My Decision

I know it's past midnight now, so it's no longer Blog Day Friday, but I haven't been to bed yet so technically it still is for me!

Following on from my post earlier today, I've had a think about things and spoken to a few people and I've come to the decision that I'll continue to fund raise for the National Autistic Society.

While the things that happened at Mendip House were totally disgusting and unforgivable, I see these as the actions of the staff more than of the charity. I do accept that it's the National Autistic Society's responsibility to train, supervise and oversee what goes on in any care home that they run, and it was therefore right that they were fined (whether the amount was enough is a matter for another time), but ultimately I believe it comes down to individual responsibility and the staff should be held accountable for their own actions.

I do see positivity towards the charity as a whole and I'm willing accept this as just one incident that will (hopefully) be learned from and ultimately put behind us. I believe the charity does a lot more good than it's done harm so I'll carry on supporting them in my walk on 7th April.