This evening, Haringey Council is set to vote on a series of day centre closures in the northeast London borough, the impact of which, if the closures go ahead, will be devastating to local people.
The Grange, which provides specialist day care to 28 patients with dementia, is set to close. The Roundway, a day centre for autistic adults, and the Birkbeck Road and Always Day Centres, which provide support for adults with severe learning difficulties, will also close. The Ermine Road Day Centre, which supports 61 of the borough’s most vulnerable adults, will be transferred to an alternative service provider. However, two-thirds of its current service users (many non-verbal) will no longer be able to attend. They will no longer be able to see their friends, some of whom they will have been in touch with for over two decades.
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