 230 Punjabi: 07796 133 157 Hindi: 07833 014 094 To contact the Face 2 Face co-ordinator for Birmingham about any matter: Tel: 07827 472 659 or e-mail: face2face-birmingham@live.co.uk

31/10/2011 Parent Carer Support Groups!!!!

We are still aware that some of the contact details for Parent Carer Support Groups on this website are out of date! PLEASE, if you are a member of such a group, can you take 5 minutes to check the details and inform us if they are correct, or need up-dating. We rely on your help for this.

31/10/2011 Big Wok members meal. Now in November!

Date: Tuesday November 22nd 2011 Time: 12 noon OR 7.30pm Venue: The Big Wok, Wrottesley Street Birmingham. (Near the Arcadian.) A chance to socialise with other Link-Upp members and enjoy a fine feast of Chinese food. At lunchtime the restaurant offers approximately 60 dishes to choose from and in the evening you can enjoy the “Grand Buffet” with over 80 dishes and sushi. We ask for a contribution of £3 (lunch) or £5 (evening) per Parent Carer attending — this is 50% of the actual cost of your meal. You will need to buy your own drinks. As this event is primarily for Parent Carers, anyone else that you wish to attend with you will need to pay full price for their meal, including children. (Children under 2 yrs old are free. Children under 1.30m tall pay £4 at lunchtime and £5 in the evening. Those over 1.30m tall pay full adult price.) To attend you will need to book your place BEFORE Wednesday 16th November. To book please contact us with your name, address, phone number and the number of places you need. The best way to book is by e-mail ( info@link-upp.org.uk ) or by text message to our mobile number. But you can leave a voice message on either phone number. PLEASE only book a place if you are certain you can attend. Your contribution will be collected at the event.