Learning Disability Day Centre Review

The debate on this Strategy demonstrated some of the weaknesses in the current Strategy Committee structure of "no opposition".

Whilst there were some interesting presentations from users, and the Executive Head, the questions from Strategy Committee members were neverhteless rather limited, except for some reasonable points on transport and social activities.

1. Carers in the audience said to me the debate was a bit of a farce.

2. No reference was to made as to what had happened to the Fellowes Road proposals. My understanding this was deleted for cost reasons, but this was never stated at Committee!

3. The future of Woodlands Craft Centre and Seears Park sites was not made clear. One of the problems why these sites are not used well is that Woodlands is never open to the public on a Sunday morning when large numbers of members of the public visit the area. There was no discussion on their future.

4. In view of the significant impact on staff no reference was made of the impact on proposed Model 2 on them. This is rather bad when staff are supposedly such an asset to what is meant to be an Excellent Council!!

Hopefully we will get answers in due course?