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Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance
Speaking with One Voice

Registered Charity No. 1101174

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Join us because
by speaking with one voice
we can pursue
the highest standards of service and care
for people of Lincolnshire
affected by a neurological condition
their families and carers

 
If you are an individual with / a support group for / provide services for
people living in Lincolnshire with a neurological condition
and would like to join or have a link on this site
please contact
info@lincolnshire-neurological-alliance.org.uk
 

About Us.

History.

In January 1998 members of eight neurological support groups met with Lincolnshire Health Authority to discuss and form a Lincolnshire Umbrella organisation for individuals and support groups of people with neurological conditions. This was called the Lincolnshire Neuroscience Forum and meetings were administered by the Lincolnshire Health Authority and attended by neurological support groups, the NHS and Social Services.

When the Lincolnshire Health Authority disbanded the support groups reformed as the Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance, became a Charity and joined the Neurological Alliance.

Our aims and objectives.

The Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance is an association of people and voluntary organisations with an interest in people with a neurological condition, based in Lincolnshire, working together in pursuit of our aims and objectives which are:

  • to represent all people in Lincolnshire with a neurological condition, their families and carers.
  • to work together to ensure that the local provision of health and related services, including fully funded neuro-rehabilitation facilities and resources, is appropriate to and serves the needs of all.
  • to promote the vision that service is best delivered through a multi-disciplinary team, to ensure an integrated programme of neurological rehabilitation, from post acute through in-patient, out-patient and peripatetic services and to encourage the development of the neurological peripatetic specialist nurse role.
  • to encourage the NHS and Social Services authorities to merge their budgets and administration systems in order to minimise delays in the effective provision of services.
  • to press the authorities to provide all appropriate care ‘free of charge’ to service users.
  • to ensure that the treatment which is made available to any one patient is equally available to all other patients with the same need, regardless of administrative boundaries, underlying medical conditions, age, sex, race or other factors.
  • to integrate input from the voluntary and professional sectors to maximise the combined efforts of partnership.
  • to improve the availability of information to people in Lincolnshire and encourage the development of a support service for those individuals with a neurological condition, where the authorities can demonstrate they are unable to make provision in the foreseeable future.

Member Organisations.

     
Chair Hilary Boone Polio Survivors Network
Secretary Anne Alderton Charcot Marie Tooth and Dystonia
Treasurer Dave Stubley Ataxia
     
Only paid up individuals and support groups are listed.
     
  Mary Read Headway
  Glennys Sanders OBE Guillain Barré Syndrome
  Paula Justham Parkinsons UK
  Paul Gostick Parkinsons UK
  Keith Bray Motor Neurone Disease Association
  Ian Stuart PhD Cavernoma Alliance UK
  Lorraine Money Ehlers-Danloss Support Group
     
Honorary Members.
     
  Preston Keeling Lincolnshire LINk Chair
  Dr. John Bowen Consultant Neurologist
  Shannon Gaughan MS Specialist Nurse
  Nigel Woodcock Specialised Rehabilitation Services Manager
  Laura Blaine Lincolnshire County Council Carers Team
  Dr. Darren Barnes-Heath Newland Chiropractic Clinic
     

Join Us.

Membership is open to non-profit making organisations working in Lincolnshire which represent people with a neurological condition or which are specifically interested in promoting the care of such people.

Also individuals who have a neurological condition for which there is no support group, or who are not yet ready to join a support group, or who have a specific interest in promoting the care of such people.

Honorary membership is available to any professional whose work brings them into contact with people with neurological conditions. [No voting rights]. There is no fee but a donation towards our work is always appreciated.

YEARLY FEES
  NON PROFIT ORGS £ 15.00  
  INDIVIDUALS £ 5.00  
  HONORARY No Fee.  
       
Download Enquiry and Membership Form Here (206 KB PDF)
       

Affiliations.

   

Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance
Is affiliated to and supports the aims and objectives of
The Neurological Alliance [www.neural.org.uk]
which brings together national and regional neurological charities.

   

Membership of Other Organisations.

   
Members of the Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance represent the LNA at the following meetings.
   
Lincolnshire LINk Local Involvement Network Lincolnshire.
PSIPB Physical and Sensory Impairment Partnership Board.
  Carers Partnership Board.
  Lincoln Disability Forum.
  Lincoln Users Group.
  Louth Users Group.
   

Meetings.

   
Meetings are bi-monthly on the third Friday of the month.
   
  Friday July 16th 2010.
   
  Friday September 17th 2010.
   
  Friday November 19th 2010 - Annual General Meeting.
   
Meetings are held at the
   
  St. Barnabas Day Hospice and Education Centre,
Hawthorne Road,
Lincoln, LN2 4QX.
   
  Tel. 01522 518200
   
  www.stbarnabashospice.co.uk
   
The Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance is grateful for the support of
   
  Raymond Oppenheimer Foundation,
The Truemark Trust,
The Really Useful Group Ltd,
Cottingham Charity Trust,
P&G Hodgkinson Trust (Simons Group],
The Roger Vere Foundation,
The JW Wright Trust
and The SouterTrust.
   

Contact Us.

 
The Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance [LNA],
P.O. Box 1221,
Lincoln, LN5 5ER.
 
Tel:- 07788 119720
 
Email:- info@lincolnshire-neurological-alliance.org.uk
 
© Copyright The Lincolnshire Neurological Alliance 2010
 
Registered Charity No. 1101774