Naomi House cuts outreach service (From Basingstoke Gazette)

Naomi House cuts outreach service

9:13am Wednesday 26th November 2008

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A CHILDREN’S hospice has suspended a vital service to Hampshire families due to £5.7m of its cash remaining trapped in failed bank.

Trustees of Naomi House in Sutton Scotney took the decision in a private meeting last night (Tuesday).

They decided they had no option but to suspend the ‘hospice at home’ service. It involves hospice staff coming into people’s homes to provide respite care to help families across Hampshire.

The cut was made because 37 per cent of the charity’s cash was placed with the Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Bank, which failed in early October.

Khalid Aziz, who chairs the charity, said: “As a result of a situation not of our making we cannot deliver a vital service that we usually provide.

“We simply cannot accept that the Government will let this situation continue and we urge that they give assurances that our funds will be returned in full, immediately.”

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