Disabled users of a centre they calla a "lifeline" are campaigning to try and save it from closure. Bradford Council needs to make budget cuts of more than £9 million for 2011/12 from their Adult Services Department. Unfortunately one of the ways in which the Council propose doing this is closing a much needed centre in Manningham.
The centre has been providing service for 35 years and there is no alternative provision of its kind in Bradford. Instead the Council is foolishly proposing a "more personalised" service to the 98 registered users of the facility.
Worryingly no one on the Council seems to be opposing it's closure and are welcoming the personalised service as a better service. Users are concerned they will lose the "companionship" the centre offers them.
The coordinator of the Bradford physical disability forum Able All, said: “It’s an absolutely fantastic facility. I had Guillain-Barre syndrome 27 years ago and I wish I had somewhere like this to go to then.
“A lot of disabled people will say they feel secure at home but they also feel more isolated and that’s what a ‘more personalised’ service might mean.”
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