~ March 25th, 2008
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State-owned company Remploy provides skilled jobs for disabled workers and make a range of goods. Recently the company has been ‘restructuring’ which is involving the voluntary redudancies of 2,000 of their workforce.
Luckily the financial difficulties don’t go all the way to the top, and Remploy’s managers are still able to afford their […]
Posted by Rebecca Graceson in News
~ March 18th, 2008
Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) have announced some good news today. The government have responded to the campaign for short breaks to help support families with disabled children. They have created a new legal duty for local authorities to provide the short breaks.
EDCM have reported that although this is a breakthrough, it doesn’t […]
Posted by Rebecca Graceson in Inspiration, News
~ March 11th, 2008
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This week is Share the Care Week, and charity organisation Shared Care Network have released a report singing the praises of short breaks for families with autistic children. The report also highlights the need for more short break carers to provide this valuable service.
Breaking Down the Barriers reports that short breaks help […]
~ March 8th, 2008
Ivan Lewis MP
This week, the Government announced plans to build more “extra care” housing for vulnerable couples to live in. This means that more elderly couples will be able to remain together when one of them is taken into care.
Recently, there have been multiple high-profile cases of elderly couples traumatically forced apart when one or […]
Posted by Kelvin Jones in News
~ March 6th, 2008
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A new Save the Children report has highlighted that the additional costs of raising a disabled child are not taken into account for official poverty records. They estimate that a large number of families with disabled children are in ‘hidden poverty’.
A 2007 Unicef report put the UK at the bottom of the pile […]
Posted by Rebecca Graceson in News
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