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“I am valuable. I can still shine and I will still go on”
TweetHuge lashes sweeping over her eyelids, face framed by diamante and skin shining gold, this is a photographic portrayal of how Samona Naomi Williams feels some days: valuable, not a burden to society. Yet Samona, a wheelchair user who Ehlers-Danlos … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Disability, Music & arts, Uncategorized
Tagged cuts, learning disability, music & arts
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Cuts and controversy in Tower Hamlets
TweetLutfur Rahman’s name is usually prefixed with the word “controversial”. It is an apt description of the first directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets, in east London. He is the council’s ex-Labour leader turned independent mayoral candidate who won 2010′s … Continue reading
Disability history: “I quite clearly remember being tied to the cot sides”
Tweet“I quite clearly remember being tied to the cot sides,” recalls Florence, now in her 70s, of the childhood she spent in hospital. “Literally, two wrists tied to the cot sides with cotton tape so as I couldn’t get up … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Disability, Education, Olympics, Social care, Social exclusion, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged cuts, education, schools, service users, young people, youth
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How back office benchmarking can improve efficiency
TweetWhen social housing provider One Vision Housing (OVH) reduced its total management costs by £2.8m in five years, it was partly due to the fact it had been benchmarking its back office functions. The Merseyside-based group spends less now on … Continue reading
The riots a year on: “If people see me as bad, I might as well be bad.”
Tweet“Even though we’re not involved in gangs,” the young man from Hackney tells me, “the way people look at you just puts you down. No matter what you do, you’ll always have that bad name of a black kid from … Continue reading
Posted in Big society, Education, Employment, Social exclusion, Young people, Youth crime
Tagged big society, BME, charity, cuts, education, employment, third sector, young people, youth, youth crime
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Sticking plasters, surgery and spending reviews
TweetA damp squib of a sticking plaster, or what health secretary Andrew Lansley has said is the “most comprehensive overhaul [of social care] since 1948” and an end to the care lottery? Most early reaction to today’s long awaited care … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Disability, Health, Housing, Learning disability, Local government, Older people, Social care, Uncategorized
Tagged cuts, health, housing, learning disability, local government, older people
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Cuts: do the right maths
TweetI had to share the infographic below from learning disability charity United Response which, if you’ve not already seen it, lays bare the impact of cuts to disability living allowance (DLA), the benefit that helps people with care and mobility … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Learning disability, Social care, Third sector, Uncategorized
Tagged cuts, housing, learning disability, third sector
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Local government finance: sailing into the perfect storm
TweetGovernment is passing down an unprecedented austerity drive to local government. In the perfect storm of cuts, rising unemployment and ageing population, the budget failed to throw much of a lifeline to local government. But as the Treasury resigns councils … Continue reading
Housing ambitions: 30-year plan for London’s biggest council landlord
TweetIt is the biggest council housing landlord in London and the fourth largest in the country. With 39,000 rented and 16,700 leasehold homes, a 19,000-strong waiting list and almost 15,000 properties needing repair ( “non-decent”, 2010 figures) the scale of … Continue reading
The truth about rough sleeping
Tweet The Truth About Stanley trailer from www.thetruthaboutstanley.com on Vimeo. Think homelessness and film and you can’t fail but think of Cathy Come Home. While the social action that followed Ken Loach’s cinematic call to arms was a one-off, the … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Housing, media & communication, Older people, Social exclusion, Third sector, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged charity, cuts, housing, older people, young people
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