The following article was taken from the Leader Live website. I am claiming no credit for writing this article which also appears in the Leader newspaper. *** Improvements have been made to the way care is delivered for more than 1,000 disabled people in Wales to help ensure they get the support they need to […]
The following article is taken from the Disability News Service website and was written by John Pring. I am taking no credit for the writing of this article and urge readers to visit the Disability News Service website. You can do so by clicking here. *** Disabled campaigners have welcomed measures that aim to address
The following article was taken from the Rhydian pages and has been written by Luke Clements and Ann James. Many thanks to them for their support throughout the #SaveWILG campaign.< *** February 12, 2019admin Julie Morgan, Deputy Health and Social Services Minister, has announced a major change to the process of winding down the WILG.
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The following article is taken from BBC News online. I am not taking any credit for the article and the original piece can be accessed by clicking on this link. *** Severely disabled people unhappy with their care package will be offered independent assessments, say ministers. The Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) is being scrapped
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The perfect 42nd birthday gift. *** TITLE Welsh Independent Living Grant DATE 12 February 2019 BY Julie Morgan AM, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services It is paramount that people’s ability to live independently is not compromised by changes to the way care and support is arranged for people previously in receipt of
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BY JOHN PRING ON JANUARY 31, 2019 A disabled campaigner has sent an 80-page dossier of evidence to the new first minister of Wales in a last-ditch bid to persuade him to abandon plans to close the Welsh government’s independent living grant scheme. Nathan Lee Davies has written to Mark Drakeford with just two months left until
I was sent the following link by a fellow campaigner and it could be vital in our fight to #SaveWILG. It contains Minutes from a meeting of the Health and Social Care Committee from January 2014 and highlights many of the points that the campaign has been making while Huw Irranca-Davies has attempted to divert
