About Longfields Association

Longfields Association is a registered charity, founded in 1952 by a small group of parents who were concerned that there was no provision within the education system for their disabled children. Some of the original founder members are still supporting Longfields.

Over fifty years on Longfields has developed into a Day Centre, which provides a service to 34 people with a range of disabilities, with a staff of 25.

Now under contract to the City and County of Swansea, Longfields is well respected in its field, having attained and retained the Investor in People Award, and the Environmental Health Gold Award for its catering department.

Longfields has undergone a comprehensive review conducted by external consultants and has implemented a service improvement programme in response.

Our Basic Principles

• People with learning or physical disability have the right to be treated with dignity and respect

• Our service users have a unique and valued contribution to make to the work of the Association and to the life of the wider community

• People with a learning or physical disability are entitled to the same opportunities as everyone else but they may need additional support to attain these

• People with a learning or physical disability are entitled to receive individually tailored support from other agencies that is designed to enable them to access the same opportunities that are open to everyone else

Contact Information

Our Address:

6 Bethany Lane, West Cross, Swansea. SA3 5TL

Tel: 01792 405398
Fax: 01792 405407

email: daycentre@longfieldsassociation.org.uk

Management

The Association is managed by a board of Trustees who have a wide range of business, legal, financial, management, and social work experience.

Responsibility for the Association's overall management and service development lies with the Director, who is supported by a Day Service Manager and Administrator/Assistant Director.

Managers and Executive Committee:

• Chairperson: David Watkins

• Secretary: Pat Fox

• Treasurer: Russell Morris

• Director: Denise Lucas

• President: Rt. Hon. Alan Williams MP

• Vice President: Siân James MP

• Vice President: Martin Caton NP

• Vice President: Edwina Hart AM

• Vice President: Andrew Davies AM

• Vice President: Val Lloyd AM

• Staff and Service User Representatives –
  By rotation: Kate Graham, Elvira Thomas, Jayne Vickers

• Day Service Manager: Matthew Gay

Members

• Joan Owen

• Jean Powell

• Barbara Hanney

• Peter Douglas Jones

• Councillor J Evans

• Councillor C Philpott

Sponsors and Supporters

Longfields Association is proud to have Catherine Zeta Jones as our patron.

You can find information about specific projects and events elsewhere on this site, but in general we are grateful to the following members of the local community, schemes and companies for their support.

• The Big Lottery Fund

• The Millennium Stadium Trust

• The Garfield Weston Foundation

• Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales

• HSBC Bank

• Swansea Building Society

• Leeds and Holbeck Building Society

• Sport Relief

• The Foundation for Sport and the Arts

• Longfields Ladies Guild

• Remploy Swansea

• Bruce Wake Charitable Trust

• Barclays Bank

• Albert Hunt Trust

• Baily Thomas Charitable Fund

• Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust

• Gardening for the Disabled

• Austin Bailey Foundation

• Beatrice Laing Trust

• D’Oyley Carte Trust

• Swansea Welsh Church Act Trust

• Oakdale Trust

• Pennard Golf Club

Please contact us if you would like to find out how you can help Longfields by making a donation or visit the News and Events area of this web site for more information.

Other Useful inks

Longfields Association is part of

Swansea Charity Partnership