Month: December 2012

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Reform The Government is committed to enabling disabled people to fulfil their potential and play a full role in society. Crucial to this is the reform of Disability Living Allowance – a lifeline for many, but which is simply not working in its current form. In the last 10 years the number of people claiming … Read more

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What is the Warm Home Discount Scheme? If you are on a low income, you may qualify for the Warm Home Discount Scheme. This gives a rebate to pensioners on low incomes and some other customers on low incomes. The rebate is £130 on your electricity bill for winter 2012 -2013. The Warm Home Discount … Read more

10 December, 2012 – Department of Health Website   The government has today published its final report into the events at Winterbourne View Hospital and has set out a programme of action to transform services so that vulnerable people no longer live inappropriately in hospitals and are cared for in line with best practice.   … Read more

On Monday 3 December we attended the celebrations to recognise achievements by and in support of local disabled people as part of the International Day of People with a Disability. Dot Ashton (Advocacy Manager) with Graham Barker, KPAC who co-sponsored the evening. Dots team of volunteer advocates was nominated for the Volunteer of the Year … Read more

Monday 3 December was the International Day of People with Disability and this year’s main theme was ‘Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all’. Over one billion people, or approximately 15 per cent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. These people – “the world’s largest minority”, often … Read more

KDC has identified its 3 priority areas for improving its services towards making personalised, community-based support really happen for the people of Knowsley. We have published our Action Plan on the Making it Real website and will be keeping track of our progress over the next few months. Take a look at our plans here. … Read more

Merseyside Police invite local residents to a free Property registration & marking event at Asda, Huyton Lane (Upper Foyer Entrance) on:- Tuesday 18th December 2012 1pm to 8pm Police Officers will be on hand to register and offer security marking for your valuable Christmas presents such as Bikes, Mobile Phones, Laptops, TV’s, Games Consoles, MP3 … Read more