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Services for disabled children to be axed despite 800m investment

Specialist services for disabled children across the country are facing the axe despite additional government investment for short breaks provision, charity Kids has warned.

The charity has reported that Blackburn and Darwen Council is ceasing funding for its short breaks services resulting in their closure from April. Kids' free play sessions in East Riding of Yorkshire are also to end after the council pulled its funding. The charity has also voiced its disappointment that Wigan council cuts have resulted in the imminent closure of its key worker service for families with disabled children and a home learning and support service.

Emma Clarke, Kids national director of direct short breaks, said: "Intervention in the formative years is particularly critical for disabled children and opportunities for them to mix with their non-disabled peers can measurably improve their life chances.

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