Comment: Walsall disabled and elderly will suffer due to closures
11 Feb 10 17:04 Filed in: Comment | Comment-Walsall
The disabled and elderly will suffer due to closures
Peter Smith Walsall Advertiser 11 Feb 10
Walsall council is at it again – hitting the old and disabled by closing another day centre. They already have closed some centres; one in Willenhall, at Coalpool Lane in Bloxwich, and one in Rushall. These were run by Age Concern Walsall. The next one to close is the Walsall East day centre in the Rushall JMI school...
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