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c/o Council for Disabled Children
National Children's Bureau
8 Wakley Street
London EC1V 7QE
tel +44 (0)20 7843 6448
fax +44 (0)20 7843 6313
[email protected]
Short breaks funding starts to flow
2 April 2008
In the week the funding for ‘Aiming High for Disabled Children’ starts to flow, EDCM is calling on its supporters to get involved in making disabled children a priority locally.
‘Aiming High’ includes £370 million new investment to transform short break services for families with disabled children across England over the next 3 years.
Steve Broach, EDCM Campaign Manager, comments: ‘This new money for short breaks is really important. All 21 short break pathfinder areas have received significant funds to drive forward their service development now. The remaining authorities also receive funding to start planning to deliver their services from next year. We need all our supporters, particularly parents and families, to get involved to make sure this happens where they live.’
Links
Download our latest briefing: Making Disabled Children Matter Locally
Find out how much short breaks funding your local authority has been allocated.
Take action! See www.edcm.org.uk/localaction
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