Category Archives: disability
Come and make some noise
Come and make some noise
Local children and young people with disabilities or sensory impairments are invited to take part in Making Noise in the Village – and to bring their families with them.
Making Noise in the Village follows the success of the Making Noise music-making project which began in Lincolnshire last summer.
Workshops are now being run in Gainsborough by music facilitators from Lincolnshire Music Development Agency SoundLINCS – who have specific experience in working with children with special needs.
Selsey carers support and care for one another
Selsey supporters show value of caring for others
Caring for the carers is the philosophy of an extremely active group in Selsey – and its members want to reach out to help more of the ‘hidden carers’ who can often become isolated and have their dedicated efforts overlooked.
The Selsey and District Carers Support Group was set up in August 2000. Janet Harris MBE, the recently-deceased founder, started the group in her home, initially because she found herself so isolated when her husband became ill.
As she explained: “I discovered, like most fulltime carers, how incredibly lonely, exhausting, frightening, frustrating and thankless the situation can become with no support, help or advice for either my husband or myself.
“I did not choose to become a full-time carer; it happened overnight and out of necessity.”
Amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill
Concessions offered over disability benefit changes
Ministers are set to make concessions over controversial proposed changes to disability benefits.
The government is backing an amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill halving the time seriously ill or disabled people will have to wait to be eligible for Personal Independence Payments (PIPs).
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