At the recent Ealing Community Network Voluntary Sector Awards event, the Ealing Advice Service consortium (EAS), led by Ealing Mencap, won the Charity Partnership award. The award recognises the strong alliance that EAS partners have formed in order for advice and information to be delivered to the Borough’s residents.
About Ealing Advice Service
Since 2011, Ealing Mencap has led advice partnerships – starting with 2 charities, growing to 5 in 2015, then 9 in 2019 and now in 2023, 11, with nearly 40,000 individuals on the database recorded as having received advice. Partners have been selected based on their knowledge of certain types of legal advice, experience working with specific client groups and familiarity with the Ealing borough. The EAS partnership is currently:
- Ealing Mencap – lead partner
- Nucleus Legal Advice
- Age UK Ealing
- HFEH MIND
- DeafPlus
- Havelock Family Centre
- Family Action
- Anchor Foundation
- Contact
- GOSAD
- CAIA – Ealing Advice Forum host
The Award
The award was presented by Anna Whitty MBE, with Rupa Huq MP and the Mayor of Ealing, Cllr Hitesh Tailor joining for photographs later in the event.
Ealing Voluntary Sector Award 2023
Ealing Mencap also received an award for Dedicated Service to its customers, acknowledging the range of services that the charity delivers to people who have learning disabilities and their carers. Ealing Mencap’s CEO, Lesley Dodd, received the award and the charity was praised for consistently putting its customers first; helping them to speak up for their rights, and continuing to work passionately and effectively despite challenges caused by COVID-19, limited funding and the cost of living crisis.
Sadly, this was the final ECN awards event as the Network will be closing. We are very grateful to have our achievements acknowledged and will continue to make the voluntary sector’s voice heard through Ealing Mencap, the Ealing Advice Service and Forum.
A Message from the CEO, Lesley Dodd.
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Written by Matthew Coulam, Director of Advice
