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One Wales NOT "Supporting People"

A very disappointing story regarding the broken promises of the One Wales Government in a very vulnerable sector.

The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a stable environment which enables greater independence. It delivers high quality and strategically planned housing-related services which are cost effective and reliable, and complement existing care services.

According to this story from Inside Housing, WAG has actually cut the budget, in real terms, to this important scheme for 2008-2009. The reason why - because they allegedly spent too much last year on helping people with substance abuse.

This is an incredible admission and shows that civil servants are more concerned with spinning stories to suit their policies rather than providing funding for the real needs of the most vulnerable in our society.

Comments

Anonymous said…
has this been picked up elsewhere in the press, if not thanks for flagging it up.

all the emphaisis on social care from Labour and Plaid in the Assembly elections and this is the result, shameful.
April 11, 2008 2:15 pm
Anonymous said…
Picked up in the press - that is highly unlikely!!

ITV wales are bust, the Western mail depend too much on Shipton and BBC Wales is too far up plaid and Labour's backside
April 11, 2008 5:40 pm
Anonymous said…
er....so people suffering from substance misuse arent vulnerable then? I thought the Tories WANTED more money on that particular group! You cant have it both ways Dylan!
April 11, 2008 7:40 pm
Anonymous said…
is there any hint of how they are going to measure the impact Bet they didnt baseline first
April 12, 2008 9:03 am
Anonymous said…
Hi
not really sure where to raise this but I hope you don't mind using your blog I have read about the Northern Ireland Investment Fund from the NY Pension Fund worth around 100 million dollars. I understand that much of this is 'Peace Process' money to help rebuild the economy in NI but why aren't our politicians looking at something similar in terms of inward investment for us.

Firstly are our politicians and political parties in Cardiff Bay aware of this and if not why not?
Secondly does Wales have access to people in the New York Stock Exchange who could put a package like this together for Wales?

I think this needs raising by the opposition politicians in Cardiff Bay.

The BBC link is below there are others from the Irish papers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7341976.stm
April 12, 2008 1:31 pm
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