http://www.communitycare.co.uken-gbMon, 26 Jul 2010 10:53:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/26/114979/lambeth-special-education-needs-team-to-go-in-cuts-package.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/26/114979/lambeth-special-education-needs-team-to-go-in-cuts-package.html molly.garboden@rbi.co.uk Lambeth council has scrapped its special education needs (SEN) team as part of a bid to cut £90m from its budget over the...Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:53:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/23/114960/care-funding-commission-must-not-forget-disabled.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/23/114960/care-funding-commission-must-not-forget-disabled.htmlThe commission set up this week to reform care funding must give equal weight to the needs of adults with lifelong conditions as older people, one of its...Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:57:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/22/114957/future-of-yjb-to-be-decided-in-autumn-green-paper.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/22/114957/future-of-yjb-to-be-decided-in-autumn-green-paper.htmlKey decisions on youth justice reform, including the future of the Youth Justice Board and devolved custody budgets, will be unveiled in the government's autumn green paper. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:56:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/20/114943/who-are-the-members-of-the-care-funding-commission.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/20/114943/who-are-the-members-of-the-care-funding-commission.htmlThe members of the government's Commission on the Funding of Care and Support, announced today, bring a diverse range of experience to the task of sorting out the future funding of adult social care in England.Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:02:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/20/114945/families-happy-with-aiming-high-breaks.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/20/114945/families-happy-with-aiming-high-breaks.htmlMore families are happy with short breaks provided under the Aiming High for Disabled Children programme, according to a report launched by Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) today.Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:29:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/20/114936/scots-councils-cant-account-for-34m-disabled-children-fund.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/20/114936/scots-councils-cant-account-for-34m-disabled-children-fund.html molly.garboden@rbi.co.uk Scottish councils have been unable to account for how £34m of funding for disabled children and their families was spent,...Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:37:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/09/114880/poverty-debt-and-hunger-dog-families-of-disabled-children.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/09/114880/poverty-debt-and-hunger-dog-families-of-disabled-children.html camilla.pemberton@rbi.co.uk Almost a quarter of families with disabled children are going without heating while 14% are going without food according...Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:18:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/06/114857/green-paper-for-children-with-sen-set-for-autumn.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/07/06/114857/green-paper-for-children-with-sen-set-for-autumn.html The government has announced it will publish a green paper on children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities in the autumn. Speaking...Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:20:25 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/05/26/114595/sector-confronts-prospect-of-more-formal-kinship-care.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/05/26/114595/sector-confronts-prospect-of-more-formal-kinship-care.htmlThere are an estimated 200,000-300,000 UK children in kinship care and yet many in the sector feel it is unrepresented, undervalued and under-used. Wed, 26 May 2010 13:11:00 GMThttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/05/12/114468/kinship-care-ruling-could-cost-councils-dear.htmlhttp://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/05/12/114468/kinship-care-ruling-could-cost-councils-dear.htmlA ground-breaking case on kinship carer payments could leave local authorities with a huge bill, social care lawyer and Community Care contributor Ed Mitchell (pictured) has warned.Wed, 12 May 2010 09:17:00 GMT