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Want to show you support equal citizenship for
people with learning disabilities?
Do you want support to find you a
Become a Community Living sponsor date or friendship match?

Do you live in Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire
Sponsorship is open to organisations and individuals and or Merseyside and want to meet new people?
helps to promote our vital work throughout the UK
Meet N Match offers an exclusive matching service for people with Learning
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All sponsors are acknowledged in the magazine, website and a chaperoned first date for every first date and support to set up your first
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the magazine information throughout your membership, provide access to relationship
training, social activities and more.
Additional benefits include discounts on training and events,
free access to the CL Annual Debate, and a chance to be part Meet NEW friends Only £40
of our new campaigning network for 12 months
and potential partners
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There are several levels of sponsorship. As well as the above events. For more details please contact
benefits, main sponsors have a place on Community Living’s Lizzie Winkfield (Lancs. & Greater Manchester)
editorial board, and associate sponsors have Membership Coordinator
opportunities to influence editorial policy Sponsor of on 07762 964728 or lizzie@meet-n-match.co.uk
Community Erin Blanchard (Cheshire & Merseyside)
Membership & Events Coordinator
For details, contact publisher Jo Adshead Living on 07828 142611 or erin@meet-n-match.co.uk
on j.adshead@linkability.org.uk or editor The magazine about @MeetNMatchNW
Simon Jarrett on simonjarrett1@outlook.com learning disability
www.meet-n-match.co.uk

Centre for Adults’ Social Care – Advice, Information and Dispute Resolution

CASCAIDr

Free advice - for upholding adults’ Health and Care Act rights

CASCAIDr is a new, national advice charity, providing free and low-cost specialist legal advice about everyone’s
rights to have their needs for care and support decided lawfully, reasonably and fairly.
We aim to empower and support people, their carers and practitioners working in the health and care sector to
resolve disagreements about access to services.

Free and low-cost help Our services CASCAIDr adviser
Our free services cover: rights to care CASCAIDr’s service includes a telephone CASCAIDr advisers will: analyse a situation
funding; checking assessments are made helpline (including sessions if you aren’t to check the law is being complied with;
correctly; seeing if councils are complying sure if their problem is a legal one); give you a checklist to take to a council or
with the law; checking the legality of cuts volunteer advocates; expert advisers to CCG; write letters; seek further advice
to care plans; and access to independent produce free letters and checklists; from barristers; and consider action where
advocacy; For more complex issues and support and advice for crowdfunding for issues cannot be resolved. CASCAIDr may
complaints, we charge £125/hour. formal legal proceedings. support crowdfunding for legal costs.

Visit our website or get in touch for information, volunteering opportunities and to support us

www.cascaidr.org.uk  01252 560 856  belinda@cascaidr.org.uk

t @CASCAIDr f www.facebook.com/cascaidr l Belinda Schwer

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