Author Archives: wendy

Landmark bedroom tax ruling issued

August 6, 2014   Carers, disability, Featured Article

By Carl Brown

A tribunal has overturned a decision on the bedroom tax

A tribunal has overturned a decision on the bedroom tax, setting a precedent that could force some councils to rethink how they decide who needs a room for an overnight carer.

Solicitor Giles Peaker  (photo) said he would not be surprised if ‘a fair number of councils’ had calculated who needs a spare room for overnight care in the same way as Eastleigh Council did.

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Disabled help scheme could be continued

August 5, 2014   Carers, disability, learning difficulties

By Uttoxeter Post and Times  |  Posted: August 05, 2014

Scheme that should be continued

A SUCCESSFUL travel scheme which helps youngsters in Sudbury and Doveridge with special educational needs get out and about could be continued.

Derbyshire County Council’s training helps youths with reduced mobility, learning difficulties or low confidence use public transport.

Its contract with the National Star Foundation is due to end in September next year but a proposal to go out to tender for three years of the training will go to the cabinet meeting for children and young people on Tuesday.

Read more at http://www.uttoxeter-news.co.uk/Disabled-help-scheme-continued/story-22049261-detail/story.html#YYLEsKT2BdCbXdX5.99

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Disabled people take part in football tournament in Edmonton

August 3, 2014   Carers, disability, Featured Article, learning difficulties

People with learning disabilities held their own special Olympic tournament

9:20am Sunday 3rd August 2014 in News  By Anna Slater, Reporter

 Disabled people take part in football tournament

People with learning disabilities held their own special Olympic tournament as part of a scheme to get them involved in sport.

One-to-One Enfield held a football match at the Southbury Leisure Centre, in Southbury Road, Enfield, in association with Special Olympics Great Britain.

Part of the Unified Sports initiative, it enables people of all ages with learning disabilities to practice and play together on the same teams as people of all ages.

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