tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post3958697376282158402..comments2024-03-29T08:03:02.004+00:00Comments on FTHN: From the Hornets Nest: Full of Life faces funding cut-offUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-20916289853899563572013-03-03T23:17:35.796+00:002013-03-03T23:17:35.796+00:00I used to be recommended this blog by means of my ...I used to be recommended this blog by means of my cousin.<br /><br />I'm not positive whether or not this post is written by means of him as nobody else realize such special about my problem. You are amazing! Thanks!<br /><br />My web-site ... <a href="http://onlineshopping.trgauba.com/" rel="nofollow">nikon digital camera</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-57925960447140871742011-05-05T01:47:28.045+01:002011-05-05T01:47:28.045+01:00This is purely a disgrace! We understand in these ...This is purely a disgrace! We understand in these difficult times, there needs to be certain cuts in various areas, however to subject this excellent initiative to cuts is completely disgraceful. <br /><br />Why on earth do people have to make cuts in places that do so much good for families.<br /><br />If these cuts are pushed through, you should hang you heads in shame!aussihornethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014829606041073357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-45083321406799337052011-04-10T11:38:37.732+01:002011-04-10T11:38:37.732+01:00This is a very wrong decision very badly made. How...This is a very wrong decision very badly made. How can this rich, rich borough suddenly take this unique, life-blood resource from severely disabled young people and their families, with minimum notice and no consultation? How many elected councillors have ever bothered to visit Full of Life to see for themselves what goes on there? Where is their humanity? That Sir Merrick Cockell of the very obvious nickname, "doesn't do meetings" is a classic example of the contempt with which the Council treats vulnerable people. If he doesn't do meetings, what does he do?<br /><br />It is very well known that the word most frequently used by all families of people with complex needs, is "fight". Why should people already so very hard pressed, always be made to fight for resources, when they ought to be met with at least a minimum of human understanding? Why is it that the Redmonds who have done an uncountable amount of work for the very vulnerable community who benefit from the superb charity Full of Life, are forced into confrontational situations by bureaucrats and others who haven't a clue about the lives of families of someone with complex needs, and are then accused of being confrontational? <br /><br />The situation they have now been placed in is irrational and inhuman. There can be no justification for removing this resource so suddenly and with such ignorance of the consequences. <br /><br />Shame, shame, shame on a council which spends so much on glossy exteriors, for treating people like this.Mary Harris, mother and council tax payernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-57960740545107862402011-04-08T22:24:48.092+01:002011-04-08T22:24:48.092+01:00I am appalled by this news. With the support of Fu...I am appalled by this news. With the support of Full of Life, I have been been successful in persuading the Social Services to allow my disabled daughter to return to live with me. There was no one else to turn to for advice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-24570483334125204142011-04-08T18:10:20.172+01:002011-04-08T18:10:20.172+01:00Full of Life (FoL) is a vital community branch of ...Full of Life (FoL) is a vital community branch of support for young people with disabilities and their families.<br /><br />Without Full of Life; the young people's lives would be less enriched.<br /><br />There would be no opportunities to meet their friends, take part in outings to Thorpe Park, community farms, bowling, cinema, Westfield, local parks, gardening, football, be read too, visit the local cafe, to create paintings, drawings, browse youtube for fav songs the list goes.<br /><br />No opportunity to develop their communication skills, social skills. All the young peoples lives would be dimmer without FoL.<br /><br />Fol presents parents and carers respite time, that provides them space away from the hard work of caring for their children.<br /><br />Kim LoveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-22399379736845784882011-04-08T17:06:12.816+01:002011-04-08T17:06:12.816+01:00Does anybody care any more about the families who ...Does anybody care any more about the families who needs daily support, they should be adding more sevices not cutting, its stupid.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437482780115232753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-68933374082321544532011-04-08T16:24:25.721+01:002011-04-08T16:24:25.721+01:00I've watched Full of Life grow over the years,...I've watched Full of Life grow over the years, helping and supporting families and their children with such strength and compassion. They have an incredible team of workers who help both the parents and their children and I'm constantly overwhelmed by their love and integrity. The children blossom under their careful watch and anyone who visits Full of Life really does come away changed. The team there always, always put the needs of these special and vulnerable children first and I see the building that Full of Life work in as sacred as it provides a haven for these children. I cannot believe anyone who has seen and understands what Full of Life has created could consider threatening its future. My hope is that the powers that be have the foresight to visit Full of Life and the courage to back down from their misguided decision.Clarenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-54833310601791911262011-04-08T15:45:22.641+01:002011-04-08T15:45:22.641+01:00I cannot believe that RBKC have taken this decisio...I cannot believe that RBKC have taken this decision without any consultation - the effect on the parents and young people with complex disabilities who access this centre will be nothing short of devastating.