Category Archives: Downs syndrome

Knutsford council are ignoring “the needs of the ill or disabled or their exhausted and impoverished carers

September 10, 2011   Carers, dementia, disability, Downs syndrome, family, Older care

Austerity begins at home: Cuts bite among Chancellor’s constituents

 

He said we’re all in it together – but few believed him. Now George Osborne faces anger in his back yard, as his economic ‘Plan A’ takes its toll. Paul Vallely reports 

Saturday, 10 September 2011 

We’ve never had so many members of the public come to a meeting, said the bewildered Conservative leader of Cheshire East County Council, Wesley Fitzgerald, at the start of its cabinet meeting this week. It was so packed that they had to move the councillors’ seating to accommodate the public. 

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‘Rain to Rainbow’ event encouraged local carers and their families to turn rain, their illness, into rainbows

September 1, 2011   autism, Carers, disability, Downs syndrome

Carers form a human rainbow to mark their family’s achievements

8:20am Thursday 1st September 2011

  
 
 
The smiles of Lynne Melarangi and her daughter, Rachael, capture the essence of the rainbow celebration

HUNDREDS of carers teamed up to create a human rainbow to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Silver Jubilee Bridge.

Wearing caps and t-shirts in the seven colours of the rainbow, they held hands, linking both sides of the famous landmark.

Organiser Dee Graal, development co-ordinator of Widnes and Runcorn Cancer Support Group, said: “It was really emotional.

“There was a great buzz and so much excitement. It was fantastic.”

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The East Coast truckers convey must not end! What a wonderful day today!

August 28, 2011   Carers, disability, Downs syndrome, Norfolk, Rett syndrome

Picture gallery: East Coast Truckers convoy could be its last

By ANNABELLE DICKSON
Sunday, August 28, 2011
6:55 PM

Trucks parade along the A47 at Blofield for the East Coast Truckers 2011 convoy to Pleasurewood Hills. Photo by Simon Finlay

Norwich woke up to the sound of honking horns this morning (Sunday) as children from across the county and beyond sat proudly in truck cabins travelling in style to Great Yarmouth and Pleasurewood Hills. 

In streets and lay-bys along the route from the city to the seaside town, thousands lined up waving flags and cheering as the East Coast Truckers convoy of 83 trucks set off on a day out for 73 disadvantaged children including those with disabilities, the terminally-ill and children with learning difficulties.

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