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Changes force respite group to close down
A CHARITY which offers respite to carers is to fold after being told to change and extend its services without an increase in funding.
Bosses at Suffolk Respite say they would have been unable to afford the new service model laid down by Suffolk County Council.
The Ipswich-based organisation, which will close at the end of this month, supports those with enduring and severe mental health issues two or three hours a week to give their full-time carer a break.
Charities ‘could face cuts of up to £5.5bn’
4 March 2012 Last updated at 04:10
The charity sector is facing local and national government funding cuts of between £1bn and £5.5bn in the current financial year, a report suggests.
The leaked report, obtained by the Labour Party, was carried out by an umbrella organisation which said the situation had worsened since it had compiled it last March.
The Cabinet Office said it did not consider the figures to be reliable.
But it said ministers were taking steps to help charities through hard times.
New £55m centre in Stirling for elderly care agreed
Plans have been unveiled to “transform” the way elderly people in the Forth Valley are cared for.
Stirling Council said it planned to develop a care “village” which brought together social, health and GP services on the same site.
NHS Forth Valley are also involved in the project, which could cost £55m.
