London, February 24th 2015. Learning-disabled villagers and their co-workers from Action for Botton deliver a petition of over 3,000 signaturees to 10 Downing Street appealing for the Prime Minister's support in ensuring that the charity Camphill Village Trust does not evict their live-in co-workers, creating forced segregation. Credit: Paul Davey/Alamy Live News


Learning disabled villagers from Botton Village in Yorkshire visited Downing Street to petition the Prime Minister, asking him to intervene in order to keep their community together. Residents made the trip to explain growing fears that Camphill Village Trust, he charity that manages the village, are moving to evict co-workers who help care for the villagers, from their homes.


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