Claps then Cuts?!

Rosa E.H.
4 min readNov 10, 2020

Considering the ‘clap for carers’, and the outpouring of gratitude for key workers, the threat of cuts now facing care and support workers, like myself, feels like a slap in the face. Edinburgh, where I live, currently has a deficit of around £20 million in its health and social care budget for this year.

While certain services have recently had their funding ringfenced for this financial year, including my own, continual pressure…

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Rosa E.H.

Animated by philosophy and politics. Facilitates philosophy discussions with children, does woodwork with adults with disabilities, has a philosophy PhD.