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• Threadbare social services have lost the trust of families | Letter

  04-06-2021 17:37
  
  By the time a family gets a social worker, it’s usually 20 years too late, writes Jean Robertson-Molloy, who has 40 years of experience in the sectorHaving worked in social services at the “coalface” for nearly 40 years, and also being a member of the Movement for an Adoption Apology, I welcome Nina Lopez’s letter drawing attention to today’s forced adoptions (Letters, 1 June). I believe we are the only country in western Europe which regularly sanctions adoptions o
  
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• Eight-hour relay at Braintree care homes unites community to raise over £1,000 for Covid relief in India

  04-06-2021 10:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  Residents from two Braintree care homes took part in an eight-hour relay with children and churchgoers from the local community to raise over £1,000 for India as the country grapples with the Covid-19 outbreak. Residents from St Mary’s Court and The New Deanery, along with children from Scallywags Day Nursery and parishioners of St Mary’s church in Bocking, each took turns covering part of the care homes’ six-acre gardens, handing sanitised batons to each other to co
  
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• Belong Wigan resident gains new lease of life

  04-06-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A lifelong resident of Leigh in Greater Manchester, who previously required the use of a wheelchair, is walking again and socialising after moving to Honeysuckle Court independent living apartments at Belong Wigan and embracing the village’s activities programme, including following a personalised exercise programme.
Celia has even turned walking into a fundraising initiative, recently joining a group of ladies at the village in raising over £300 in sponsorship for charity Brea
  
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• Neurological symptoms like fatigue common in mild COVID, review finds

  04-06-2021 02:10
  Neurological and psychiatric symptoms such as fatigue and depression are common among people with COVID-19 and may be just as likely in people with mild cases, according to a new review.
  
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