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The independent travel training bus is a monthly opportunity for people with disabilities and special education needs to gain experience and seek advice about all aspects of travelling by public transport.

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Ministers must learn the lessons of past welfare changes or risk a proposed shake-up of disability support leaving many in poverty, a charity claims.

The Papworth Trust said 85% of claimants would have to cut back on basics if plans to replace Disability Living Allowance left them worse off.

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On Friday 14 and Saturday 15 October 2011, The LSBU Sports Centre will be hosting the Academy of Sport LiveWell Open Days, this event is aimed at engaging the 26,000 staff and students of the university as well as the local community, local schools, businesses, sports organisations, media and local councillors.

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Doctors may be able to identify people in the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s even if they have not yet displayed any symptoms, a new study suggests.

More than 300 people in their 70s and 80s had their brains scanned as part of a study published online in the journal Neurology.

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Southwark marks London Week of Peace and UN International Day of Peace 2011 with a Peace Breakfast at 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TZ, on Thursday 22 September 2011 from 8.30am to 10am in The Unity Café.

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101 is the number to call when you want to contact your local police – when it’s less urgent than 999. It is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Koruso!, began in October 2008 as a Southwark Council initiative to promote community cohesion. It has since grown from a small choral group to a self-run community choir with a wide-ranging repertoire, performing music that bridges cultures and unites faith traditions.

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Creation Trust has recently secured one years funding to deliver interventions, support and respite for up to fifteen young carers aged 10-16 who live on and around the Aylesbury and Rockingham estates in Southwark. The project will provide three hours of activities over forty-eight weeks.

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Mental health services risk becoming fragmented and put under increased pressure by councils withdrawing social workers from integrated teams, NHS leaders have warned.

Councils across the country are reviewing partnership agreements with mental health trusts and, in some cases, have scrapped them. Under these, social workers are seconded to trusts to work within integrated mental health services.

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Disabled people and carers have been caused “fear and distress” after an internet forum they use was taken down after disability assessment firm Atos Healthcare threatened to sue for libel.

Atos said the forum, run by carers campaign group Carer Watch, had carried “false and malicious allegations” about the company and its employees.

The forum’s internet host company shut the site without warning, a Carer Watch spokesperson said. The organisation has still not been told why Atos has threatened to sue for libel.

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