Haringey Greens along with UNITE, UNISON, community groups representing disabled people and several left groups - plus quite a few people in Haringey's ruling Labour Party - are desperately seeking ways around the cuts which the Council says it is 'forced' to make in day centres and other social care services. Haringey Greens want non-profit alternatives to privatised agency care, and for the Council to draw on its reserves to keep things going whilst full alternative plans are fleshed out in consultation with service users, their carers and the community.
It's time for the Labour Council to make a U-turn on its social care cuts following Jeremy Corbyn’s election as Labour leader with a mandate to preserve social welfare services. The Council moves to final decisions about its care cuts package at these three key meetings in November
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There's more information on the Haringey 38 degrees website http://38degreesharingey.org where there's a draft letter to be used if you want to contact local councillors, MPs anyone you think might be able to put pressure on Haringey Council to stop these cuts or and find more imaginative, inventive and less punitive ways to get round them without penalising people in the borough who are most at risk.
And of course central government should not be allowed to use councils like Haringey to carry out their austerity policies. Consider the scandal that Haringey gets only £816 for every resident over 75, as an outer London borough, whereas inner London boroughs get more than twice that at £1957.
According to readings of the accounts done for the anti-cuts protest in February, they then had almost £96 million. (See a href="http://www.hapsnews.net/protests-against-council-cuts-feb-2015/" target="_blank">http://www.hapsnews.net/protests-against-council-cuts-feb-2015/ >) However what is it for ? According to a href="https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/council_and_social_care_financia_32" target="_blank">https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/council_and_social_care_fina... > there was NOTHING to spare after all the earmarked reserves had been taken out, indeed they had a shortfall of 3/4 of a million. However I am not sure this is credible and anyway much of the earmarked reserve will be for redundancy pay of entitled staff being laid off. To not have the 'savings' from closing the day centres (and home for 4 severely learning-disabled people) which they plan to cut, they would need to spend £1.656mn p.a. Of this £590,000 relates to day care for older people suffering from dementia and other disabilities and the rest to facilities for people with autism or learning disabilities. But the 'saving' can't include a proper costing of alternative provision since they haven't told the users or their families what that will be - one of the main complaints. So the 'saving' could be a lot less than they plan.
Absolutely agree with Anne ,Its a disgrace what a so called Labour Council is doing by cutting day centres and cutting the much needed care to vulnerable adults and children of our Borough
Theres 2 things yo can do -
Write to the Cabinet Members and tell them to think again. Theses template letter on Haringey 38 Degrees website http://38degreesharingey.org/letter-templates/
and come to the Lobby of Cabinet meeting, Tuesday 10th November 2015, Assemble at Haringey Civic Centre at 5.30pm
Council services for children and vulnerable adults face being cut or privatised, which will have a devastating effect on both service users and their carers.
Come along and show councillors that we will not allow our public services to be attacked
All those opposed to cuts in public services are welcome .
SCAH (Social Care Alliance Haringey), and SASH (Save Autism Services in Haringey) amongst others will present deputations to Cabinet
Join 38 Degrees Haringey /Unison/UNITE community members
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