Government minister Maria Eagle saw for herself the work being done in Basildon for disabled people.

The Minister for Disabled People opened the £650,000 Progression Centre, in Clay Hill Road, the county's first one-stop help and training point.

Facility - minister Maria Eagle discusses the centre's IT facilities with a visitor Picture: TERENCE BUNCH

The centre, formerly Bader House, is owned by the Papworth Trust and has an IT suite, training kitchen and training rooms.

Published Friday November 1, 2002

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