In Depth

'Keep Stockton Centre open' campaigner Wendy Cuneo on seven years of battle since the group home plan was unveiled in 2013, with Newcastle an NDIS 'test site'

Ian Kirkwood
Updated April 24 2021 - 8:16pm, first published September 7 2020 - 5:30am
A CHAPTER OVER, BUT THEIR LIVES CONTINUE: Wendy Cuneo at the Stockton Centre last week. After emptying out the final bits and pieces from a Stockton Centre Welfare Association cottage, Mrs Cuneo said: 'The Welfare have loved helping our residents to have a happier life, we will miss them all and pray that everything will go well for them and the staff.' Picture: Marina Neil
A CHAPTER OVER, BUT THEIR LIVES CONTINUE: Wendy Cuneo at the Stockton Centre last week. After emptying out the final bits and pieces from a Stockton Centre Welfare Association cottage, Mrs Cuneo said: 'The Welfare have loved helping our residents to have a happier life, we will miss them all and pray that everything will go well for them and the staff.' Picture: Marina Neil

AFTER 110 years, the Stockton Centre has been emptied of its residents.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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