Category Archives: learning difficulties

The Co-operative and Procter and Gamble’s fundraising for Mencap

August 4, 2011   Carers, learning difficulties

Young people with a learning disability feature in TV advert

 

Advertising campaign to promote The Co-operative and Procter and Gamble’s fundraising for Mencap

The Co-operative has joined forces with Procter and Gamble (P&G) to raise £300,000 for Mencap and ENABLE Scotland.

For six weeks from Wednesday 3 August, 3p from over 20 P&G brands sold in The Co-operative stores will be donated to the charities. P&G brands include Fairy, Herbal Essence and Pampers.

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Break charity to close Rainbow holiday centre in Sheringham

August 4, 2011   Carers, disability, learning difficulties, Norfolk

Holiday centre for disabled to close.

By Alex Hurrell , Reporter Thursday, August 4, 2011
12.00 PM

Break is to close its Rainbow Holiday Centre in Sheringham, once the flagship of the major north Norfolk-based charity.

 

Break charity’s Rainbow holiday centre in Sheringham

Rainbow’s 30 staff were told this week that the Hooks Hill Road centre will close in January 2013 after providing a welcome to thousands of children and adults with disabilities for the past 38 years.

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NHP to sell tranche of learning disability care homes

July 31, 2011   Carers, disability, learning difficulties
NHP to sell tranche of learning disability care homes
 
Sun, 31 Jul 2011
NHP, the care home landlord, is to put 33 learning disability units on the market following its decision to take over 297 Southern Cross homes on 1st October.Southern Cross was the UK’s largest care home operator, with over 30,000 residents and 752 homes. Landlords rejected demands from Southern Cross to drop rents and took control of the homes themselves.
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