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Welcome to RESCARE
THE SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES
FOUNDED AND RUN BY FAMILIES FOR FAMILIES
AIDED BY OUR MANY FRIENDS
PROMOTING CHOICE
REGISTERED CHARITY NO. 1112766 Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee No. 5631419 |
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RESCARE IS ABOUT CHOICE
· Choice in education - including properly resourced mainstream, special day and residential schools. · Choice in housing - including small scale ordinary housing, supported living, village and intentional communities as well as residential care. · Choice in support services - including day centres and respite care. · Choice overall in the implementation of ‘Valuing People’ in full - including the above. · It is not a case of one type of provision versus another but a comprehensive service with each option having a part to play. · It is not a case of one family versus another but a united voice reflecting respect for the choice and wishes of each family who after all know their own dependent relative best. · Valuing People said “The role of public services is to facilitate choice not frustrate it.” |
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Welcome |
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Our Welfare Service and Helpline provides information, advice and support. Tel. 0161 4771640 |
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Care and Support… On 12th May 2008, HM Government launched a consultation, ‘The Case for Change’, on the long-term future of care and support in England. The consultation process ran until November 2008. For more information, and for details of Rescare’s response, please see our Case for Change webpage. On 23rd June 2009, Health Secretary Andy Burnham confirmed in Parliament that the long-awaited green paper on adult social care funding would be published in July. |
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RESCARE, Special Schools and the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
In March 2009, the Prime Minister’s Office published its reply to our online Petition to the Prime Minister requesting that the Government ratify the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities with the inclusion of his Government’s need for reservations to Article 24: Education. For the full texts of our petition and the reply, please visit our Petitions page.
Ratification of the convention took place on 8th June 2009. For full details, see the Office for Disability Issues website. We await the publication on that site of a ministerial statement on ratification by Jonathan Shaw, the Minister for Disabled People. |
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January 2009. Valuing People Now: a new three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities In December 2007 The Department of Health published the ‘refresher’ document “Valuing People Now: From progress to transformation” and invited responses. The Department of Health has now analysed and assessed the responses received (which included Rescare’s), and on 19th January 2009 published its ‘vision’ in the document “Valuing people now: a new three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities”. To view this important document, and the accompanying Summary of Responses, Delivery Plan and Executive Summary, please visit our Valuing People Now… the New Strategy web page. |
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In October 2008 The Public Guardian launched a consultation… running until 15th January 2009, reviewing the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with regard to forms, supervision and fees. This consultation is the initial stage of a wider 12-18 month investigation into the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Rescare submitted a response to this consultation. Details of this, and more about the Public Guardian, the Court of Protection, and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 can be found on our The Public Guardian and Mental Capacity Act web pages. |