<br /><br />Please K and C, think again.Claire Franklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-90843347806394438452011-04-08T15:44:22.928+01:002011-04-08T15:44:22.928+01:00It is incredible that an organisation such as Full...It is incredible that an organisation such as Full of Life (FOL)that has served some of the most vulnerable people in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea over the last 16 years could be treated with such disrespect. I'm with FOL 100% on this.christinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-22110427819308055282011-04-07T18:10:01.032+01:002011-04-07T18:10:01.032+01:00Disgusting and appauling. I don't know how the...Disgusting and appauling. I don't know how these people sleep at night. Well, actually, I do. They sleep well after drowning themselves in expensive port and brandy. Shame on them all. I had the good fortune of being an audience member when the Full of Life youngsters perfromed at St. Charles hospital.It was a sight to melt the hardest of hearts. Great credit to all those who fight the good fight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-44621785533208878822011-04-06T20:50:14.461+01:002011-04-06T20:50:14.461+01:00If Cockell were to step foot into the Full of Life...If Cockell were to step foot into the Full of Life centre and see the place in action and how much these children love the place and how happy they are he will see what a terrible mistake will be made if this cut goes ahead. He will also see how loved and valued they are and the fantastic work of all involved. Does he have no idea of the importance of stability and familiarity to these children and how devastating it would be for them to suddenly not have this service? How dare RBKC devalue their lives like this and send the message to the children and their families that they don't matter. YOU CAN'T GET MUCH, NO, ANY LOWER THAN PICKING ON DISABLED CHILDREN - SHAME RBKC AND ALL INVOLVED. HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT YOU ARE SCREWING UP THE LIVES OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY. And one more thing, if you walked into those offices Mr (Sir) Cockell, those children would smile at and hug you not knowing that you are one of the people planning to ruin their lives. Sleep well and enjoy the Holland Park Opera this year, these children won't be enjoying it as they would be considered disruptive to the rest of the audience, so why don't you be sensible, think again, turn over this stupid idea and let them keep their service so they can enjoy their place of comfort whilst you enjoy yours. Simple really isn't it?! Oh, sorry, another thing, you owe the Redmonds' a huge apology and a meeting, it is the very least you can do in light of the work they have done for the Borough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-51383343074910295852011-04-06T14:30:46.375+01:002011-04-06T14:30:46.375+01:00Why can't they just leave good services alone....Why can't they just leave good services alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-41764807246037141252011-04-05T22:29:04.911+01:002011-04-05T22:29:04.911+01:00What are these people thinking of time for some ch...What are these people thinking of time for some changes at the top get rid of this puffed up manAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-43210672943395316742011-04-05T21:26:14.306+01:002011-04-05T21:26:14.306+01:00Absolutely appalling that these people can take aw...Absolutely appalling that these people can take away not only a centre for these service users with complex needs but a way of life, somewhere where they have a sense of being, where they can experience life through friendships and different activities ; ie cinema, theme parks, shopping, the things that most teenagers and young adults take for granted. I hope that someone wakes up and realises that these service users deserve the same opportunities as everyone else.A member of the communitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-51498910134276065582011-04-05T18:50:45.150+01:002011-04-05T18:50:45.150+01:00Those with a business background look at the Royal...Those with a business background look at the Royal Borough with amazement. In business we plan by setting priorities. Options are examined and decisions sensibly taken<br />We know that there is a paucity of business experience in the Council leadership, but that should not excuse them from displaying a modicum of commonsense. <br />Running RBK&C is a as easy as a stroll in Hyde Park. It is has vast physical assets, huge and predictable revenue streams and £177 million of reserves created from overtaxation of residents. It is one of the richest boroughs in the land, if not in the world. Like Monaco it is compact and generally stuffed with the affluent.<br />Demand for services is muted.Most residents wish for little more than the streets to be swept and the rubbish cleared. Not too difficult: not too demanding.<br /><br />Instead we find hosts of people trying to find exciting and day filling things to do. It could be building Exhibition Rd, or funding Holland Park Opera or whatever. <br />Look at Holland Park Opera. Most opera goers in the Borough can easily afford to go to the two world class opera houses down the road. So why is it we cannot find the pittance that Full of Life costs to run, yet fritter away £1 million a year subsidising HPO- a bottomless pit. <br />It would be too simplistic to suggest the free tickets to councillors ensure it's survival: there must be profounder reason that escapes us mere underwriters of this money wasting venture.