A Bolton MP is backing a campaign against the closing of a respite care centre. Revitalise Respite Holidays is closing Sandpipers in Southport on November 25 . The respite care centre hosts holidays for those with disabilities allowing them some relief from their day-to-day lives and allowing their families some relief from their responsibilities at the same time.
Anne Dixon and Tom Hanley, both of whom are from the borough, are among those calling for action after an announcement the charity cannot host the holidays for those with disabilities any longer. Ms Dixon's daughter, Louise Dixon, and Mr Hanley's son, Darren Hanley, both of whom have cerebral palsy, went to Sandpipers for more than 20 years and sometimes several times in the same year. Now Bolton MP Yasmin Qureshi is backing the campaign after a conversation with Darren Hanley who is one of her constituents in Bolton South and Walkden.
Ms Qureshi said: "I've written to the Health and Social Care Secretary to ask what support is available to Revitalise Respite Holidays to keep it open for all those with extra needs who need a place where they can holiday independently." (Image: Google) A petition to 'Save Sandpipers' is at more than 4,000 signatures at the time of writing. Others are writing to His Majesty King Charles III himself as he was the one to open Sandpipers in the 1980s.
Janine Tregelles, who is the chief executive of Revitalise Respite Holidays, appealed to policymakers in parliament to support the social .