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Wirral volunteer praised for her work at health centre - Wirral Globe 2nd November 2009
"A VOLUNTEER tea lady has been praised for her work at a Wirral health centre.
Babs Blaine with her husband Fred in Port Sunlight Village. Fred and Babs Blaine following the ceremony in Port Sunlight Village.
Each week Babs Blaine, 83, works between six and 10 hours at Victoria Central Health Centre's tea bar in Wallasey. "
Special event at ADS marks new alcohol strategy - Warrington Guardian 26th October 2009
"A SPECIAL event at ADS Warrington during this year's Alcohol Awareness Week marked the launch of the town's new alcohol strategy.\n\nAddiction Dependency Solutions, or ADS, is commissioned by NHS Warrington to treat people with alcoholism. "
Public service managers are at the frontline of the cuts - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"In hard times we want more public services, with better leaders. How can they be equipped to bear the attacks?"
Welfare is the big one when it comes to public spending - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"All parties look to means-testing to achieve spending cuts, but reforming pensions could save some serious cash"
Legal aid is long overdue a review - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"Legal aid is the unofficial extra pillar of the welfare state, and desperately needs an overhaul"
'Local' government must seize the chance to reinvent itself | Peter Hetherington - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"These public service cuts are an opportunity for councils to go back to the drawing board and create efficiency"
Productive investment in education lies with the very youngest children - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"Pre-school teaching is a more solid investment for education funding than award-winning secondary school buildings"
Case study: Protecting trafficked children - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"'We need to resolve the tension between whether they are dealt with under childcare legislation or immigration legislation'"
Case study: Helping older people live independently - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"'Voluntary services are realising that things can't stay as they are. They're going to have to be more enterprising'"
Case study: Building top comprehensive schools - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"'It's vital that the social needs of the children are met by other individuals, so teachers can get on with their job and are not acting as untrained social workers'"
Community is all-important – if only Whitehall would listen - The Guardian 30th September 2009
"We usually lose. The developer wins. Only money matters. Now we have a chance to turn things around"
'Brilliant' - What charity caller told cancer sufferer - Daily Telegraph 18th September 2009
A charity cold caller replied "brilliant" when told a woman was suffering from breast cancer.
Mother with cancer told having the disease is 'brilliant'... by Cancer Research cold caller asking for donation - Daily Mail 17th September 2009
A mother with terminal cancer was called by charity Cancer Research UK asking her for money and told 'that's brilliant' when she said she had the disease.
Nikki Hastings - who has already raised more than £1,000 for the charity since finding out she had breast cancer - got a call urging her to start up a monthly standing order with them.
Collapse of Lighthouse Project drugs charity left 600 Southport addicts at risk - Southport Visiter 16th September 2009
THE collapse of drugs rehabilitation charity, the Lighthouse Project, left 600 Southport addicts at risk of going without vital treatment.
The Merseyside charity closed its doors last week with debts of around £2m and 250 staff facing redundancy.
Young volunteers keep stroke group running but should community work be compulsory? - The Guardian 16th September 2009
Young volunteers helped to keep a stroke group up and running over the summer. But should community work be compulsory?
Former Lighthouse Project chief executive speaks for first time about Merseyside charity’s collapse - Liverpool Echo 11th September 200
THE chief executive of a collapsed Merseyside drugs charity who was suspended amid allegations of financial irregularities today denied any wrongdoing.
Diane Bird spoke for the first time about the downfall of the Lighthouse Project, which helps thousands of addicts, earlier this week.
New charity Add Action take over collapsed Lighthouse Project in Liverpool and Knowsley - Liverpool Daily Post 10th September 2009
THE UK’s largest drug and alcohol treatment charity has taken over part of the collapsed Lighthouse Project on Merseyside.
Add Action has accepted a contract to run the services which cater for thousands of addicts in Liverpool and Knowsley.
‘Thousands of pounds’ missing from pension funds of collapsed Merseyside charity - Liverpool Daily Post 9th Setember 2009
THOUSANDS of pounds from the pension funds of redundant workers at a collapsed Merseyside drugs charity appear to be missing.
Up to 250 bewildered employees are anxiously waiting for the official closure of The Lighthouse Project at 5pm today.
Drugs charity the Lighthouse Project financial probe - Southport Visiter 9th September 2009
HEALTH bosses were yesterday battling to draw up an urgent action plan to prevent 7,000 Merseyside drug addicts from being left without treatment.
The move comes after Merseyside charity the Lighthouse Project admitted it was in crisis. The announcement leaves 250 stunned workers facing redundancy.
Liverpool’s Lighthouse Project shuts down amid financial worries - 250 fear for jobs - Liverpool Daily Post 8th September 2009
AROUND 250 staff at a Merseyside charity face redundancy after a vital service that helps drug users was shut down.
The Lighthouse Project closed its doors yesterday, leaving stunned workers at risk of losing their jobs.
An internal investigation has been launched into the charity’s financial affairs.
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