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CASBA'S ADVOCACY QUALITY PERFORMANCE MARK RENEWED
Last week, our assessor visited CASBA to speak to staff, volunteers, Trustees and other stakeholders. She found that: "CASBA demonstrated a thoughtful and robust approach to the provision of advocacy services... All demonstrated a sophisticated understanding of advocacy delivery ... service users were vocal in their understanding of advocacy and their support for services received." We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who gave up their time and impressed our assessor with their knowledge and support of CASBA. 
CASBA HAS MOVED
We are excited to have moved back to St Laurence Pastoral Centre,173 Church Road, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 2LX . We apologise for the disruption to our phone service and any delays to responding to emails over the last two weeks. There is a temporary number for the moment: 0121 4762666. Unfortunately, our normal phone is still not working, but we hope it will soon and when it does the details below will still be correct. WE CAN STILL BE CONTACTED ON: Telephone: 0121 475 0777. Email: casba@btconnect.com Website: casba.org.uk CASBA UNVEILS BIRMINGHAM'S FIRST LEARNING DISABILITY HERITAGE PROJECT
On October 6th, around 100 people came to Monyhull Church for a celebration of Learning Disability heritage, as we unveiled the real stories of those who lived and worked at Monyhull Hospital. Below is the film that we made for our Heritage Lottery supported project and premiered at the celebration event. See all the materials produced as part of the project here. There is another chance to hear our Project Coordinator giving a talk on the fascinating stories from this Heritage Lottery funded project at the Library of Birmingham on 23rd November. Book your free tickets here. CASBA'S SUCCESSES CELEBRATED AT AGM
On Thursday 19th July, CASBA held its Annual General Meeting, at which we recognised the roles played by staff and volunteers in a very successful 2017-2018 for the charity. Having recently celebrated 30 years of supporting and advocating for people with a Learning Disability, CASBA now looks to the future with confidence. Stella Plisner has joined the Executive Committee as a Trustee, while Martyn Spooner was elected by his peers to represent the Ambassadors and Development Group, which is made up of citizens who we work with, on the Executive. Thank you to everyone who came and helped at the AGM, as well as everyone who was part of CASBA's successes over the last year. 
CASBA INTRODUCES NEW SUPPORT GROUP FOR CARERS
We are delighted to announce that after our very successful first ever carers' support group on 24th July, we will now be holding regular sessions at Northfield Fire Station on the last Tuesday of each month. This is being delivered as part of our Mutual Carers project funded by Lloyds Bank Foundation. The sessions aim for you to meet other carers and share your own experiences of being a carer. There will be a focus on self-care, identifying what looking after yourself means to both you and your cared for and how you can apply self care. The next one will be held on 28th August from 11am to 1pm and we have invited a Fire Officer from the station to join us for part of the meeting to talk about their safe and well home visits providing they don't have a call out! To reserve a place at this or any future sessions please call Carly or Debbie on 0121 475 0777. Tea, coffee and refreshments will be available. CASBA CELEBRATES 30 YEARS!
Citizen Advocacy South Birmingham Area was first set up in 1988 and on Saturday friends old and new came together to celebrate CASBA's achievements over the last 30 years. Thank you to everyone who came on Saturday and to all of those who have been part of the journey, but were unable to make it. We also gave our thanks to Mary Niblett, who is standing down after many years of service as a Trustee. There was a lovely atmosphere as we brought together staff, volunteers, parents, children and grandparents, all of whom care deeply about creating a community in South Birmingham where everyone is valued and everyone's voice is heard. Here's to the next 30 years!
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CASBA RECEIVES INVESTING IN VOLUNTEERS AWARD
Thanks to the hard work of our staff and volunteers, we have received the Investing in Volunteers award from NCVO. We are very proud to have reached the standard required for this award, which reflects very highly on how much we value all the fantastic volunteers who help CASBA to achieve so much. |
CASBA an independent organisation that provides specialist Advocacy
for adults with Learning Disabilities across South Birmingham
for adults with Learning Disabilities across South Birmingham
