Do you think we care well enough for the more vulnerable in our society?

Have we figured out how best to care for people who've experienced bereavement, people who get ill in old age, those with mental ill-health or adults with learning disabilities?

My own personal experience tells me we haven't. Whether in my own life or for many constituents in my advice surgeries over 20 years, all too often the care and support systems either don't work well enough or aren't even there at all.

Chirbury School is celebrating two key successes over the last few weeks:

1. The School passes its latest OFSTED inspection with flying colours achieving 'good' status in all five categories. It was one of the few Schools in the region to pass with these grades under OFSTED's new tougher assessment regime.

Heather says: I have been working on this huge issue since about 2007 as District Councillor for Chirbury and Marton. In 2009 I was elected as the Councillor for Worthen with Shelve as well and broadened the fight. It's been a long hard struggle to get anyone to sit up and take notice about this huge issue which blights village life and makes visiting the shop, the school or the pub or even crossing a road a difficult thing. What has been achieved and markers?