Saturday, December 22, 2018

Greater London Authority: Is there a borough in London that will allow Declan further his experience with children with learning disabilities? (WITH UPDATE 10/1/2019)

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Declan taught PE in one of Ireland's top schools (Glenstal Abbey) and recently acquired a UK Athletics coaching licence. He is also Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) cleared to work with children and adults.

"UPDATE 2 November (5.12pm): This evening the Mayor of London's St Mungo's TST agreed to ensuring that the following information will be uploaded verbatim to their organisation's information system: '... For over two years, Declan has been fighting without success to secure a long-term volunteer position through Newham Council's Active Newham. Declan has made several complaints of unfair treatment against the Council, culminating in his recent complaint to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (Ombudsman's Case ID: 18011204).'"

1 November 2018: UK Athletics: The club secretary for Newham and Essex Beagles Athletics Club tells Declan that the volunteering opportunity he has seen on Newham Council's Active Newham bulletin is incorrect and out of date (WITH UPDATE 2/11/2018)

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan


Declan and I are tenants of the Clearing House, which is run by St Mungo's on behalf of the Mayor of London. Only four months ago, Declan came within days of filing in the Central London County Court a second claim against St Mungo's in two years; see my post of 28 August, St Mungo's: Discrimination; Declan's claim against the Mayor of London's service for the Central London County Court. Still no response from St Mungo's CEO Howard Sinclair to Declan's pre-action letter (WITH UPDATE 30/8/2018). We have been battling this charity for case notes for the last two months, and now Declan is trying to get them to honour an agreed-upon action for the sustainment of our tenancy. There is seemingly not a borough in London that will allow Declan further his experience with children with learning disabilities. This is Declan's email to St Mungo's CEO Howard Sinclair yesterday:

For the attention of Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London

Howard Sinclair
Chief Executive
St Mungo's
(Commissioned by the Mayor of London)

Address removed for email


21 December 2018

Dear Mr Sinclair,

I refer to the attached agreed-upon Action Notes.

Can you please explain on what grounds Marc Appleton (TST Caseworker) has been and remains prevented from making a representation on my behalf to the Bromley by Bow Centre.

It is an indisputable fact that this is a tenancy sustainment matter.

Yours sincerely,

Declan Heavey
Managing Director
Network for Church Monitoring
Declan and I met for the first time at his home today at 3pm on 30th October. During our meeting we discussed the following:

- Declan has a part-time job as an employee of Network for Church Monitoring. This is his main job. He is a former PE teacher and now holds a valid UK Athletics coaching licence with associated DBS. He wants a second part-time job with children, having given up on care work.

- For over two years, Declan has been fighting without success to secure a long-term volunteer position through Newham Council's Active Newham. Declan has made several complaints of unfair treatment against the Council, culminating in his recent complaint to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (Ombudsman's Case ID: 18011204).

- For the last two months, Declan has been doing one-off events with Active Newham with a view to securing a long-term volunteer position working with children. He is scheduled to participate in his fifth one-off event with Active Newham on Saturday, 3 November.

- Declan has requested a copy of the action notes from our meetings in the form of a download from the organisation's information system.

- Declan has requested my support to elicit concrete information from the Bromley by Bow Centre with respect to their next Para-Legacy Agents 12-15 week training course.

Actions:

By Friday, 2 November 2018 Marc (TST Caseworker) to contact Declan about emailing the Bromley by Bow Centre.

Declan to continue with his one-off events with Active Newham.

Donald A.Collins, President
International Services Assistance Fund
5620 Oregon Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20015
[information withheld]
FAX [number withheld]
eMail [address withheld]

September 8, 2018

To Whom It May Concern:

I have become aware that my colleague, Declan Heavey, a highly educated professional, has come to need a reference for Newham Council (Active Newham) to find him voluntary work within Newham with children and adults with learning disabilities in a sport setting.

