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‘We have gone back 30 years’ leading carer tells conference
Jean Willson: ‘I dare not let up. I’ve been a pain in the backside of the authorities for 40 years and I intend to continue being so’
Published: 14 June, 2013
by PETER GRUNER
THE care worker who recently received Islington’s highest honour, Freedom of the Borough, launched an attack on government cuts she claimed are putting conditions for vulnerable people back 30 years.
Jean Willson OBE, 71, a government adviser for the disabled, warned that thousands of unpaid family carers in the borough are struggling to cope in the current recession, weighed down by benefit cuts and financial burdens.
She spoke out on Wednesday at an event for National Carers Week at Centre 404, for people with learning difficulties and their families, in Camden Road, Holloway.
Ms Willson said: “It’s tough enough for people who have the usual problems. But it is doubly hard for disabled people and their families.”
Technology firm helps people with learning difficulties
Icom, based in Aylesford, specialises in telecommunications, CCTV, security systems, cabling and data centre services.
It was asked to help equip Holly Lodge, a building with five self-contained flats in Hildenborough, with the latest assistive technology.
This included movement sensors, flood sensors, infra-red beams, water management kits and tele-healthcare connectivity.
