Day support service is set to move from centre (From This Is Lancashire)

Day support service is set to move from centre

11:20am Saturday 11th February 2012 in News

A DAY support service in Bury, which primarily caters for people with a physical disability, is to leave its base at the Seedfield Centre.

Council bosses say they want to move the five-days-a-week service from the Parkinson Street site as part of its strategy to bring together more “community-based resources”.

But one of the 24 users, Mrs Sharon Holding, is urging the local authority to provide a dedicated centre for people with physical disabilities.

Mrs Holding, aged 43, said: “It’s the only one in Bury which caters for disabled adults aged between 18 and 65. It’s mainly a social place which provides a computer, snooker, pool, darts and board games. I go there three days a week. We are all being offered the new self-directed support. This gives us a budget to allow us to pay for services we require, like going to another community centre.”

But Mrs Holding is anxious that those with physical disabilities like herself should be provided with a dedicated centre. She said: “We want a centre where we can go to during the week and meet up with others under the one roof.”

A Bury Council spokesman said: “The day service is modernising to move away from segregated centres to more community-based resources. We want to support people in their own communities as much as possible, to help them develop their own networks, reduce travel and promote independence.”