Archive - 2011

Direct Payments can be an important tool in enabling someone to create a care package that is designed around them. Often disabled people can find local authority services too rigid and inflexible but can use a direct payment to get the support when and how they need it.

In Wales, fewer people use direct payments compared to in England. This means there can be fewer services to cater for those who do receive them.

Collaboration seems to be the buzzword at the moment. Well, that and delivery. Which I guess makes a blog article about delivery through collaboration particularly relevant to Welsh politics at the moment.

Research published by think tank Demos exposes the impact that local budget cuts are having on disabled people in Wales. Funded by Scope Cymru, the research describes the role that councils can play if they want to protect front-line services.  

Scope Cymru has launched a survey of disabled people in Wales to research the barriers to work experience. The survey is designed to feed into a new campaign to be launched later this year to enable more disabled young people to access work experience. Being unable to access work experience can mean the opportunity to learn important work skills is missed.

Most people would accept it as a given that if you live in Wales, you should have access the culture of Wales. That doesn’t just mean a pint of Brains SA and a chance to complain about the Swans/Weather/the English (delete as applicable) but also cultural events and activities such as the Eisteddfod, Royal Welsh Show and Millennium Centre.