Author Archives: wendy
Meet Me in Winter is a demonstration of what’s possible when people unite
REAL PEOPLE. REAL VOICES. REAL FACES. REAL LIVES.
Look! We’re in Metro and the Daily Mail!
Meet Me in Winter is a demonstration of what’s possible when people unite – when they share their time, their commitment, their dreams, their stories and their resources to achieve extraordinary things. It’s a song, a music video, a celebration and an ever expanding community of people….
We want our song to be heard everywhere. We want it to be played on the radio and the video shown on TV. We want to teach it to anyone who’d like to learn it and then sing together.
£2m campaign raising awareness on Dementia
Pilot on dementia is going national
A CAMPAIGN piloted in the north west to raise awareness of the early signs of dementia is being rolled out nationally.
The Department of Health is spending £2m on the TV, radio and print campaign after it proved successful in the region.
The real cost of disability!
I wrote this a few years ago, a friend asked me to find it and so I’m posting it here so I don’t lose it again.
I got up this morning, left my bed (£150), and walked down one flight of stairs. Had a shower (£100)and went in to my daughter.
I hoisted (£1000) my daughter out of her her bed (£800) using a sling (£100)into her wheelchair (£2000), then used the overhead hoist in the bathroom (£2000) to put her on the shower bench (£600) to give her a shower.She then sat on the toilet seat (£200). Put her in the lift (£3000) to go down to the sitting room. Most of these costs were borne by social services.
