Wednesday 2 April 2003

By Clare Jerrom, Nicola Barry and Alex
Dobson.

Inspection fee hike threatens care home
crisis

Care home owners face a 20 per cent increase in the cost of
inspections and regulations.

The extra costs could lead to the closure of homes, with those
running the smallest establishments having to pay more than
£1,000 a year.

More than 60,000 places have been lost over the past six
years.

Source:- Daily Mail Wednesday 2 April page 15

Watchdog blames lottery fund over asylum
grant

A National Audit Office report today says that National Lottery
funding bodies should take into account the dangers of public
backlash when awarding money to controversial groups.

The government spending watchdog’s report into the £340,000
lottery grant the Community Fund awarded to an asylum group says
that the fund failed to research the group properly, and as a
result did not know that it had published “offensive and political
doctrine” material on its website.

The fund also failed to discover that two of the National
Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaign’s management board had
been subject to deportation orders.

Source:- The Times Wednesday 2 April page 14

Guardian Society

Built on tradition

Once the hub of Sheffield’s industrial might, Kelham had been
facing dereliction, but an ambitious plan aims to return both
community and industry to the area.

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 2

Cool reception

Barnardo’s and the NSPCC have decided to attend the prime
minister’s reception on Monday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of
the National Council for Voluntary Child Care Organisations
(NCVCCO) despite calls on them to boycott the event in protest
against the war.

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 4

Downward spiral

New official figures show the number of older and disabled
people receiving a homecare service has fallen by almost a quarter
since Labour came to power in 1997.

Although the decrease is part of a longer-term trend, as
services are more and more focused on people with the greatest
needs, the rate of change has speeded up under Labour.

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 4

Locked out

Buying your own home is becoming impossible for key workers in
the south east, and nowhere more than in St Albans.

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 5

House calls

Community care – now 10 years old – has brought better services
to elderly and disabled people in their own homes. But problems
remain.

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 10

Scope for improvement

Profile Tony Manwaring joins the disabled fight for jobs

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 11

Sector appeal

The drive for better public services is leading many private
sector managers to make a move and fill the gaps

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 13

Head start

Local government is increasingly calling on specialist
recruitment companies to find the top quality executives who are so
much in demand

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 14

Local hero

So you’re thinking about going for a senior job in the public
sector. Forget flash cars and super salaries, says Dan Corry, but
the rewards of the job can outweigh the frustrations.

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 16

Better prospect

Three-quarters of staff in children’s homes ‘satisfied’ at
work

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page
119

Goalpost moving

Suspicion over education targets review for children in care

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page 119

Open minds

Linda Jackson on a pioneering scheme helping police and students
to understand people with mental illnesses

Source:- Guardian Society Wednesday 2 April page
120