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    Charity 'saves government £200k'

    A local charity reckons its work saves the government in the region of £200,000 a year.

    The Manx Workshop for the Disabled helps local men and women with a range of disabilities to reduce their reliance on social care as well as giving them the confidence and skills to return to work. 

    The workshop was receiving a government grant which has now been cut - it'll now have to rely more on donations and selling their products. 

    Manager Peter Hindley says they 'crunched the numbers' and worked out last year the workshop saved the government around £200,000 by helping 13 men off welfare and moving them into the work place:

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