HIGHLAND Council appears set to finally bring the axe down on the Assynt Community Care Centre, in Lochinver, in a bid to cut costs.

People with disabilities in Edinburgh have won their battle to keep their carers. The council had proposed putting the services for vulnerable adults out to competitive tendering.

Moray’s community care division has been praised for strictly controlling its £38million budget. Community services boss Sandy Riddell told the health and social care services committee yesterday that his 2009-10 budget was in a “strong position”.

Councils are preparing to slash services for vulnerable groups as public sector budget cuts begin to bite across Scotland.

Male victims of domestic abuse have told MSPs about their experience of abuse, neglect and torture as campaigners brought their concerns to the Scottish Parliament’s Public Petitions Committee last week.

DONNA GOODWIN can’t forget the dirty looks from neighbours of the residential unit where she lived and how unwanted it made her feel.

Scottish councils have warned they will be forced to slash key services as they struggle to cut budgets by £270m from April.

A flagship new progressive care centre to serve the people of Mull and Iona moved a step closer today. Argyll and Bute councillors have approved the Council’s contribution of more than £1.2 million towards the long-awaited scheme – £845,444 from the Social Work Capital Programme and £356,000 from the Strategic Housing Fund.

A SCHEME that aims to reduce the likelihood of men convicted of domestic violence from reoffending has won a national award.

Angry parents accused Aberdeen City Council of a lack of interest in disabled people after councillors failed to turn up to a meeting which discussed the axeing of a “vital” support service.