Local Solutions is exploring the possibility of launching a Fostering Agency which would support children in the Liverpool City Region.
Local Solutions has a long history of providing support for young people through our accommodation projects, family hostels, supported lodgings placements and specialist mentoring programmes.
Congratulations to the Autumn Carers of the Quarter. Winners attended a celebration where they were given a certificate, a gift and had the opportunity to discuss their roles as carers
We're delighted to announce that the Resettlement Passport has been awarded an 'Awards for All' grant from the Big Lottery to support the development of the initiative. Our Resettlement Passport is an online tenancy skills course which developed out of our work with homeless young people, and is now being used by organisations nationally. It gives people skills and confidence to prepare for and manage their own tenancy.
Every year we collect the photos of our favorite moments and create our film of the year.
The Local Solutions Annual Award event took place on Friday 21st December, bringing together staff and volunteers from across the company to celebrate the last year. The event included speeches from Steve Hawkins, Local Solutions’ Chief Executive and Nigel Lanceley, Local Solutions’ Chair; an opportunity to review the year in photos and the first showing of a video featuring three people telling their stories of how they have been impacted by Local Solutions’ work this year.
Here's a short video featuring three people who have been impacted by Local Solutions' work in the last year.
Staff from across Local Solutions celebrated Christmas Jumper day on the 14th December, with a fierce competition for the Best-Dressed Team award. Donations were collected towards emergency items for homeless young people in our services.
Each year, the Tai Chi Ladies raise funds for charity by donating the money they would have spent on each other as Christmas presents. This year, once again they chose our Domestic Abuse Services and donated an amazing £224.45.
Local Solutions has secured £490,000 from Comic Relief to run a three year mentoring program for young people aged 16-21 who do not have a secure place to live. The project will be called ‘Sports Horizon’ and will support young people to gain life skills to progress to training & employment and to sustain settled accommodation, using sports as a way to develop skills.
Liverpool Watersports Centre hosted an event for local housing associations to raise awareness of the opportunities on offer at the centre. The event was held in partnership with Fusion 21 and Canal and River Trust who took part in a presentation about the centre and discussion. The presentation was followed by lunch and the opportunity to try out the wheelchair accessible ‘Wheelyboat.’
In a multi-agency effort, organisations from across Liverpool came together at Local Solutions' Kensington Office to pack survival kits for those in need.
Tuesday marked the second day of National Anti-Bullying week, which meant a busy schedule for the Bullybusters team! Individually, the team were completing school rally’s, visiting three schools in a day to deliver whole school assemblies to spread the anti-bullying message.
Congratulations to the Homecare team and Nuala Gallagher and Eddie Philipson - 2 carers supported by Liverpool Carers Centre - who were recognised at this year’s Older people’s awards service. The awards are held annually to celebrate the achievements of over 65’s, and organisations providing for older people across the city region.
The Carers Centre arranged a coach trip to the Manchester Christmas markets for 45 carers. The day was an absolute success and all carers had a wonderful time as you can see from the pictures.
This week, 12th to 16th November, is national anti-bullying week focusing on the theme of Respect. During the week, the Bullybusters team will be completing workshops and assemblies around schools in Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley. Conferences will also be held for secondary school children to attend and get involved in the education and awareness regarding anti-bullying.
Plas Bellin, our family support service in North Wales recently organised a fun day for all of the residents. Amongst the activities on the day were pony rides, and a snake and reptile show.
Today we got the chance to honour the hard work, commitment, and dedication of our staff.
More young people have moved from our Supported Lodgings service to university
Congratulations to the Autumn Carers of the Quarter. Winners attended a celebration where they were given a certificate, a gift and had the opportunity to discuss their roles as carers
A rather large visitor was spotted at the centre over the weekend
We are currently seeking to recruit committed, talented and energetic people to serve on our Board of Trustees.
Nominations are now open for Local Solution's annual awards. We are looking for nominations for the David Shone Memorial Award, Employee of the Year, Team of the Year, Volunteer of the Year and Unsung Hero. Nominations can be made by anyone, whether you are staff member, volunteer, service user, stakeholders. Winners will be announced on the 21st December at the Employee of the Year event.
Our Mytime project was featured on ITV news Granada Reports recently. Mytime works with local businesses to provide much needed breaks to unpaid carers.
Fantastic News – Local Solutions’ Mytime initiative has been named as one of 50 ‘New Radicals’ by Nesta and the Observer. Every two years, Nesta and the Observer pull together a list of 50 radical thinking organisations and individuals developing creative ways of tackling society’s biggest challenges. The list which was compiled from hundreds of entries was published in yesterday’s Observer.
