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• 'I'm afraid a child will die': life at the sharp end of council cuts

  12-10-2018 18:30
  Withdrawal of early intervention services in Somerset reflects mounting national emergency
  In July last year, Frances and her two children walked out of their family home in south Somerset. Over the previous few years, her husband had been repeatedly violent towards her, and cruel and aggressive to her eldest daughter. The arrival of a new baby seemed to only make things worse. “He would lock my daughter out in the rain; he called our baby the ‘c’ word,” she says. “
  
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• Why the secrecy around babies being taken into care? | Louise Tickle

  12-10-2018 16:31
  The number of newborns being removed from their families in England has shot up and there’s a worrying lack of transparencyWhen a research study reveals that the number of newborn babies removed from their mothers due to child protection concerns has more than doubled in the past nine years in England, questions need to be asked.Some 2,447 newborns were subject to care proceedings within one week of birth from 2016 to 2017, compared with 1,039 in 2007-08. Over the nine-year period, a total
  
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• Admiral Nurse team puts Colten Care at ‘forefront of dementia expertise’

  12-10-2018 14:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  The new Colten Care Admiral nurse team. Adam Smith, Kay Gibson and Tracy Logan.
  A south coast care home provider has tripled its investment in highly specialist nurses to help support more people and families living with dementia.
  Colten Care has welcomed two more Admiral Nurses to its team, including one at consultant level, under an expanding partnership with Dementia UK.
  The move follows the success of a first Admiral Nurse, Kay Gibson, in developing a group-wide dementia care strategy.
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• Community groups transform wasteland into dream garden

  12-10-2018 10:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A green-fingered group of Optalis customers have been out in force with gardening gloves and hedge trimmers transforming a wasteland into a garden, which is now flourishing.
  The garden at Turgis Farm, near Basingstoke, has been transformed over the years by the Conservation Group at Optalis’ Learning Disability Day Services using donations and upcycled objects.
  Optalis’ Senior Support Worker, Kelly Story, said: “I’m so proud of what our customers have achieved. They&rsqu
  
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• Company and cuddles for care home residents with dementia

  12-10-2018 09:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  Reach Sled Dog Rescue recently visited Stocks Hall Care Home in Skelmersdale, Lancashire to meet all the ladies and gentlemen living at the Home.
   
  REACH is a sled dog rescue founded in November 2015 focusing mainly on Huskies and Malamutes. Its five founders are all experienced sled dog owners with prior experience in animal rescue.
   
  The rescue relies heavily on the dedication of its community members with help fostering unwanted dogs, assisting with events and fundraising, as well a
  
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• Safe in Tees Valley National Citizenship Service engages with the elderly

  12-10-2018 08:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  A BELLY dancing display and inspirational messages were used by young volunteers to cheer up elderly care home residents. 
  Students from the Safe in Tees Valley National Citizenship Service (NCS) took part in activities at The Beeches Care Home, in Stockton-on-Tees.
   
  As well as putting on entertainment, such as belly dancing, they also designed and created canvases with inspiring messages to be displayed in the home.
   
  The group, all aged 15-to-17-year-old, also repainted the bri
  
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