Cycled over to Lettice Martin/Butts Green/The Lawn and had a talk with Nicola, the warden there who stands in when Sally is away: they both do a great job helping residents of the sheltered accommodation scheme. The worry for the residents is that the warden service will have to be cut back due to the budget constraints that the district's housing department is faced with.
I have had some lively and interesting discussions with people at the centre there, over very large mugs of coffee, and I know how much folk value the warden service. It offers people who want to live as independently as possible the security that if there are problems, someone is there reasonably frequently to provide advice and support. I will be going over in early September to take stock of people's views.
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