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BRANCH OPEN MEETING - Saturday 28th April 2001

and INFORMATION DAY ( VENUE: Christ Church Primary School, Montpelier Road, Purley, Surrey)
Booking form & Contacts | Facilities-Crêche , Lunch | Map & travel directions | Homepage & branch contacts 
What is it ?
We welcome everybody interested in Down's Syndrome and the programme offers useful information and a forum for discussion and meeting likeminded people. The meeting is free to all full members of the DSA (Non-members may join at the door). There is a nominal charge of £2 for non-members to be paid at the door. Bookings should be sent to Mrs. Karen Edmonds, 61 Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 8LJ (tel. 020 8330 1597). No acknowledgement of bookings will be sent unless accompanied by s.a.e.

 Books, of interest to parents and professionals, in the Branch Mini-Library will be available for browsing during the day and may then be borrowed. 

Crêche: Limited crêche facilities will be available for which the Branch will charge £1 per child payable at the door. You must book your child/ren in advance to be sure of a place. Children in the crêche should wear names pinned on securely. Please provide nappies etc. and a pram/carricot if your child is likely to want to sleep. For their art activity, each child will need a painting overall or old shirt. It is suggested children over age 8 bring an activity they are willing to share with others. Space outside could be available - please provide a coat. The crêche will close for the lunch break.

 Members will be invited to wear name labels. It is hoped during the lunch break you will take the opportunity to meet other members, especially parents who live in your area or whose child is about the same age as yours.

 Lunch: You may bring your own lunch if you prefer. Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available for purchase during the day.
A light lunch will be available to purchase at £2.50 per head payable on the day. Please choose one item from each category for each person in your party. Please complete and send us the booking form below.
Please note your lunch choices to remind you on the day what you ordered.

P R O G R A M M E  28 April 2001 
10.00 Coffee and registration
10.30 Christina Katic - DSA Welfare Benefits Adviser for more than six years will lead us clearly through the complicated world of allowances and benefits for recipients of all ages. 
Questions may be sent in with your booking or taken from the floor.
11.45 Branch Annual General Meeting (only DSA members can vote)
12.30 L U N C H (please order, if required, using reply form, see details)
 1.45 Two young people with Down's syndrome Roger Quemby will interview Lynne Almrott about her experiences in mainstream secondary education 
 2.00 Workshops Towards Independence 
Three workshops will run in parallel in separate rooms 
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John Parry will describe Portage and outline advantages and possible pitfalls in the improvement of pre-school children with Down's syndrome. Those parents unable to access Portage will also find this talk helpful. Del Wilson. Special Needs Manager at Carshalton College, Surrey, will give guidance on selecting a college & courses for a school leaver with Down's Syndrome and advise on sources of funding. Increasing the understanding and use of numbers by children with Down's syndrome. Three experienced school teachers, two of them headmistresses, will share their ideas on the many ways in which ability with numbers can be strengthened.
 
 3.00 Shirley Quemby - Safe Steps to Independence 
From crossing roads to sexuality, how much independence can we teach and how can we dare to let go.
 3.55 The children from the crêche present their art.
 4.00 Closure of meeting
Videos and the Branch internet site will be available for viewing at the beginning and end of the day
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Meeting is in Christ Church Primary School, Montpelier Road, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2QA

Trains on Saturdays run to Purley Staion(more than to Purley Oaks) from London Bridge, London Victoria, Clapham Junction, East Croydon, Caterham, Tattenham Corner, Horsham; Worthing (via Gatwick); Brighton (via Redhill or East Croydon).
Buses run along the Brighton Road and from most local centres (eg Sutton, Wallington, Croydon, Coulsdon, Caterham).

By car From M25, Junction 7, take M23 towards London, join A23 and continue northwards through Coulsdon to Purley Cross. STRAIGHT ON along A235 towards Croydon (do not take A23 Croydon by-pass). School entrance is in Montpelier Road, about 750 yards on left. Parking available inside school grounds. Drive carefully, small children around  

If you did not get forms in our printed Branch Newsletter no.41 ...
Using this form:  Please DO NOT try to fill the blanks on this screen.
EITHER
Print this form ( Using the File .. Print commands from the top of your internet browser), Fill in details on the paper & send it (before 23 April '01) to
Mrs. Karen Edmonds, 61 Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 8LJ
Email:  swthames@downsyndrome.org.uk  Phone. 020 8330 1597
OR
Highlight/select text of the form below with your mouse, then using Edit..Copy.. commands copy & paste into your email program e.g. Outlook Express the blank form & delete/fill in the blanks there & email it to swthames@downsyndrome.org.uk
Start of 2 Forms 1) Book yourself, (Crêche place request) 2)Lunch order
DOWN'S SYNDROME ASSOCIATION - BRANCH MEETING AT PURLEY 28th APRIL 2001

 Booking Form: Please complete and return by 23rd April to
Mrs. Karen Edmonds, 61 Ruskin Drive, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 8LJ _ tel. 020 8330 1597

Name ........................................................................................

 Address.......................................................................................

.......................................................................................

Tel. No. ..........................................................................

 

Are you ____parent(s) / guardian(s)__ of a child with Down's Syndrome?.......yes / no........

 If so, how old is child?........................ Child's name...........................................................( girl / boy )

 If not, please state your interest in Down's Syndrome ..................................

 ....................................................................................................

Are you a full DSA member?__No / Yes..then your DSA Membership Number ................................

 No. of adults attending........... No. of children who will use Crêche ______

No. of children attending (with ages)______ ......Yr.s ___...Yr.s ____...Yr.s

LUNCH BOOKING (If buying lunch at meeting)

You may bring your own lunch if you prefer. Tea, coffee can be bought without prior booking.
Please choose one item from each category for each person in your party. Enter number required in appropriate boxes on the booking form below. Please make a note of your lunch choices to remind you on the day.

 LUNCH BOOKING FORM Please enter numbers required (one per category per person) £2.50 per person

 Name: ................................................................................. Number in party requiring lunch:._____...
 
SANDWICHES  Cheese&Tomato  Cheese&Pickle  Tuna,Mayo&Cucumb.  Ham&Salad 
 White 
 ____________  ____________  ____________  __________
 Brown 
 ____________  ____________  ____________  __________
 
 
CRISPS 		 Ready Salted_____  Salt Vinegar____  Cheese Onion____
 
FRUIT		  Apple____   Banana____   Satsuma____
 
SNACK		  Chocolate Biscuit____  Yoghurt____
 

CONTACT to book or information
Please make a note of your lunch choices to remind youself on the day.
End of the 2 Forms
 
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