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Couple's plea: Help us find site to build new £6m centre for people with learning disabilities
A couple is appealing for help to find the perfect place to build a brand new £6million centre for people with learning disabilities. Rachael and Ian Scott-Hunter say the groundbreaking care centre will plug gaps left by years of austerity and be the first of its kind in Oxfordshire. It would provide daytime support to adults with severe learning...
Couple fed up with 'catastrophic' disability support cuts decide to launch new multi-million pound centre
A couple fed up with 'catastrophic' cuts to support for people with learning disabilities have decided to launch their own multi-million pound centre. Rachael and Ian Scott-Hunter say the groundbreaking care centre will plug gaps left by years of austerity and be the first of its kind in Oxfordshire. It would provide daytime support to adults...
Elderly and disabled day centre charities thrown temporary lifeline before funding cuts
Charities running day centres for the elderly and disabled have been thrown a temporary lifeline as they brace for multi-million pound funding cuts. Oxfordshire County Council has announced £306,000 of 'transition funding' for 41 of 47 existing services, which will allow them to continue running until at least March 2018. It comes before a £3.14m cut that will reduce the number of council-funded day...
Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet backed changes to services for the disabled and elderly
Protesters rallied outside County Hall as senior councillors pressed ahead with yet more controversial budget cuts. Oxfordshire County Council’s cabinet backed changes to services for the disabled and elderly, which will see the number of adult day centres it funds fall from 22 to eight. It will save about £3.14m a year by 2019 but families have...
Plans to close 14 daytime support centres for the elderly and disabled in Oxfordshire to be voted on within weeks
Controversial plans to close 14 daytime support centres for the elderly and disabled could be pushed through within weeks. The changes would see the number of centres funded by Oxfordshire County Council fall from 22 to eight, saving about £3.14m a year by 2019. Cash-strapped bosses insist it will put the service on a 'solid footing', but there...
