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Niall Deeney

NI education budget cuts: Places for special needs children at Derry charity to be halved

A Derry charity providing support for very young children with special needs will be forced to cut the number of places available in half unless extra funding can be secured.

This follows cuts to the budget available to the Department of Education at Stormont.

Little Orchids, a charity providing intervention and support for children aged from two to four years old based at Gransha Park on the outskirts of Derry city, was told two days ago that money from the Stormont 'Pathway Fund' won't be forthcoming in September.

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