800k vulnerable people ‘slipped through the net’
Around 800,000 extremely vulnerable people ‘slipped through the net’ at the beginning of the pandemic and failed to get the…
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Charity supporting women with complex needs fleeing abuse
Cornish charity Harbour Housing is celebrating the two-year milestone of providing its specialist domestic violence provision. The escaping violence and…
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Whitehall chief insists councils are ‘adequately funded’
A senior civil servant has told MPs that councils are ‘adequately funded’ when it comes to social care. Speaking in…
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New online hub to help over 50s plan for later in life
Live-in care service provider Elder has teamed up with Co-op Legal Services to help people take charge of later life finances and…
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West Midlands taskforce created to help vulnerable children
A regional taskforce has been created in the West Midlands to find fostering families for some of the most vulnerable…
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Benefits system ignores mental health needs of unemployed
Analysis by an independent charity has found that the benefits system and employment support programmes currently fail to properly account…
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Government under fire over minimum wage laws
Unison and Mencap have called on Boris Johnson to reform the minimum wage laws affecting thousands of care workers. …
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Disabled people more likely to feel lonely
Disabled people are more likely to feel like a burden on others, lonely, and that coronavirus is making their mental…
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