Last Monday's public meeting against Salford Council cuts to mental health services drew well over a hundred people as both speakers and people in the audience vented their anger at the harm it will inflict on some of the most vulnerable people in society.The meeting agreed a series of actions, beginning tomorrow night (Wed) with a lobby of Councillor Peter Connor, the Assistant Mayor whose decision it is to enforce the cuts.
To huge cheers, Vee Ball, chair of the newly formed and well titled United Service Users Committee – USUC – told the audience at last night's public meeting… "I'm just a housewife from Salford. Yet last Saturday I got to have a cup of tea with Ed Miliband. If I can do that, you lot can move mountains!"
In the recent past, Vee was a Health and Safety officer but had to give up her job to become a full time carer for her husband who has a mental health disorder. The drop-in groups run at Cromwell House were a lifeline for both her husband and herself. And then came the cuts, inspiring her to join other carers and service users to speak out against the injustice of hitting the most vulnerable people in society.
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