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In February this year, the Welsh Assembly Government abandoned its manifesto pledge to abolish home care charges for disabled people. Carers Wales is part of the Coalition on Charging Cymru. The Coalition has produced a briefing and Campaign Pack, to inform you and help you, if you want to, to take action.
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Free home care committment - background
The Welsh Assembly Government has abandoned its pledge to abolish charges for home care. What can you do now? -
Coalition on Charging Cymru briefing
Use this briefing for your information and as a campaign tool with policy makers -
Where do carers fit in?
The research used by the Assembly on which it based its decision not to abolish charging made unjustified assumptions about the role of carers. -
Take action
Find out how you can take action -
Campaign Pack - Introduction
Get an idea of the resources that you can use to influence the decision on charging for home care. -
Coalition on Charging Campaign Pack
The complete pack as a resource for campaigning -
Model letters to send to policy makers
These are sample letters for you to adapt to send to your local Assembly Member, MP or Councillor -
Template press releases
Use these to make your feelings known to the local and national press -
Other tools for campaigning
Here are more suggestions for how you can take action. -
Useful organisations
These are organisations, including members of the Coalition on Charging Cymru, who are involved in the campaign to abolish charges for home care in Wales.