Monthly Archives: June 2013

‘We have gone back 30 years’ leading carer tells conference

Jean Willson: ‘I dare not let up. I’ve been a pain in the backside of the authorities for 40 years and I intend to continue being so’

 

Published: 14 June, 2013
by PETER GRUNER

THE care worker who recently received Islington’s highest honour, Freedom of the Borough, launched an attack on government cuts she claimed are putting conditions for vulnerable people back 30 years.

Jean Willson OBE, 71, a government adviser for the disabled, warned that thousands of unpaid family carers in the borough are struggling to cope in the current recession, weighed down by benefit cuts and financial burdens.

She spoke out on Wednesday at an event for National Carers Week at Centre 404, for people with learning difficulties and their families, in Camden Road, Holloway.

Ms Willson said: “It’s tough enough for people who have the usual problems. But it is doubly hard for disabled people and their families.”

Technology firm helps people with learning difficulties

Making life easier

by Trevor Sturgess
Holly Lodge, Hildenborough
Holly Lodge, Hildenborough
A hi-tech firm has helped adults with learning difficulties by providing specialist technology.

Icom, based in Aylesford, specialises in telecommunications, CCTV, security systems, cabling and data centre services.

It was asked to help equip Holly Lodge, a building with five self-contained flats in Hildenborough, with the latest assistive technology.

This included movement sensors, flood sensors, infra-red beams, water management kits and tele-healthcare connectivity.

Chloe Smith says: Join local carers in ‘Carers Week’ donation morning

Chloe Smith says: can you donate old computers? Join local carers in ‘Carers Week’ donation morning

June 12, 2013

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Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North, will on Friday 14th June join a locally-run carers group to call for simple help from the community.

Chloe will be joining “Chill4Us” at a coffee session hosted at Peter Taylor Funeral Directors to show her support and recognition of the hard work of carers.

“Chill4Us” host online chat sessions to reach out to carers who may feel isolated whilst often being confined to their homes whilst looking after their loved one. Chloe has supported her Hellesdon constituent, who runs the group, many times in the past.

Chloe is supporting Chill4Us’ ‘Computers For Carers’ campaign by appealing to local businesses or individuals to show support for local carers by asking for donations of computers and laptops that are no longer needed, so that they can be given to carers who cannot afford computer equipment themselves.