Income generated for our clients in April 2014.
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DEBT AND MONEY MANAGE SERVICE
NEW SERVICE
A new DEBT AND MONEY MANAGE SERVICE will be provided from 1 APRIL 2014.
A new post will be a job share between Liz and Jonathan. They are trained to work in this specialist area and have extensive experience which has been gain doing similar work in other organisations.
If you would think that they can help you, you can make an appointment by contacting us on 01473 217313.
Further information to follow
This new service is part of the Coping with Change project funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
£1,030,235.46
Income generated for our clients since 1st August 2013. We’ve hit the £1m mark.
Website updated
A quick apology to anybody who has had problems with this site in the run up to Christmas. This was caused by a failed automatic update that resulted in the need for a manual update of the entire system. I took advantage of the Christmas break to complete this work and everything should now be hunky-dory.
David (DAB Webmaster)
40th Anniversay Concert
Our 40th Anniversary concert raised £517 for the bureau. Our thanks to The Community Light Orchestra, Tutti Frutti Voices, St Johns Church and all our helpers.
Power Cuts
Given the importance of our previous news post on power cuts we have added the post as a web page; a link to which can be found on the advice drop down menu.
UK Power Networks is the company that looks after our electricity supply cables and has to go out and repair them when something goes wrong. They are concerned that people who are vulnerable during a power cut get the help they need. Examples include people who are dependent on electricity for medical equipment such as oxygen, nebulisers, dialysis, sleep apnoea, hoists, stair lifts or have medication that needs to be kept in a fridge. Also, people who have chronic health problems, mobility problems and other disabilities or who are frail.
These people need to join the Priority Customer Register and Ipswich DAB has the registration forms. You can also join by e-mail: prs@ukpowernetworks.co.uk or by telephone: 0800 169 9970
40th Anniversary Concert
Big Lottery Fund Grant – Reaching Communities
The following was published on the Big Lottery Fund website on 22nd October:
A new project by The Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau (IDAB) will support disabled people to reduce their levels of isolation and improve their health and wellbeing. The £263,838 grant will support individuals to develop their money management, IT, cooking and other life skills. This will develop their confidence and increase their chances of entering education, training, employment and volunteering. At least 1,000 disabled people from Ipswich and surrounding areas will benefit, including Kesgrave, the Shotley peninsula and Hadleigh.
The project aims to reduce anxiety in coping with financial welfare reforms through debt and money management sessions, including basic IT training and managing universal credit accounts. There will also be group sessions on loan sharks, legal advice, mobility cars and access to work. Healthy lifestyle activities will include healthy eating workshops, gentle exercise classes and swimming clubs. The project will also provide social group activities, peer support lunches, relationship advice sessions and home visits to reduce isolation.
Big Lottery Fund spokesperson Jonathan Clarke said: “Today’s funding will help projects to give vulnerable older people and people with disabilities the support to help them build a comfortable and positive future for themselves.”
£465,892.07
Income generated for our clients in the last quarter!
Research
Research is listed as one of our primary activities in the Memorandum and Articles of Ipswich DAB but very, very little has ever been carried out. Now we are making up for lost time and two pieces of research are currently underway, both linked to projects detailed below:-
- The implementation of the Universal Credit pilot study and the analysis of the outcomes are part of a Master of Science degree supervised by University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth.
- Employment in a changing workplace and people with dyslexia, who completed their education before the 1981 Education Act introduced SEN (Special Educational Needs) provision in school, is the subject of a distance learning doctorate being studied at the University of Exeter, funded and jointly supervised by University of St Mark and St John, Plymouth.