<br /><br />Our Prime Minster is a man of compassion. He knows and empathises with parents and the family of disabled children. I can imagine he and his wife at Full of Life thinking this symbolises what is meant by community involvement.<br />I imagine his reaction were he to know that a higher priority is fixed to Holland Park Opera or the spending of millions of pounds keeping a pretty useless <br />PR department going, or the building of a £23 million 'spectacle' road.<br /><br />For Merrick Cockell to refuse to meet Frank Redmond or respond to his wife's letter<br />shows a lamentable lapse of good manners and lousy judgment.<br />Had the Redmonds asked to meet Hands or Rifkind they would <br />have been seen at very short notice.<br />I hope that the Redmonds will receive a fulsome letter of apology, but more than that I wish Merrick Cockell would step aside and give his colleagues a chance to bid for the leadership. There are good people out there and by clinging on to power the Leader is<br />just being selfish.<br />JUSTIN DOWNES<br />RESIDENTS FIRSTjustin.downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980049299859998912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-54594144629321305602011-04-05T18:45:55.451+01:002011-04-05T18:45:55.451+01:00This is an unbelievable story.
I just received a...This is an unbelievable story. <br /><br />I just received a copy of the Council's publication "Arts News Letter". What on earth are we spending tax payers money on this stuff for (and £1 million every year to subsidise Holland Park Opera)while cutting back and ignoroing our children of the future who happen to be not so fortunate.<br /><br />Its because the Town Hall has lost its sense of values and is in the hands of very poor leadership<br /><br />High time to tip Cockell into a dustbinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-52127187587254744582011-04-05T17:31:17.775+01:002011-04-05T17:31:17.775+01:00I have been lucky enough to see first hand the hig...I have been lucky enough to see first hand the high quality service that full of life provides and can only say that it would be absolutely criminal to see it go. I hope that whoever has comissioned this is held accountable for their actions.Mrs K Wheelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-32206511299425873052011-04-05T15:54:59.399+01:002011-04-05T15:54:59.399+01:00It would seem the council knows the cost of everyt...It would seem the council knows the cost of everything but the value of nothing.HornetsNesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03986293957148642699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-60772847155825286922011-04-05T15:22:56.163+01:002011-04-05T15:22:56.163+01:00Its good to see sir Cockell and his team have thei...Its good to see sir Cockell and his team have their priorities right and that that the royal borough is protecting services which provide for the most vunerable in our society. As a resident of this borough I am asshamed of their actions.A concerned residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-52443520699955957712011-04-05T13:57:27.506+01:002011-04-05T13:57:27.506+01:00The only organisation that has helped my family wh...The only organisation that has helped my family who work hard for us, and the council treat our children and families this way? How is this the big society, it would suit the Tories better to go and look at full of life to see what the big society really is in action, it's clear for months now they don't understand their own rhetoric get out and meet organisations like this and you will understand it,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-30232453726081553932011-04-05T13:50:00.987+01:002011-04-05T13:50:00.987+01:00So much for 'the big society'.... absolute...So much for 'the big society'.... absolutely disgusting...to see such a fantastic charity and staple of the community facing closure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-76831947467582968832011-04-04T23:56:09.222+01:002011-04-04T23:56:09.222+01:00Is this the way RBK&C care for the most vulner...Is this the way RBK&C care for the most vulnerable in our society ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-20902901374835845242011-04-04T22:12:27.478+01:002011-04-04T22:12:27.478+01:00Let the Borough pay the millions it would cost to ...Let the Borough pay the millions it would cost to place these young people in residential care! You only have to look at Full of life's web site to see how happy these children are. Does Cockell not understand he is a servant of the people, not the other way around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-60552042925558659372011-04-04T22:02:36.743+01:002011-04-04T22:02:36.743+01:00What a statement on our society today! Whatever ha...What a statement on our society today! Whatever happened to `Charity`, the strong helping the weak! I think the answer is Mr Cockell just doesn't care!!!<br />How we are judged as a society must be how we treat our most vulnerable!<br />Shame on You RBK&C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-36884194111788765182011-04-04T19:56:53.819+01:002011-04-04T19:56:53.819+01:00The Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a speec...The Prime Minister David Cameron delivered a speech on Big Society on Monday 14th February 2011.<br /><br />" ....it’s the sense that some of our public services don’t work for us...So, what this is all about is giving people more power and control to improve their lives and their communities. That, in a nutshell, is what it is all about...."<br /><br /><br /> "... the local authorities do have a choice ....we [PM] are saying to them as vigorously as we can, please will you make sure you cut your own bureaucracies, you cut your pay, you cut your bureaucracy before you cut voluntary bodies and charities..."<br /><br />Now K&C put up.... <br /><br /><br />http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/speeches-and-transcripts/2011/02/pms-speech-on-big-society-60563Dr Harrisnoreply@blogger.com