Author Archives: wendy
Carer advised by council she’d be better off QUITTING her job and living on benefits
Battle: Chelsea Press and daughter Lacey Battle: Chelsea Press and daughter Lacey
SWNS
A single mum has been told by council staff that she would be “better off” resigning her job and living on benefits.
Chelsea Press, a part-time carer for the elderly, was seeking financial advice after struggling to pay bills.
But the 23-year-old was left speechless when her local Basildon district council in Essex suggested she should stop working 27 hours a week.
The consultation revealed Chelsea, who has a two-year-old daughter Lacey, would have £2,850 more each year – £54.80 a week – if she was unemployed.
After The Funeral
That time no one talks about
The Sound of Silence
with thanks from @blabers
I’ve always been one to moan about the lack of “me time” in my life. In fact, when I was having counselling for my Generalised Anxiety Disorder, one of the things we built in to my plan was to find at least ten minutes a day when I could be on my own and just be silent.
You see, I always used to crave silence. My job means I’m always talking, or surrounded by people who are talking, or who are playing music and sometimes the cacophony in my head would just get to the point where I thought it was going to explode. Add to that the spaghetti of worrying thoughts that I suffer from occasionally and you can see why I wanted to learn to meditate.
Carers should travel free, say MPs
Press Association – 9 hours ago
The Transport Select Committee called on the Government to try to amend European Union regulations so carers fly free of charge
Carers should be able to fly for free if an airline requires them to travel with the disabled people they look after, a group of MPs have said.
The Transport Select Committee called on the Government to try to amend European Union regulations so carers fly free of charge if an airline requires them to be present because the person they look after cannot perform an emergency procedure alone.
Describing access to transport for disabled people as “unacceptably poor”, the committee said the Department for Transport (DfT) was watering down or abandoning key accessibility improvements and losing the momentum that followed last year’s Paralympic Games in London.
Reforms to train all bus drivers in disability awareness, require train operators to bring in “organised assistance” for disabled people as standard, and introduce financial incentives to ensure all taxis and private hire vehicles are fully accessible within 10 years were also among the committee’s recommendations.
