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Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:27 pm
by Gob
A football fan has used a grant from social services to pay for Manchester United season tickets.
The 33-year-old woman is believed to have used a £550 grant paid out by Bury Council in Greater
Manchester twice since 2011.
Money is normally awarded to customers who are assessed as having specific care needs.
The woman has been allocated £550 twice and used most of it each time towards season tickets.
A source told The Sun: 'It's incredible that a council, at a time of cuts to public services didn't keep a closer eye on its money.'
Bury Council spokesman said people assessed as needing social care receive a budget to pay for their needs under a system called Self Directed Support.
The money is thought to have helped to pay for the majority of the woman's season tickets since 2011
The personal budget is money that the council gives to a person who then spends the money to meet their needs.
You can only have a personal budget if you have been assessed by Adult Care Services as needing support to help live independently.
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:32 am
by MajGenl.Meade
It's well known that only anti-social, skiving, in-it-for-the-money, cheating gits support Manchester United. There may be exceptions - mental incompetence, brain death come to mind.
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:23 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
The program is called "Self Directed Support" and they are surprised when it's abused?
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:42 pm
by Gob
I'm not surprised it's abused, but still, Man U? How low can you go?
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:54 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Well obviously the Self Directed Support payments need to be raised so they can afford to buy more expensive tickets charged by a better team.
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:51 pm
by Joe Guy
What's the problem? It fulfilled a specific care need. She probably needs to be around a lot of people in order to overcome her severe anxiety.
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:53 pm
by Lord Jim
I would think being surrounded by a crowd of Soccer Hooligans would tend to increase one's anxiety...
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:33 am
by Joe Guy
Not true for her. She only avoids places that are so crowded that nobody goes there anymore.
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:11 am
by Sean
I see no problem here. Football in Manchester comes under the banner of basic needs...
Re: Man U need all the help they can get
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 10:01 am
by MajGenl.Meade
..basic unmet needs. (Except for the noisy neighbours)