I am writing the following blog in a very careful manner. I just want to relay the facts and the injustice, as I see it, being served to me by the Adult Social Care department at Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC). In 2022, I expressed an interest in taking a short break to Florida. This […]
I can’t believe we are already in the last month of 2020. The year has just flown by, probably due to the fact that nobody has had anything to look forward to except further frustration. Unbelievably, I am in the same situation that I was this time last year, and the year before that, and
The #SaveWILG campaign seems to be back in full swing, although I can’t make much public comment at this precise moment. I can let you know that the Petitions Committee at the Assembly will be discussing my petition at their next meeting on Tuesday 10th of March at 09:15. I will be sure to keep
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The following article was taken from the Luke Clements site and was written by Ann James. *** February 18, 2020 The Deputy Minister’s update statement on the Welsh Independent Living Grant[1] (WILG) is particularly welcome because it acknowledges the risk to the independence, choice and control of disabled people in Wales unless the Welsh Government enables
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TITLE: Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) – Update on Independent Care Assessments DATE: 13 February 2020 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 their care and support is arranged and provided. Last July, and
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Many thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes – it means a lot and is much appreciated. I can’t believe twelve months have passed so quickly. I am proud to have published Dancing on Thin Ice – a selection of Tanka and Haiku poems in the last year. It was a year that began with
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As many of my regular readers will know, I have spent the last 5 years campaigning to protect independent living for disabled with high support needs across Wales. In February 2019, we made a break through and the Welsh Government agreed to offer independent assessments to all recipients of the Welsh Independent Living Grant who
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We have not forgotten… The #SaveWILG campaign managed to protect recipients of the Welsh Independent Living Grant, who are disabled people with high support needs. They are still living in limbo, so it is time to ramp up the pressure once more. 2/2 pic.twitter.com/NgPNjnMqQ1 — Nathan Lee Davies (@nathanleedavies) January 7, 2020
WILG recipients throughout Wales are starting to get anxious. Christmas is just around the corner, and still we are no clearer about what the future holds. Some of us have had our independent assessments through ICS, but this reassessment process seems to have run in to problems, due to illness on the part of some
I have received an update from the Welsh Government, on their efforts to provide independent assessments to all WILG recipients who requested one. It read as follows: All 14 local authorities who have former WILG recipients who have requested an independent assessment now have a data sharing agreement in place with ICS. As a result
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