Surrey County Council 'GetWise' Service Gets The Chop
Monday 05 September, 2016 Written by Simon Collyer
A 'vital' benefits advice service for people with disabilities in Surrey is being cut by the county council, months after its leader said a tax increase implemented earlier this year would raise some £12m for adult social care services.
The GetWise service, run by the Surrey Disabled People’s Partnership, which helps to secure benefits for vulnerable people in the county, will close from September 30 due to “unprecedented financial challenges” faced by Surrey County Council.
The service supported 552 disabled people from Elmbridge in the last year, and it received 1,200 referrals from around the county in the first quarter of 2016.
The cut comes after Surrey’s Conservative leader David Hodge announced in February that a 3.99 per cent tax hike on Surrey residents would raise an extra £12m to support adult social care services.
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