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A True Inspiration B
albirkaur 'Mary' Hayer has run Hayer's supermarket on Slade Road, Erdington for 28
years. During the time in which the shop has grown, Mary has remained a ever present member of her local community and has spent a great deal of time and effort helping those around her. For this reason then, it was exceptionally upsetting when we heard the news that Mary was diagnosed with Blood Cancer last year and it sent shock waves through the Slade Road community. It all started with a routine check up after a trip to India, but to her family's horror, the news the doctor brought was devastating. It was not jet-lag or fatigue as they had assumed. It was something much more deadly, and sinister.
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“I had been on holiday for a month to see the temples. When I came back I felt tired. My family started laughing and joked with me saying 'you have only just got back and now you have another holiday. Lazy!”
l Balbikaur ‘Mary’ Hayer, with her husband Tirath
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Lambeth Fostering Service gets top grades from OFSTED
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government watchdog has awarded the top grade of ‘Outstanding’ to Lambeth Council for the way children and young people are looked after by its fostering service. This follows an inspection by Ofsted, which monitors children and young people’s service, as well as schools and colleges, across the country. Cllr Rachel Heywood Lambeth Council Cabinet member for Children and Families said: “The positive comments from the Ofsted inspectors are testimony to all the hard work our Fostering Service puts in to ensure that children are looked after in families that can offer them the best possible care. The key focus of our service is the drive to find the most appropriate placement
for every individual child.” Council’s Executive Director for Children and Young People’s Service, Debbie Jones, said: “Choosing to It’s always vital that we ensure we recruit the best possible people within our communities. We then need to make sure that we can give them excellent support to care for our children, many of whom will have had very difficult early experiences. This Report shows that this is what you can expect from Lambeth’ Families deserve the best in Lambeth and it’s the Fostering Service’s ambition to deliver the best.“ The Ofsted inspection report says outcomes for children and young people are “outstanding” which means the service is of “exceptional quality that significantly exceeds minimum requirements”