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Norfolk County Council announces £100,000 boost to help older people get through the winter
Norfolk County Council announces £100,000 boost to help older people get through the winter
Surviving winter campaign – Case Study: Daphne Claxton. Picture: James Bass
Dan Grimmer Monday, November 5, 2012
11:33 AM
Older people in Norfolk have been handed a surprise £100,000 boost to help them get through the winter.
Norfolk County Council’s cabinet today agreed to hand the cash to Age UK Norfolk for the charity’s warm winter fund.
The one-off grant, which comes from a forecast underspend on the County Hall budget, will be used by Age UK Norfolk to offer small grants of between £100 to £200 to older people struggling to pay fuel bills.
It will also help pay for further work to look at the underlying need for such support as heating bills continue to rise.
MPs’ guide to mental health
MPs’ guide to mental health
How often have you been faced with a constituent who’s struggling with a mental health problem, and not known how you can help?
Today Mind, Rethink Mental Illness and the Royal College of Psychiatrists launch a booklet which sets out practical ways for MPs and staffers to support constituents with mental health problems. The booklet is endorsed by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health (APPGMH).
Stephen becomes first councillor in the UK with Down’s syndrome
“I want to help other people in the community I’ve grown up and lived in all my life”
By Simon Garner | Yahoo! News –
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Yahoo! News – Councillor Stephen Green with his father Grenville Green
A man with Down’s syndrome is believed to be the first person in the UK with the condition to become a parish councillor.
Cllr Stephen Green, 47, previously made the headlines for learning to read music and performing his first piano recital.
Last week he was elected as member of Nuthall Parish Council in Nottinghamshire after his predecessor, Councillor Paul Simpson, stepped down.Stephen Green has become a parish councillor for Nuthall (Picture: SWNS)
It was the second time Stephen, from Nutthall, had stood for election to the council after narrowly getting beaten in an election eight years ago.
