If you don't know Remploy, they are government owned [glow=red,2,300]FACT[/glow]ories which give work to mainly mentally disabled people. The goverment are looking to close most of these [glow=red,2,300]FACT[/glow]ories which will put about 1,700 disabled workers out of work. I was going to say that obviously keeping disabled people in work in no more important than the abled but I actually think it is. My sister is one of these people and for her, losing her job will probably mean not getting another for the rest of her life unless its with another Remploy type business as it is very hard to get 'normal' employers to employ these 'adnormal' people. So she, and all her colleagues, will just be drawing benefits when she could be supporting herself. They cant just apply for any old job like the rest of us. My sister is the hardest working and most reliable person I know, but that wont stop her losing what independancy she has if these [glow=red,2,300]FACT[/glow]ories close. What do you think about this?
Withinthe climate of the country still being in a recession. in my opinion, manufacturing is a way forward, the bigger picture the disabled people will loose there independent and social gain and purpose in life, I can not sympathise enough for these people. Being hard of hearing all my life means that I have had to struggle to get on the best i can. these guys are will become a joke in every job they apply for. by discrimination in every form. they treat prisoners better than this, now im not saying there a no win win situation there.. if i knew how to get funding i would take em all on.. may be i should move to wales and get a grant. what did they make
I've worked with Remploy on a project before now and they are an impressive organisation by anyone's standards. This course of action in particular is shocking - I can see someone privatising it soon, with one of the committee who made the decision sitting as a non exec on that companies board - the usual story. This solution in particular feels a bit like that old adage - want to get people to lose weight, poison all the chocolate.
It is a disgrace....and high time that the people that hold the power realised that there are more important things in the world than profit!!! As for manufacturing in general - when the people at the top get their way and all of the manufacturing industries have been shipped out to the far east........who is going to be left to buy their products???
the closure sucks mate, pure and bloody simple ! i used to collect from one such factory and i swear a nicer bunch of fellas i never met , no doubt about that !
Some good news for the factory in Wrexham hopefully http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-18999677
Utterly shameful! Decisions made my a bunch or career politicians who have never had a proper job or lived in the real world in their lives.
we have simular schemes in France ,they do linen and gardens etc, the people look happy to be involved and it is the first stage of independance ,it`s not only about the money... Sorry to hear your places are closing I know a f a ctory in Cornwall and the locals will be outraged..
It's not just Remploy. Around the coutry, if you are too disabled/severe mental difficulties for something like Remploy, there are day centres where people spend all day every day. These are communities within themselves and the "service users" need somewhere like these fantastic places to socialise and spend their days and make life for their carers more bearable. The alternative is pretty well get stuck at home 24/7 which is rubbish. These places are also closing down. My Ex works in one and evry day it's getting squeezed further and further. The writing's on the wall, but no national scandal because they are financed by local authorities. These local authorities are tightening their belts and if it's cheaper for them to outsource they will. A box ticking excercise will follow where they will "proove" they are still supplying the care that by law they must, but everyone involved knows that for the "service users" it's going to be an intolerable disaster. And what if you were the parent / carer? One minute you could work and at least have 6-8 hours a day for your own life, soon these fantastic caring parents will be going up the wall with 24/7 care, giving up their own lives. You can't switch off a 45 year old violent autistic 6ft bloke and have a break...
It's a horrible situation - Richard and I were talking about this after the closures were announced. He knows all too well how impossible it is for the people he supports (who have learning disabilities) to find work in today's job market. Sorry to hear about your sister Matt
I sometimes wonder what the government does with my tax ,schemes like this are what it should be used for ,pathetic
this is terrible and yet another example of the most vulnerable in our society being marginalised and with ATOS's underhanded tactics it is unlikely that many will be able to draw disability allowances http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jul/27/disability-benefit-assessors-film?newsfeed=true they'll be expected to compete for fewer jobs within a process which is already stacked against them. if civilisation is judged by its treatment of its weakest members then we truly are in a disgraceful state.
all the cuts suck in my opinion, but when the vulnerable and the critically important things get cut it boils my pee. I'm a firefighter and they're about to ask us to take a 20% pay cut, and the nhs too. But you don't see their subsidised bars in Westminster getting axed do you
It really doesn't surprise me. This Govt really doesn't give 2 hoots about the most vulnerable people in our communities...the elderly, those who are disabled or those who are living in poverty. This recession is the perfect excuse for them to privatise essential public sector services. I agree with Ermintrude. Civilised society...I think not!
