DOZENS of old folk in Plymouth have been left angry and upset after learning their fun days out and parties are to be scrapped because of savage council cuts. Plymouth City Council has axed funding which provides social inclusion support for old people, many with disabilities, living in seven city extra care homes.
The homes allow people to live independently but with care and support, for instance if they are partially sighted. The city council has just awarded new contracts to the care providers but scrapped the social inclusion contract - the funding that provided the likes of coffee mornings, bingo sessions, entertainments, parties and trips out for the elderly residents in the homes. It also covered visits to people in their flats, to make sure they are OK. Some staff will lose their jobs as a result of the cutbacks, unless a miracle new funder steps forward before April 1.
More than 160 people live in the homes affected. They were told at a series of meetings last week.
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