Monday 13 August 2018

Fears for the future of Northamptonshire's respite centres prompts 14,000-strong petition

Fears for the future of Northamptonshire's respite centres prompts 14,000-strong petition More than 14,000 people have now signed a petition calling on the county council to protect children with special educational needs and disabilities as a £70 million cut looms.

Users of respite centres across the county, such as the John Greenwood Shipman Centre in Northampton, feared the vital facilities would shut down in March when Nene and Corby Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) reduced their share of funding towards them by 32 per cent. Northampton Chronicle and Echo

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