(13 Jun 2015, 6:33 pm)Tommy_1581 wrote I also had to pay for my Metro fare OUT OF MY OWN MONEY.
(13 Jun 2015, 6:34 pm)aureolin wrote Welcome to life.
(13 Jun 2015, 9:51 pm)aureolin wrote What's the crack there? Do they fund your days out, or do they just keep your money for you when it's required?When I was a kid, I had a couple of outings funded by Social Services, if I wanted to do anything above what was planned it would come out my own money.
Whilst I think that some of the stories of the way you've went on with respite carers are shocking, it doesn't excuse them intimidating you, as per the photo you've provided above, and standing in front of your camera lens is certainly that imo. Also it's not up to them to choose a hobby for you.
You'll always get arses like that... I always find that the best policy is to be blunt with them, and they'll sharp shut up.
When I went into Care, the Outreach Stopped and my children's home funded outings for us, mostly in the Summer and the Youth Group I went to funded me to go all over the Country to Conferences, Seminars and twice to the Republic of Ireland and we also organised/funded day-trips a few times a year if any kid wanted to go
Sounds like Tommy could do with the kind of support we used to offer, just a shame we lost our funding when we did, as I truly believe we still had a lot to offer people