In my second stage complaint (see below) one of the further questions I’d asked to David Hayman’s revelation that:
“Interim LINks support is by Voluntary Norfolk.”
was:
“Voluntary Norfolk?? Who, where, how was this arrived at?”
Knowing an answer from NCC wouldn’t be the epitomy of swiftness I googled ‘Voluntary Norfolk.’
It turns out to be an organisation I had, until then and for some years, known (along with everyone else) as the ‘Norwich and Norfolk Voluntary Services’ - a Norwich based organisation running various voluntary services, primarily in and around Norwich - certainly not here in this area - and which just happened to be the organisation appointed to provide the Forum Support Organisation for most of the Norfolk PPI forums.
Why or when it changed its name I don’t know but the change must have been roughly coincidental with the advent of LINks. But who knows whether or not that may be significant?
What I do know is significant is that us volunteers here in our area of Norfolk didn’t know who ‘Voluntary Norfolk’ was - AN UNDERLINING OF HOW CITIZENS, PARTICULARLY DISABLED CITIZENS, LIVING IN SOUTH EAST NORFOLK ARE SUCCESSFULLY EXCLUDED FROM SERVICES IN GENERAL AND FROM VOLUNTEERING TO CONTRIBUTE TO SERVICES.
No Surprise there then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Interim LINks support is by Voluntary Norfolk.”
was:
“Voluntary Norfolk?? Who, where, how was this arrived at?”
Knowing an answer from NCC wouldn’t be the epitomy of swiftness I googled ‘Voluntary Norfolk.’
It turns out to be an organisation I had, until then and for some years, known (along with everyone else) as the ‘Norwich and Norfolk Voluntary Services’ - a Norwich based organisation running various voluntary services, primarily in and around Norwich - certainly not here in this area - and which just happened to be the organisation appointed to provide the Forum Support Organisation for most of the Norfolk PPI forums.
Why or when it changed its name I don’t know but the change must have been roughly coincidental with the advent of LINks. But who knows whether or not that may be significant?
What I do know is significant is that us volunteers here in our area of Norfolk didn’t know who ‘Voluntary Norfolk’ was - AN UNDERLINING OF HOW CITIZENS, PARTICULARLY DISABLED CITIZENS, LIVING IN SOUTH EAST NORFOLK ARE SUCCESSFULLY EXCLUDED FROM SERVICES IN GENERAL AND FROM VOLUNTEERING TO CONTRIBUTE TO SERVICES.
No Surprise there then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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