{"id":10497,"date":"2015-11-17T09:29:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T09:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=10497"},"modified":"2015-11-16T09:32:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T09:32:27","slug":"linkage-has-christmas-wrapped-at-grimsby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2015\/11\/linkage-has-christmas-wrapped-at-grimsby\/","title":{"rendered":"LINKAGE HAS CHRISTMAS WRAPPED AT GRIMSBY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Festive shoppers in Grimsby can enjoy some seasonal help in the run-up to Christmas with the launch of a gift-wrapping service by the learning disability charity, Linkage.<br \/>\nStaff, students and clients from the Lincolnshire-based organisation have been invited by Freshney Place Shopping Centre to provide the extra help, as Linkage is their charity of the year for 2015-16. In return for a donation, Linkage will provide a choice of gift-wrap, which has been kindly provided\u00a0 by The Works, House of Fraser and Marks &amp; Spencer. The first session will be on Thursday 19<sup>th<\/sup> November from 4.30-7.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Festive shoppers can also pick up some stocking fillers from the Linkage stand including glossy Linkage ArtBeat calendars for \u00a35, Christmas cards in packs of 10 for \u00a33.50, specially-made crafts from Linkage\u2019s Wood \u2018n\u2019 Stuff enterprise in Louth and other products made by Linkage College students. The Linkage stall can be found near the Next store.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fundraising and Development Manager Julie Stubbs says: \u201cThis is a great way for our customer service team to gain great experience and to raise the profile of Linkage as we approach our 40<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary year. Not only will we have a team of gift-wrappers, but also some ideal Christmas products made here in Lincolnshire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Linkage service will then operate on the following Thursdays between 4.30pm and 7.30pm:\u00a0 26<sup>th<\/sup> November, 3<sup>rd <\/sup>December and 10<sup>th<\/sup> December. At weekends: from 11am-3pm on Sunday 22<sup>nd<\/sup> November, Saturday 28th, Sunday 6<sup>th<\/sup> December and Saturday 12<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Austin, Centre Director, says: \u201cIt is the perfect opportunity for our charity of the year to raise money by providing this service for customers. I am sure the Linkage students and clients will love the atmosphere as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Customer Services and Business Administration are among a range of NVQ courses on offer at Linkage College on Weelsby Road in Grimsby, the specialist further education provider for students with learning difficulties. The college is operated by Linkage, the learning disability charity.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-10497\" data-postid=\"10497\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-10497 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linkage will be adding some festive spirit in the run up to Christmas in Freshney Place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-2Jj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10497"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10498,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10497\/revisions\/10498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}