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Sgint – Sherman Cymru
February 10, 2012 15:02 -
AWEMA – a failure of governance
February 10, 2012 10:02 -
The show must go on
February 10, 2012 07:02 -
The Welsh re-Development Agency
February 9, 2012 07:02 -
An excuse to do nothing
February 8, 2012 07:02
Posts Tagged ‘social services’
Wales can rule out abuse
Did you know elder abuse is more widespread in Wales than anywhere else in the UK? It’s time to do something about it
Hardest Hit won’t stop – we won’t let it stop
One of the organisers of the weekend’s Hardest Hit march, shares his experience of the event and the importance of the day
A ‘New Deal’ for Care Leavers
Ken Skates AM last week won a ballot to bring forward legislation in the Assembly – today he explains what his Bill will do for some of the most vulnerable and abandoned in society
The Hardest Hit: Why I am marching
An angry Assembly Member explains why she’s marching alongside disabled people in Cardiff tomorrow
End profit before people
Residential care is a service most of us will have to use at some point in our lives, either for ourselves or our loved ones – and that’s why it needs to work in the interests of all, not just the greedy few
This is happening, this is real
As Learning Disability Week draws to a close, let’s think about learning disability hate crime: it happens and it needs to be confronted and addressed
Final Word on Southern Cross
The Southern Cross situation enables providers to take profits in the good times, and be sheltered from the consequences of failure when things go bad – but it doesn’t have to be like that
Support them to achieve – not just to survive
The statistics that put children in care at the bottom of every league table rating achievement shouldn’t be news to anyone. Yet these children continue to underperform because of appalling stigma and a lack of leadership. The next Assembly Government has no more excuses for failing them
Focus on children’s rights – not those of the parents
Last month, we ran a piece which argued that the family court system was biased against fathers. The reality, argues this mother and former victim of domestic abuse, is quite different
The ‘accidental politician’ – the case for Brecon Day Hospital
Today carers and family members make a case to Powys Local Health Board to save Brecon Day Hospital. One of the leading campaigners shares his personal story and an alternative vision for how the vital service might be shared
An active state must play pushy parent to children in care
As a parent your responsibility for your children doesn’t end when they get to eighteen – so why do we not apply the same standards to children in care?
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