A three-month consultation on future options for Dorset’s day services is now underway.
The county council has to find savings of £600,000 from its in-house day services budget by 2014 and respond to changing public needs.
Three options have been put forward:
- Reduce available services, either by closing/merging some day centres or reducing hours or service options
- Set up a Local Authority Trading Company (LATC) to run day centres – a separate business, owned by Dorset County Council, which could offer a wider range of services that could generate more income
- Seek to transfer centres to a charity or private/commercial sector business. The successful bidder would be required to continue providing services to the people supported now but could also offer opportunities to people who don’t meet the current criteria
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