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Free Cakes for Kids
A community service to families, who find it difficult to provide a birthday cake for their child.
The idea behind Free Cakes for Kids is simple: we bake for families, who find it difficult to provide a birthday cake for their child. All cakes are baked 100% by volunteers, who operate locally and independently in their own private kitchens.
Time to Talk Day
Time to Talk Day will be on Thursday 4th February 2016.
Join us and let’s get the nation talking about mental health to help end the misconceptions around it.
Mental health problems affect 1 in 4 people every year, yet too often people are afraid to talk about their experiences because they fear it will affect their jobs or relationships. That’s not right and it’s why we need your help to break the silence and end the stigma.
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Families often charged too much for care, ombudsman says
The ombudsman received 2,848 complaints about social care from August 2014 to July 2015
Families are paying too much for care in England “all too often” because of confusing or incorrect information from councils, a report says.
The Local Government Ombudsman said some people were not offered an affordable care option in their area.
“Top-up fees”, payable for things such as a bigger room, were often being incorrectly charged, it said.
