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November 2008

  • £500,000 over two years to raise awareness of benefits that parents and carers of children with disabilities are entitled to this has yet to go out to tender.
  • £250,000 will be available for each of the next three years to help local authorities provide play opportunities for disabled children. The Minister also expects local authorities to set aside a minimum of £250,000 from already allocated resources for this purpose to create a fund of £500,000

    May 2008
  • Additional funding in 2008/09 of £1.5m for continued funding of short breaks
  • A review of paediatric wheelchair provision has been commissioned by the Health Minister Edwina Hart

    December 2007
  • £1m for initial development of early support materials and over a period of three years to 2011/12 a further £1.2m to ensure the programme is fully embedded.
  • £225,000 of funding for the provision of Changing Places to widen access to cultural venues.
  • £1m via Cymorth funding for inclusive play and leisure services.
  • Establishment of the Task Group

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