ILF consultation launched
Maria Millar has now announced consultation on the independent living fund. It will run from July to 10th October. Many of you […]
“Care system is in crisis” says AgeUK briefing
Age UK have issued a briefing on the proposed White Paper on the reform of social care. As the numbers of older […]
Active Independence at Disability Awareness Day
9 AM on Saturday morning (30 June) saw Brian and Dawn, with help from Jeanette and Shaun setting up our stand at […]
Numbers of people receiving a Direct Payment has stalled for a second year
An article in Community Care today highlights a new survey from ADASS (Association of Directors of Adult Social Care) which shows that although the […]
Personal Budgets event, Rotherham
We had a very useful and interesting event in Rotherham on Tuesday 12th of June. The event was called “”All about Personal […]
Active issue 02 now online!
The second issue of our new newsletter, Active, is now available to download. Click the image below to download it as a PDF.
Brian talks to Doncaster’s elected Mayor…
At a recent event for Alzheimer awareness week I had the pleasure of meeting Doncaster’s elected Mayor, Peter Davies. He spent quite […]
“All About Personal Budgets “event, Rotherham
We are holding an event in Rotherham on 12th June from 10.30 to 3.30 at My Place, St Anns roundabout: ” All […]
Tell the Care Quality Commission about your experiences of Home care
Over the coming months, CQC will be conducting over 250 unannounced inspections of home care services. There are two surveys – one for […]
“Care agencies don’t ‘care’ about people with Dementia”
At a recent training event run by Skills for Care on Dementia Awareness it was noted that NO domiciallry care agencies from […]