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Save Our Respite Establishments: Photos
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Families join a march against cuts in Preston. Families protest outside County Hall, Preston on the day the council approved the closure of the respite units for disabled children and cuts to adult services. The public gallery was inaccessible for wheelchair users so some families had to watch a webcast in a separate room. This family looked on as cuts to disabled childrens respite centres they use were approved. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The respite...
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Save Our Respite Establishments: Plea to Prime Minister to honour pledge
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Monday, 14 March 2011. Plea to Prime Minister to honour pledge. This is the text of the letter, sent on behalf of all the families, to Prime Minister David Cameron in a bid to save Lancashire's 8 respite centres from Lancashire County Council's cuts which Lancashire say they have been forced to make due to cuts to central government grants:. Dear Mr Cameron,. The arguments for closure the Local Authority are putting forward are flawed. While nationally...
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Save Our Respite Establishments: April 2011
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Monday, 4 April 2011. Alternative March 26th protest in Lancashire. Families from across Lancashire protesting at plans to close some of Lancashire's 8 respite centres for disabled children staged a demonstration on Saturday afternoon outside Accrington Town Hall to coincide with the protests against cuts taking place in London. The respite centres provide vital breaks for families with disabled children which enable families to continue providing 24-7...
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Save Our Respite Establishments: The King's Speech (or banker bashes banks)
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Tuesday, 1 March 2011. The King's Speech (or banker bashes banks). Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England today stated. That those who are now suffering from cuts are doing so because of the wrong-doing of the banks and the subsequent bailout which needed an injection of vast amounts of public cash to avert the total meltdown of the banks. He said "The price of this financial crisis is being borne by people who absolutely did not cause it". Maple...
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Save Our Respite Establishments: Challenging Behaviour
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Tuesday, 22 February 2011. On the 17th February the Full Council of Lancashire County Council met and voted through unprecedented cuts -many of these cuts fall on the most vulnerable, children and adults with disabilities. Families of those affected by cuts attended the meeting to find out what these cuts would mean in practice but were met with threats by the council of police intervention if they raised objections. For far too long disabled children ...
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Save Our Respite Establishments: February 2011
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Sunday, 27 February 2011. Driver does screeching U-turn. But in wrong direction. In 2006 County Councillor Driver was right behind our campaign to save Maplewood House from closure due to budget cuts by the then Labour administration in charge. He made a number of supportive statements in the press and attacked the decision strongly. Replied a definitive "YES". Conservative leaflet June 2009. This time though its £3m from the children with disabil...
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Save Our Respite Establishments: March 2011
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Monday, 21 March 2011. The Accrington Observer recently told the story of a parent of a disabled child desperate for respite yet prevented from accessing a respite centre due to Lancashire County Council budget cuts. And this issue is not new. Previous families have told us that they weren't automatically offered a respite centre as an option for having a break. Despite being assessed as qualifying for respite care by a social worker, Terri has been to...
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Save Our Respite Establishments: Desperate for respite
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Monday, 21 March 2011. The Accrington Observer recently told the story of a parent of a disabled child desperate for respite yet prevented from accessing a respite centre due to Lancashire County Council budget cuts. And this issue is not new. Previous families have told us that they weren't automatically offered a respite centre as an option for having a break. Despite being assessed as qualifying for respite care by a social worker, Terri has been to...
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Save Our Respite Establishments: Mum from East Lancashire describes how vital respite is
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Important Links and Legal stuff. In their own words. Sunday, 13 February 2011. Mum from East Lancashire describes how vital respite is. Pam McCullagh from Accrington describes the pressures of 24/7 caring and how vital respite at Hargreaves House is in being able to continue to care for her son who has Angelman's Syndrome, autism and epilepsy. You can read the articles here. Of Lancashire's cuts are to frontline services. Alexandra House, Lancaster,. South Avenue, Morecambe,. The Bungalow, Preston,.
