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Dateable Ray – love him, love his Marmite sarnies
Raymond Johnson was a hit in the TV show The Undateables. But it got off to a bad start when his first date was offered Marmite sandwiches. Andrew Holman talked to him about his experience

Community Living is continuing its popular seminars on social care law with Belinda Schwehr

"Protecting personalisation and gearing up for further complex change"

Wednesday 26 June Directory of Social Change, London.
Price: £120.(early payment discount; subscribers save £10). Some unwaged carer concessions @ £50 on application

Rosemary Trustam will set the context of the impact of Welfare Reform

Belinda Schwehr will review the support provided by the legal framework, as it is interpreted through Judicial Reviews, including:

• The circumstances in which councils are allowed to review and reduce inputs or funding
• Challenging decisions, protection against costs, and changes in legal services funding
• Direct Payments vs Managed Budgets for contracting for a personalised plan and life choices
• Mental Capacity Act and DOLS update
• Health Budgets, Continuing Health Care and Joint Packages – the pros and cons
• The implications of the Care and Support Bill

For the draft programme, application form and payment options, please visit the seminar page HERE

PIP – the biggest shake-up of benefits for disabled people for 20 years

From 2013, the government aims to trim 20 per cent from its existing DLA budget. What will this mean for people with learning disabilities? Charlie Callanan outlines the proposed changes.

Click for the full article (pdf 165kb)
Vol 25, No4

Links

Who Is Really In Control?

Belinda Schwehr's seminar report is now available to download (pdf 23kb)

In the current issue of Community Living..

PIP – a ‘stupid cut’ that will mean more people will need help from their local authority. Rosemary Trustam explains

Campaign: Time to call a halt to this unjust – and ineffective — programme of cuts. Simon Duffy on his conclusive report
and Rosemary Trustam on recent developments

Now people with learning disabilities can ‘Read All About It’!
Seán Kelly reports on the launch of a newspaper more>>>

Feature Article

The White Paper – good intentions but no funding by Rosemary Trustam (pdf - 220kb)

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Featured downloads

Talking about abuse - what researchers with learning disabilities found out (pdf - 155kb)

Managing money for someone who lacks capacity (pdf 154kb)

It takes teamwork to make dreams come true (pdf 132kb)

How a broker can widen someone’s choices (pdf 132kb)

Connecting hearts and minds - Sally Warren describes how a Paradigm project is making fresh efforts to help both informal and paid workers connect ‘hearts and minds’ to offer the support people are entitled to expect. Learn more about the project on:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paradigm/116128177258

Personal Budgets: whose money is it? It’s the big unanswered question. The money should belong to disabled people and their families, says Simon Duffy. If people are entitled to it, it’s theirs – that’s what an entitlement means. More info from: admin@centreforwelfarereform.org

Community Living marked its 25th anniversary at its successful Social Care Law Seminar at Birmingham on 14 November with a display of copies of the magazine across the years. The magazine was launched by its current editor Elinor Harbridge with David Brandon as its first editor. Many thanks to all those who have supported us, especially those who have stuck with us from the start.

Belinda Schwehr has re-launched her web site which now offers people a FREE option of getting news of developments in ten legal and policy issues.

Visit the web site: www.careandhealthlaw.com

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