Monthly Archives: July 2013
Carers’ fury as ‘lifeline’ day centres face the axe
These are not leisure centres. They are a vital lifeline
Northfields in Moston and Eric Hobin, in Charlestown, will close from next year – a move now approved by the council
Two Manchester day centres are to shut in a bid to save £1.7m despite a backlash from campaigners.
Northfields in Moston and Eric Hobin, in Charlestown , will close from next year.
Carer mum wins washroom war
A MUM forced to wash her disabled son at an £80-a-night hotel is to get a life-changing new bathroom — thanks to The Scottish Sun.
A MUM forced to wash her disabled son at an £80-a-night hotel is to get a life-changing new bathroom — thanks to The Scottish Sun.
June Monaghan bathed her lad Jonjo Murphy at a Premier Inn for seven months because social services refused to adapt her home.
But after we intervened this month, Glasgow City Council has pledged to fit a special shower unit in 17-year-old Jonjo’s room.
And June, 49, will get massage therapy for back pain caused by lifting her son, who has cerebral palsy.
The relieved ex-pub landlady — who also cares for brain-damaged hubby Robert, 51, at their home in the city’s Robroyston — said yesterday: “I’m very grateful to The Scottish Sun. Things are starting to happen.”
