steve_h
Welfare Rights Caseworker, Advocacy in Wirral, Birkenhead, Wirral
Member since 06th Mar 2006
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Contracted Advice Agencies Network (CAAN)
Wed 24-Feb-10 11:59 AM |
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME,
Open to any NfP agency with LSC Contracts
CONTRACTED ADVICE AGENCIES NETWORK
AGENDA
11 March 2010 At Carrs Lane Church Centre Birmingham B4 7SX Tel: 0121 643 6151
09:30 Coffee & Registration
10:00 Meeting commences
1. Welcomes & introductions –Acting Chair Apologies
2. Minutes of last meeting/ Matters arising
3. Notes of Executive Board Decisions
4. Election of New Executive Board Member
10:15 Adam Griffith ASA Update
11:00 Refreshments
11:30 Open Forum with Adam Griffith
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Costing Advice Services Ann Lewis ASA This session will introduce you to the language of costings and suggest a straightforward way of calculating and presenting the cost of delivering your advice services. The session assumes no prior knowledge of this subject.
14:30 Short comfort break
14:45 Training Session Exercise –followed by questions
16:00 Close
To book places email: [email protected] or phone Mags Walsh on 0161 839 7300
If you book and cannot attend, please cancel the booking giving as much notice as possible; this will save us being charged for refreshments and lunch. If less than 24 hours notice is given there will be a charge of £25.
Any problems on the day please contact Mags Walsh: 07812194710 Below are directions to the venue supplied by Carrs Lane Church Centre.
Travel by Train, Metro
• From New Street Station Exit the station on the concourse level, towards the Bullring shopping centre main entrance. At the junction cross the road and turn left. Pass under the bridge and cross the road straight ahead. The Church Centre is on the left, opposite Moor Street Station.
• From Moor Street Station The Church Centre is almost directly across Moor Street Queensway from Moor Street Station, and opposite Marks & Spencer on Carrs Lane.
• From Snow Hill Station (for Train and Metro Tram) Cross the road towards Great Western Arcade and turn left. Turn right which takes you under a building (onto Bull Street). Keep walking, crossing straight ahead at the junction. Follow the road round to the right, and opposite Boots turn left into Carrs Lane, with Marks & Spencer on the far side. The Church Centre is at the far end of Carrs Lane, on the left.
Car Parking (The car park at the Church Centre is restricted to disabled persons and for unloading, by arrangement only.)
Approach from North, East or South East via M6 & A38M (Aston Expressway) Leaving the M6, stay in the centre lane of A38M (Aston Expressway). At ‘End of Motorway’ sign gantry - exit left, signed Aston University & Shoppers Car Park. At the large roundabout (Lancaster Circus) take the first exit. * You need to be in the right-hand lane, signed to Children’s Hospital and Londonderry House. Turn right at the first traffic lights. ** After 50 yards - turn left and then continue along Dale End, under a low bridge, Albert Street and Dale End multi-story car parks, are on the left and right respectively. After parking, walk in the same direction from Dale End along High Street and turn left down Carrs Lane (beside Marks & Spencer) – the Church Centre is on the left.
Approach from South, South West or West via the M5 and A38 (Bristol Rd) Leave M5 at Junction 4 - A38 - signed to Birmingham. Follow the A38 for approximately 10 miles - follow signs for M6. Near the city centre after the circular St. Catherine's RC church on your left, keep to the right to go through an underpass and two tunnels. Immediately after the second tunnel, exit left to Lancaster Circus. Exit the roundabout at 3 o’clock and follow the first route at * above.
Approach from South or South East via M40, M42 & A45, A41, or A34, and up Deritend (Street) You will approach the city centre via a gyratory system, which will bring you alongside the new Selfridges store (covered in silver disks). Avoiding the bus lane, keep to the nearside lane as the road turns left up the hill beside Moor Street Station, and then right at the top of the hill. You pass the Church Centre on your left, but you cannot get into Carrs Lane from there. At the second set of cross-roads traffic lights turn left - signed to Children’s Hospital. Then follow the first route at ** above.
On leaving your car park: Turn back into Dale End – going back under the low bridge. At the end, fork right, and follow the direction signs for your destination route.
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