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
To see older news stories, go to the news archive.
| 27/07/2010 Happy Birthday to Us! | |
| In January next year Link-Upp will officially be 10 years old. We hope to hold an extravagant event that encompasses the AGM, the 2nd Annual Parenting Awards and a bit of a celebration! All this, of course, needs organising, and we are on the look out for parents, who are passionate about supporting carers and their children, to come forward to volunteer to help out with running Link-Upp. No experience is necessary, nor do you have to be involved with a Parent Support Group. We just need your enthusiasm and fresh ideas! | |
| 27/07/2010 Picnic in the park-2010 | |
| This year Link-Upp are working with Contact-a-Family to make the event bigger and better than ever before! Date: Tuesday 24th August 2010 Time: 11.00am onwards Venue: Cannon Hill Park. There will be games for everyone, information for parents, African drumming, bikes, balloons, face-painting and magic! A discount rate for the Nature Centre has also been arranged if wanted. To book your place at this year’s event please call Contact a Family on 0121 415 4624 and leave your details with Jan or Liz. On the day you will need to book in at the M.A.C. first to get your sticker that will allow your family to take part in all the events. | |
| 27/07/2010 The Equality Act 2010 | |
| The Equality Act 2010 will replace the Disability Discrimination Act with the majority of the provisions coming into force on 1 October 2010. This Act brings disability, sex, race and other grounds of discrimination into one streamlined piece of legislation. It is designed to strengthen the law, giving individuals greater protection from unfair discrimination and make it easier for employers and companies to understand their responsibilities. The Equality Act is a significant piece of legislation which will bring in some major changes to disability discrimination law including: new protection for parents and carers; a change in duties for schools regarding ‘reasonable adjustments’; and a change in the way public bodies are required to promote disability equality. You can read the full act by visiting: http://195.99.1.70/acts/acts2010/pdf/ukpga_20100015_en.pdf | |