Our History
The Link Up group was formed in 1995 after clients of
Scope from Chester and North Wales enjoyed a holiday spent
together in Cornwall and decided to keep in touch once the holiday
had finished.
At first the group was set up and supported by
a Scope field worker based in North Wales who
would organise social activities and then make
arrangements for the group to meet up.
The group wrote its own constitution and held
regular meetings at the Chester Skills Development
centre, a committee was voted in and the
membership expanded.
The field worker left Scope in 2001 and staff at
the SDC supported the group from then on as
the vast majority of its members were based at the
Scope day centre, this gave the membership an
opportunity to become more involved in the
running of the club and its development.
In March 2002 the group applied to the Lottery
Boards ' Awards for All' scheme for a grant of £4,564
to set up an office at the SDC.
In November ' Awards for All' informed the group
of the success of its application and work started
On the office in early January and was completed
by mid March.
The office is kitted out with 4 computers all connected
to the internet and each member has his or her
own private e-mail address.
In March 2006 we received a second grant from
‘Awards for All’ to re-write our web site so that
we could upload all of the web site content directly
onto the web site itself without the need to employ
a third party.
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