HAFCAC PRESS RELEASES
This page provides a list of press releases on Home Care Charging and Community Care issues.
New press releases will be announced on the news and announcements page.
Below is a list of those already issued. Each title can be downloaded as a Word file.
Press releases on Community Care issues
1. Challenging cuts in services to break the link between poverty & older and disabled people (HAFCAC press release issued September 2007).
Download as a Word file.
2. National Centre for Independent Living: NCiL issued this press release on Hammersmith & Fulham Council's scheme for cuts in services for disabled and older people in the borough.
Download as a Word file.
Press releases on Home Charging issues
1. Hammersmith & Fulham ‘ the Borough of Opportunity’ – Lord Justice of Appeal says the Council ‘sacrifices free home care on the altar of a Council tax reduction for which there was no legal requirement’ (HAFCAC press release issued September 11th 2009).
Download as a Word file.
2. New Year poverty looms for disabled and older people in Hammersmith & Fulham thanks to recent legal judgement (HAFCAC press release issued December 2008).
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3. Challenging cuts in services to break the link between poverty & older and disabled people (HAFCAC press release issued August 2008).
Download as a Word file.