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There has been public outcry at the Cabinet decision to scrap the Local Area Coordination Scheme from next year - one Islander has started an appeal to crowdfund the money needed to keep the service going.
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Cllr Michael Lilley sets out the detail and shares documents to back up the call-in of the decision to scrap Local Area Co-ordinators, and explains how, in his view, the use of the words “clinically unsafe” prevented an objective decision being made.
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The petition calls on the Isle of Wight Council to "fully fund this critical service, which brings communities together and avoids even bigger and more expensive care being needed for some of the most vulnerable and isolated Islanders".
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The Local Area Co-ordinators help individuals of all ages with mental health needs and/or disabilities and older people. They've had great success since the launch in 2015, but the Isle of Wight council wants to axe the service.
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The discontinued service has been revived as a community-owned organisation, called the LAC Isle of Wight Community Interest Company.
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She now wants to scrap them, but just a few months ago Cllr Clare Mosdell appeared on film, highly enthusiastic about the benefits of Local Area Coordinators (LACs), outlining why they are so important for the Isle of Wight. Watch the footage here.
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The service costs the council £400,000 per annum to run, but according to national network, Community Catalysts, each Local Area Co-ordinator (there are nine of them) has saved the council around £500,000 over three years.
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Despite huge opposition from service users and their families, as well as those who'll be expected to take over the care of the 600 people who rely on Local Area Coordinators, the Cabinet voted unanimously to scrap the service.
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OnTheWight will be reporting live from the Isle of Wight council’s Cabinet meeting, where, among other things, members will make their decision on controversial plans to scrap the Local Area Coordinators.
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Parish councillor writes to Cabinet members stating that it would incredibly short-sighted to cut funding to this vital service, directly affecting the most vulnerable and isolated people on the Island.
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The spokesperson for Island Labour says "Tories are calling cuts 'savings', as if that somehow reduces their impact".
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Cllr Clare Mosdell has accused the network of Local Area Co-ordinators of using poetic licence when they say each LAC has saved £500,000 over the last three years. Catch up here with last night's Scrutiny debate.
