Earlier this month, members of the Isle of Wight Cabinet voted to scrap the Local Area Co-ordination Scheme on the Island.
The highly-praised team of nine co-ordinators provide ‘cradle to grave’ care with the aim to prevent the need for further adult social care intervention.
Opposition to the cuts
There has been public outcry at the Cabinet decision, some councillors have even tried to have the decision called-in to the Scrutiny Committee, and now even humble Islanders are trying to raise the money needed through a public appeal to keep the service running.
Due to cuts in funding from the Conservative Government, the Isle of Wight council say they cannot afford the £500,000 per annum to run the service.
Crowdfunding appeal
Gemma Dale has set up a GoFundMe appeal which reads:
“As some of you may have heard, our Local Area coordinators Organisation for the Isle of Wight, are going to be closing down in March 2019 because the Island’s council have taken the funding away.
“So many people will be affected by this change and it will also most likely put more pressures back on the mental health services etc.
“I’d like to raise as much money as I can for them to hopefully help keep the organisation going longer or to even be able to keep it going as a charity-funded organisation.
“If you want to find out more more information on what the Local Area Coordinators do, then please find them on Facebook, they have their own page with lots of info.”
To contribute to the appeal, head over to GoFundMe Page.
