Tag Archives: disability

Social care in north hit hardest by cuts

May 12, 2011   Carers

Social care in north hit hardest by cuts
Nick Golding
Thursday 12 May 2011 00:01
A geographical divide has opened up in English adult social care spending with huge cuts in the north but budgets continuing to expand in the south.

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Will carers get in free?

May 11, 2011   Carers, disability

Breaking news – London 2012 Paralympic Games prices revealed

Posted by trev on May 11, 2011 – 7:52 pm


Filed under Events

The London Olympic Organising Committee have just released the ticket prices for the London 2012 Paralympic Games which will take place between 29th August and 9th September 2012.

Unlike the “main” Olympics, these event tickets will be significantly cheaper with tickets as lot as £5 for those 16 and under, or 60 and over.

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Now is the Time- Hardest Hit: Disabled people march in London

May 11, 2011   Carers, disability, Uncategorized

Hardest Hit: Disabled people march in London – live coverage

Live coverage from the capital as an expected 5,000-10,000 disabled people protest on the Hardest Hit march against cuts to benefits and services

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETDrGOXZsSc&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/may/11/disabled-people-hardest-hit-march-in-london?CMP=twt_gu

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