{"id":91116,"date":"2026-06-28T14:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/%ce%bf%ce%b9-%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%af-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%ad%cf%80%ce%b5%ce%b9-%ce%bd%ce%b1-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T14:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T11:59:30","slug":"%ce%bf%ce%b9-%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%af-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%ad%cf%80%ce%b5%ce%b9-%ce%bd%ce%b1-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/%ce%bf%ce%b9-%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%af-%cf%80%cf%81%ce%ad%cf%80%ce%b5%ce%b9-%ce%bd%ce%b1-%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b9-%ce%b5%cf%85%ce%b3%ce%b5%ce%bd%ce%b9%ce%ba\/","title":{"rendered":"\u039f\u03b9 \u0395\u03c1\u03b3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03af \u03c0\u03c1\u03ad\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u00ab\u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b5\u03c5\u03b3\u03b5\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03bf\u03af\u00bb, \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03af\u03c0\u03b5 \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c8\u03b7\u03c6\u03bf\u03c6\u03cc\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 Makerfield. \u03a4\u03b9 \u03b8\u03b1 \u03bb\u03ad\u03b3\u03b1\u03c4\u03b5, \u03bb\u03bf\u03b9\u03c0\u03cc\u03bd, \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b1\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03c4\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b1\u03bd\u03b5\u03bb\u03ad\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03cd\u03c4\u03b9\u03bc\u03c9\u03bd \u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03c9\u03bd \u03b7\u03bc\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2;"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u200b\u200bRead More<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u200bWellington House is in north Brighton, and known to the people who frequent it as Welly. It has the austere look of an old Victorian school, but what goes on inside is all about care and empathy. The building is the home of the city\u2019s last council-run day centre for adults with complex needs, autism and learning disabilities, 21 of whom are reckoned to be regular attenders. One of its \u201cservice users\u201d has been going there for 40 years; another has clocked up 24. Many of them know the staff as friends and confidants; for their carers, the time they spend at Wellington House represents precious respite.That is the human picture; the accompanying tale of budgets and bureaucracy is altogether harder and colder. After five other council day-centre closures in the city over the past 20 years, Welly may well be on its way to the same fate. Brighton and Hove city council says its proposed shutdown will save \u00a3400,000 a year, and it will ensure that everyone\u2019s \u201cindividual needs\u201d are met elsewhere, thanks to schemes and services provided through what it calls \u201cthe independent sector market\u201d.On paper, that might make complete financial sense. But caring for adults with special needs \u2013 who often require one-to-one support \u2013 is always expensive, and the imperatives of balance sheets say nothing about people\u2019s needs for stability and consistency. The community of carers and their supporters protesting against the planned shutdown have one key question \u2013 is complete closure really the only option? \u2013 and a long list of other complaints, not least what they say is the unsuitability of the alternatives they\u2019ve been offered, which may result in people having to be placed in way more costly residential care.The council says it is \u201cconfident that the range of providers overall will be able to adapt and meet the needs of the individuals\u201d; its cabinet member for adult social care, Labour\u2019s Mitchie Alexander, insists she and her colleagues \u201cunderstand this is an unsettling time for everyone connected to Wellington House, but no final decisions have been made\u201d. The official consultation closes on 7 July: the council, she says, is \u201creviewing\u201d what happens there to \u201censure we continue to provide people with the support they need alongside getting the best value for money\u201d.Others scent a fait accompli. Lou Vaughan is one of the organisers of the anti-closure campaign, which will be protesting outside Hove Town Hall on Monday. Her autistic brother, Matt, who\u2019s 39, has been going to Welly for 10 years; the staff there help him pursue a deep love of gardening and vegetable-growing. \u201cLike any autistic person, any transition for Matt isn\u2019t simple,\u201d she tells me. \u201cThere are so many micro things to worry about.\u201d As and when the closure happens, she says it will be \u201cdevastating\u201d.As Andy Burnham prepares to take power, he is keen to accelerate work on the huge problems that the Brighton story might look like one tiny, tang\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u200b\u200bRead More\u00a0\u00a0\u200bWellington House is in north Brighton, and known to the people who frequent it as Welly. It has the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91116\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aftoforo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}