Save the Accord

Accord DayCentre for learning disabilities- closed by @GlasgowCC for Commonwealth Games Bus Park. We are fighting for LD Day Centres to be modernised not closed

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@CllrTKerr @SNPdavid We would also hope @glasgowgreens and @MarthaWardrop @patrickharvie will continue to support the replacement of the Accord Centre for adults with learning disabilities. We need to ensure this is part of the Glasgow budget and we are not forgotten.

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@CllrTKerr @SNPdavid Thank you, will be in touch. We are just delighted to see more people who can deliver a new Accord centre on our side. It’s been to long. We now believe it’s within touching distance.

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@CllrTKerr we don’t have your contact details but we are really delighted to see you backing what we have all been fighting for, for so long. We’ve emailed @SNPdavid (no reply yet) but could you send us your contact details to arrange a cross-party meeting with us?

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@SNPdavid @CllrTKerr @PeterAdamSmith @GlasgowTories @SNPforGlasgow @snpdavid and many of your SNP colleagues supported the Save The Accord Campaign at the time, since the closure you have gained power in @GlasgowCC and now have the ability to replace the centre which you once campaigned for.

[Thomas Kerr MSP @ThomasKerrMSP]

Honoured speak at #GlaBudget & fight the East Ends corner. Our budget includes:

✔️Pedestrian Crossing for Mount Vernon
✔️New Accord Centre
✔️Town Regeneration Fund
✔️Investment for roads & parks
✔️Plus a council tax freeze

@GlasgowTories fighting for Shettleston.

[Save the Accord @savetheaccord]

@SNPdavid @CllrTKerr @PeterAdamSmith @GlasgowTories @SNPforGlasgow We would welcome discussions to develop a replacement Accord Day Centre for people with learning disabilities and there families in East Glasgow. 120 people with LD and there families were affected by the closure in 2014 due to Commonwealth Games #savetheaccord

[Thomas Kerr MSP @ThomasKerrMSP]

@PeterAdamSmith @SNPdavid @savetheaccord Meant what I said in my speech @GlasgowTories are willing to work with all parties to secure the Accord Centre. Question for @SNPforGlasgow is will they work with us? @savetheaccord

[Peter A Smith @PeterAdamSmith]

Update: Glasgow’s Conservative Group will propose a brand new Accord Centre for the East End communities in the city’s budget this afternoon. They recognise “the need for the services the Accord Centre provided & the absolute obligation on this Council to rebuild” @savetheaccord

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@JohnMasonMSP @PeterAdamSmith Twitter is not the right forum to discuss detail. However, you know from campaigning that we are on the same page. The S Lanarkshire Model can work if taken seriously. I believe Scot Gov commissioned a Feasability Study on Tollcross. Let’s look at the potential there?

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@alisonthewliss @WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon That’s brilliant, Alison! You’ve gone on to such great things in Westminster and your expertise in campaigning is invaluable to us. Can you help us get all the influential people within your party onside with us to deliver a new Accord?

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@JohnMasonMSP @PeterAdamSmith We kind of hoped the ‘legacy’ of 2014 had a slightly longer lifespan for the east end! The S Lan model is a dedicated day centre area within a leisure facility & there are far better options. But the detail can be discussed if we can get all willing people onside to deliver it :)

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@JohnMasonMSP @PeterAdamSmith Thanks for the reply. As always it is appreciated John. Can you help us to get all relevant heads together so we can finally get the ball rolling on this? You know more than most, how much a 2014 legacy would mean to carers and LD community in East End.

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@WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon @alisonthewliss @JohnMasonMSP @AlexSalmond We also had a meeting with @StewartMcDonald and he was incredibly supportive. With so many people who are now in positions to influence it, we are hopeful 2018 will be the year we finally get a like-for-like replacement centre.

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@WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon @alisonthewliss @JohnMasonMSP @AlexSalmond The fact @NicolaSturgeon gave her time to support our campaign was inspiring and gave us confidence she really would Save The Accord if she could. Now we hope she’ll make sure we get a replacement centre for our 2014 Games legacy.

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@WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon @alisonthewliss @JohnMasonMSP Not to mention @AlexSalmond who was FM and still gave us so much time in our campaign. It gives us hope we can see a replacement centre as our legacy now.

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@WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon @alisonthewliss And @JohnMasonMSP of course - he was with us at Save The Accord demos, and spoke well.

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@WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon And @alisonthewliss who gave her time to march with us on Save The Accord demos.

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@WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon At the time, there was little we could do when Labour decided to knock the Accord down for a Games bus park. But we really had amazing support from so many people - and we hope they’ll work with us now they’re in a position to deliver a replacement centre. People like @SNPdavid

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@WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon The TL;DR version: First Minister Alex Salmond told carers he would take their case to Glasgow City Council, saying, “There’s a cause and a reason for redeeming the commitment to a like-for-like centre.”

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@WingsScotland @PeterAdamSmith @rb2003 @SNPdavid @NicolaSturgeon And this - money for ‘legacy’ was withheld as Scot Gov wasn’t convinced by GCC plans for our replacement centre. Alex Salmond wrote to us personally after we visited other centres in S Lanarkshire on a mission to get ideas for our new centre. https://t.co/bPItH0wrYC