Great British National Home Care Award WINNERS

We did it!....The PFG only went and won The Putting People First Award at the 2011 Great British Care Awards. What an absoloute honour and an achievement that we are all so very proud of.  We believe that this really does demonstrate that as service users we can make a big contribution to social care. We are busy preparing a full account of the night but wanted to share the news as soon as we could.

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Using the Law to Fight Cuts

Using the Law to Fight Cuts to Disabled People’s Services

A practical guide for campaigners – disabled people, families, carers and local groups

Introduction

This paper is intended to help campaigners – including disabled people and those supporting them - understand how the law can be used to help fight cuts to valued services for disabled and other vulnerable people in their area. The paper is intended to be read by those who do not have a legal background. However, any individual or local group who is considering legal action in relation to actual or proposed cuts to services should not rely only on this paper but should seek specialist advice, including legal advice.

Document linked HERE

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CARE TALK MAGAZINE FEATURE THE GROUP

The PFG are proud to be featured in Mays edition of The Care Talk Magazine.  To read the article please visit http://www.caretalk.co.uk/

The Group have subscribed to the publication and think that it is well worth a read.  The magazine covers lots of interesting social care topics and features. 

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BIG THANK YOU

As everyone knows we have been busy fund rasing for the Care Awards.  Yesterday we had some amazing donations that were much needed to boost our funds. THANK YOU to all the staff at the drop in at Rebound who donated 150.00.  This money was raised by selling items of clothing and raffles. THANK YOU to Andrew's mum who donated 100.00.

We would also like to give a HUGE THANK YOU to Doncaster Womens Centre.  The staff there are now officially our 'Fairy Godmothers'.  The group were so pleased with their offer of support to the ladies attending the awards.  The Womens Centre will support the ladies with beauty help and advice, confidence boosting and a full dress rehearsal. This will make sure we all look and feel a million dollars. The Treasurer said "it is fantistic to have the support of our local services, we hope we can do Doncaster proud".

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Fundraising Update 01/05/2011

Just a quick update on the fundraising. We again went for the early start of Sunday morning car boot at Keepmoat Stadium. We had another fantastic day. The sun was shinning even though it was a little windy and we raised a total of £148. Thank you to all the group and committee members who joined us on the stall. Well done guys. Thank you to all the generous people who bought items from our stall, and a final thank you to the following people;

Louise Field, Wendy Boyes and Chris Busby,  who had a stall oposite ours and donated a TV from their stall to help boost our funds - they also had a great sense of humour, thank you.

So not long now till the Great British Care Awards in London. Lets keep up the fundraisng, and well done to all.

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