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Christmas Fair to help those with learning difficulties and their carers

Christmas fair to help carers organisation

PAMIS, which provides support to people with profound learning disabilities in South Lanarkshire, is organising a fundraising fair

By Gillian Provan 15 November 2011 17:00 GMT

 

An organisation that helps people with profound learning disabilities and their carers in South Lanarkshire is gearing up for a fundraising Christmas fair.

PAMIS, which helps 85 families across the area, is organising a sale of crafts and jewellery at Wishaw General Hospital on December 2, with all the money raised going towards events and fun activities for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD).

LEARNING disability day services may be changing in Northumberland

Fears grow for future of learning disability care

Published on Monday 26 September 2011 01:00

LEARNING disability day services could be taken out of direct council control.

But a long-serving Northumberland carer has spoken of his concerns over the move.

Senior councillors have backed proposals for Northumberland County Council to team up with an external care provider to transform its five day centres and three horticultural skills units into a social enterprise.

Ricky Gervais improving the lives of disabled people

Thank you Ricky Gervais, for improving the lives of disabled people

As the mother of two disabled daughters I thank Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for the way they have highlighted discrimination and ignorance, writes Nicky Clark

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A Ricky Gervais sketch on employing disabled staff.It’s been a decade since The Office appeared on our TV screens. The story of daily grind in a Slough paper merchants was so realistic that when I stumbled across it on BBC2 one night it took me a minute to realise that it wasn’t a documentary.