3 new pilot programmes in the Manawatu, Waikato & Christchurch aim to make disabled services more accessible, especially for younger people. Photo: Scott Boardman Collective
There are warnings of a worsening funding crisis facing the disability sector, with new evidence suggesting many more potential users than previously thought don't get access to support they are eligible for. The Government is spending 24 million dollars over two years on three a new pilot programmes in the Manawatu, Waikato and Christchurch to make disabled services more accessible. The Disability Support Network says that's already brought in thousands of new people needing help and it shows thousands more may not be accessing the help they are entitled to.
The Disability Support Network's chief executive Garth Bennie talks to Kathryn Ryan.