Declan's credentials for this sort of voluntary work are impressive. He is an accredited UK Athletics assistant coach with a DBS certificate for such a voluntary position. He is also a former physical education teacher, who has taught in one of Ireland's top schools (Glenstal Abbey) and set up and ran an unprecedented national network of 26 summer schools called Adventure Ireland that catered for over 4,000 children aged 6-14.

I have read with interest a Republic of Ireland newspaper article about Adventure Ireland that speaks of an admirable 'reconciliation scheme' for the involvement of a large number of children from Northern Ireland. Under this scheme, southern locations catered for children from Northern Ireland accompanied by experienced youth workers known by the children themselves. I understand and have no doubt that this scheme attracted considerable local media coverage both sides of the border between the two countries.

Declan manages an extensive website to which many contribute significant articles that bear on the general welfare of people everywhere. The site gets hundreds of thousands of hits and is a favorite of mine and many Nobelists. In fact, the site has no less than 40 Nobelists on it, as well as a distinguished list of 183 Honorary Associates to date that includes 2 Nobelists and 7 academics with knighthoods under the British royal honors system.

I have met Declan and known him for more than 7 years and I can attest to his strength of character. He is an outstanding and active citizen with a great commitment to community. He is highly responsible, loyal and trustworthy, and has exceptional organisational and management skills. I am pleased to report that my association with him has convinced me that he would provide a worthy addition to serving children and adults with learning disabilities in a sport setting.

Should you wish for more information from me, kindly email me at this address.

Sincerely, 

Donald A. Collins

UPDATE 10 January (9.50pm): No sooner yesterday had a manager in St Mungo's written to the Bromley by Bow Centre on Declan's behalf (to elicit information Declan has been unable to get from the centre himself with respect to their next Para-Legacy Agents programme), than he discovered to his shock and horror that St Mungo's themselves are holding outrageous communication notes against him that he never previously knew existed; see my newer post this morning, Pre-Action Letter: The Mayor of London-commissioned St Mungo's hold communication notes against Declan in clear violation of his rights (WITH UPDATE 10/1/2019). On another front, we are not getting emails through to Nobel laureates or even to our closest colleagues; see my post of 30 December, Our emails now are getting through to no one, not to Nobel Laureates or even our closest colleagues. Declan will keep trying to get through to Nobelists with the use of his mobile phone (WITH UPDATE 10/1/2019). The post reveals a letter in June 2010 from then Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone to now Prime Minister Theresa May about the interception of our emails. An American professor wrote at the time: "I am truly appalled by the unlawful violation of the Heavey's basic right to send and receive email without interference. I would be most grateful for anything you may be able to do by way of taking measures to correct this gross abuse."



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From My Picks:

4 January: Information Commissioner: Declan battles the Commissioner's Lead Case Officer over the nature of his data complaint against the Mayor of London-commissioned St Mungo's (WITH UPDATE 10/1/2019)

County Court at Central London, Royal Courts of Justice

Heavey v St Mungo's (2016)

Trial held in the Central London County Court, Royal Courts of Justice on 20 February 2017.

On 23 August 2018, Declan complained to the Information Commissioner's Office about case notes St Mungo's Executive Director Dominic Williamson assured the Court at trial in February 2017 had been rectified by him but were in fact being held inaccurately under my name. It took the scheduling of a preliminary hearing in October 2016 to have case notes from two meetings so-called rectified by Williamson as Declan had requested all along; and that rectification only took place after a failed attempt by an international firm of solicitors, Osborne Clarke, to have Declan's claim struck out on the papers. The judge at the preliminary hearing dismissed St Mungo's application to strike out Declan's claim for compensation. DJ Avent's order dated 11 March 2017 does not state why he then dismissed the claim.

20 February 2017: Central London County Court: District Judge Avent dismisses Declan's claim against the Mayor of London-commissioned St Mungo's that alleged the falsification and fabrication of data against us (WITH UPDATE 16/3/2017)

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