WITH a lack of experienced social workers available, Swansea Council took the decision to look further afield.

PARENTS of children at a school for autistic youngsters have backed the school following a father’s protest at its standard of care.

Voluntary groups in Powys are to have their local authority funding cut by £300,000 over this year and the next.
The county council says the reduction in grants is to help meet a £2m shortfall in adult social services.

POOR management and planning by a North Wales council was blamed today for the shock closure of a residential home for vulnerable children.

Swansea Carers’ Centre, a local charity backed by Swansea Council, helped carers and their families gain 1.25 million pounds in vital welfare benefits last year.

An innovative new website to help councils lift children out of poverty has been launched by Welsh Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, Dr Brian Gibbons.

EXPERTS are being brought in to help social services chiefs decide how to look after residents in the twilight of their lives.

Wales sets out today to take children out of poverty. Poverty scars the lives of too many children in Wales.

AN AUTISTIC boy’s father yesterday mounted a demonstration demanding an inquiry into standards at his son’s school.

Efforts are under way to recruit more nurses into schools in Wales to tackle issues such as obesity, sexual health problems and drug and alcohol misuse.